Can Trevor Bauer throw a 99 MPH fastball over those mountains?
We don’t know, because he only has to throw ‘em 60 feet, 6 inches, but we appreciate the reference – because it’s one SNY used on Tuesday to have a little fun with a man who is known for his social media cheekiness.
SNY’s social media team brought in the big guns – read: Uncle Rico – to have some fun with Bauer on Monday night. Hours after new GM Jared Porter was introduced and made the rounds (including a hit on Carton & Roberts), SNY Tweeted a clip of Napoleon Dynamite’s uncle selling some food storage products as an allegory to new GM Jared Porter “already on the job” meeting with Bauer and agent Rachel Luba:
Luba’s response?
Of course, Mets Twitter was all over it in Luba’s mentions, and it’s all in good fun (we're not not guilty of having some Twitter fun with Bauer ourselves). Of course, Bauer has dropped hints on almost every fan base it seems, including ranking some of them and posting sponsored Facebook ads…those aren’t cheap (we know), so it’s a good thing he’s in for a big payday somewhere, and in no danger of, say, living in a van on his mother’s property.
But hey, does any other team have a cool replica ship as part of the deal?
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