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Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer forced every Cubs fan in existence to change into a new pair of shorts—or pants, or drawers—after serving up three consecutive home runs to the golden trio of Jorge Soler, Javier Baez, and Kris Bryant on Tuesday.
Pretty disappointing considering Bauer was cruising through three innings of work, but hey, it’s spring training. Who really gives a crap as long as no one gets hurt, right?
Wrong.
An Indians fan went into overreaction mode and questioned Bauer on whether or not his struggles could be attributed to “overthinking” on the mound:
@BauerOutage Honest question, man. Do you ever feel like you're overthinking on the mound? Carrasco attributes success to not overthinking.
— God Mode (@Brill_Grates) March 10, 2015
Despite the fact that literally every pitcher out there does think on the mound, Bauer decided to respond. This, he might’ve put too much thought into:
@Brill_Grates I know that question shouldn't make me mad but it kinda does. That term "over thinking" is so annoying. What does that even
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) March 11, 2015
@Brill_Grates mean? So if an intelligent person explains why he's doing something and no one else understands it's overthinking. But if I
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) March 11, 2015
@Brill_Grates say I'm not thinking on the mound and give up a run then everyone will say well maybe you should think on the mound. It's such
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) March 11, 2015
@Brill_Grates an oversimplification of a complex issue. Obviously you have to think on the mound. If I have success, great. If not, I am
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) March 11, 2015
@Brill_Grates overthinking. And I'm doing nothing different, just the results change. So what gives? Now if someone said I was activating my
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) March 11, 2015
@Brill_Grates prefrontal cortex or trying to run a bottom up system from the top down, then we might be able to have a productive discussion
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) March 11, 2015
@Brill_Grates but I challenge you to even define what overthinking is. Where's the line? How do you even quantify something like that?
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) March 11, 2015
@Brill_Grates it's just a way for fans who have no idea why something is happening to sound like they know something when they don't. IMHO
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) March 11, 2015
@Brill_Grates that'll conclude my rant. I feel like @drivelinebases right now.
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) March 11, 2015
Yep … definitely overthought it. But it was nice to see a baseball player display common sense to trounce on some narrative-driven nonsense.
Next time, however, expect a Marshawn Lynch-esque response:
@BriannAtl35 @CupOfLoMo @Brill_Grates I'm just here to help the team win. And so I don't get fined haha
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) March 11, 2015