On Saturday the MLB Network and ESPN falsely reported on injured Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer.  The update came from a tweet from a writer for The Ringer, who apparently was tweeting out a joke.

He couldn’t believe that the MLB Network and ESPN didn’t think it was a joke.

https://twitter.com/MJ_Baumann/status/1030865106282971136

Apparently there isn’t any follow up, even on a report that included he’s treating himself for “CIA nanites.”  Bauer is an interesting dude, but you if you’re the MLB Network, you might want to reach out for a comment from the tweeter.

Listen to the MLB Network ridiculously report this tweet on TV over at Deadspin.

Bauer himself caught wind of the fact that the MLB Network and ESPN falsely reported the joke tweet.  He doesn’t seem to be as amused by it as the rest of us are.