Inspired by Bauer’s willingness to experiment, Michael Baumann, a writer for the website The Ringer, took the opportunity to create some satire on Twitter. What could go wrong? “Trevor Bauer says that the doctors’ timeline for his return is based on outdated mainstream medicine and he’s begun a course of blood transfusions and colloidal silver to rid his body of CIA nanites. He anticipates missing two starts, three tops,” Baumann wrote. On MLB Network, an anchor reported and read aloud Baumann’s tweet as if it were actual news. Bauer was furious. The misinterpreted tweet made him appear
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