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Chicago Cubs Fan Sends Indians Pitcher Trevor Bauer a Mini-Drone as a Prank Gift

Bauer took the gift in stride, Tweeting a picture of the drone out to his followers.

CLEVELAND, OH - After taking a 6-0 loss in Game 1 of the World Series, Chicago Cubs fans are maintaining their sense of humor. One of their fans sent Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer a mini-drone, a throwback to an injury that caused Bauer to get pulled from a game in the ALCS.

Bauer cut the pinky finger on his right hand while repairing a drone. The resulting injury got him bumped from his Game 2 start in the ALCS and he was pulled from Game 3 when his stitches broke open and he bled all over the mound.

Bauer Tweeted the photo of his gift this afteroon and seemed to be in good spirits about it.

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In other Twitter news, a Cleveland restaurant is selling Miller High Life beers for a penny in honor of Andrew Miller. And Cleveland has such a notoriously good history of handling basically free beer that literally nothing could go wrong with this idea, right?

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