Trevor Bauer appears to have opened up a Friday night math club on Twitter, because why not?
The offseason can be a real grind. As soon as the World Series ends, bringing to a close months of nearly constant action on the diamond, it's easy to be overcome with a sense of ... "well, what NOW?"
For Indians right-hander
@BauerOutage when you are in Ohio where do you fly your drone+ how much did your drone cost?
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
She then asked him for math advice, as -- let's be honest -- math is sometimes just a bit too challenging:
oh and also do you understand the slope of a line and y intercept? I have a math test coming up I don't get certain things
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
Bauer was game, though, and knew his stuff:
for every 1 unit on the x axis go 2 units on the y axis. y intercept is where it crosses the y axis. Make y 0 and figure x.
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) November 12, 2016
The back-and-forth continued, as the problem really was quite complex (to those of us not gifted with mathematical prowess, at least):
Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) helped someone on Twitter with their math homework on a Friday night. pic.twitter.com/4hOzUpHT9U
— Joon Lee (@joonlee) November 12, 2016
In the end, it worked out!
it did! I got the question right and I never would have without your help thank you you have no idea how much that meant to me
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
Happy I could help! Good luck on the test! https://t.co/ufElqh7i6m
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) November 12, 2016
Now that's a productive Friday night. And, by the looks of it, Bauer might have opened Pandora's box with this experience:
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