Trevor Bauer and Social Media Join Forces to “OK Boomer” Kyle Lohse; Make Everything Worse

Baseball is my favorite sport and it isn’t close. While I know a lot of you disagree with that level of passion about the game, and I’ll be happy to debate you at length at any other time, there’s no denying the presence that baseball has in our national dialogue. For reasons both current and antiquated, baseball more than any other sport is woven through the fabric of American life. It’s a game of history. A game of tradition. A game that honors its past. A game about family, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, and every combination you can make of the family unit. Baseball brings us together. After 9/11, it was baseball that came out of the shadows first and helped this country raise our collective head and say “We’re still here. You can hurt us, but you can’t break us.” And it was magic.

We could use a little magic right now. Failing that, at least a little fun and distraction. Unfortunately, we’re stuck with this. And it’s making things so much worse.

Ok Boomer. https://t.co/JeuQvQqX2b

— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) May 28, 2020

As the world begins to tentatively emerge from the lock-down of Covid-19, debates are ongoing about how sports should be brought back. The KBO has been playing for weeks. Bundesliga is underway. The Premier League has a firm starting date. The NHL and NBA are closing in on formal plans. And then there’s MLB. Specifically, there’s Trevor Bauer.

The league’s self-appointed mouthpiece, there are few topics Bauer has been shy to chime in about on social media. Seriously, this pinhead is an expert on everything from climate change, to Barack Obama’s birthplace, to who “really” perpetrated 9/11. Now he’s arguing like a petulant teenager with someone who was objectively trying to help players in their negotiation.

This began when Bauer decided it was up to him to rescue the MLBPA from rumors of Scott Boras involving himself in negotiations on behalf of his clients, which I’m reasonably sure is Boras’ job. That his issue with Boras was Boras representing him and his family without his consent is beyond ironic, considering Bauer is taking that same role for himself from the rest of the Player’s Association. This is the tweet to which retired starter Kyle Lohse was originally responding and the thread that got this started:

Who do you think has helped put a system in place where you can throw balls and never have to really work a day in your life while making unreal amounts of money? Take your comments to the MLBPA if you have concerns, not twitter. Let the union do the talking. Best of luck

— Kyle Lohse (@KyleLohse26) May 28, 2020

Perfect. I’m not upset. Saying if you have a problem with how the union is repping you, let them know. Going public let’s the owners think you’re not unified. Fix from within, not publicly.

— Kyle Lohse (@KyleLohse26) May 28, 2020

Seems like a reasonable exchange of perspective between two people with slightly different approaches toward the same goal, right? “Well these two fellas aren’t arguing so much as strategizing, this should be an easy discussion,” you say foolishly, having never been on Twitter before.

See, Lohse had made the mistake of engaging with Rachel Luba, Bauer’s agent:

you do realize you’re so out of touch with what’s going on, right? but who cares.

— Rachel Luba (@AgentRachelLuba) May 28, 2020

I’m having a hard time following u. I said your player that u proudly retweeted is doing exactly what u said you’re against in the previous tweet(pinning players vs each other) Now I’m out of touch and the reason can’t be public?

— Kyle Lohse (@KyleLohse26) May 28, 2020

Bauer eventually responded further to Lohse, who had carried on discussion in the thread with several fan replies:

going on…that inherently means you’re out of touch…it’s not an insult…

— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) May 28, 2020

Then Lohse makes a classic mistake, calling an immature person immature during an internet argument then explaining his point further in easily understood terms.

Handle your grievances with “your” union in private. (Maybe you have and they told you to kick rocks) But hey, you’ve built a brand and people on social media think you’re cool. Congrats! 🎉

— Kyle Lohse (@KyleLohse26) May 28, 2020

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And that’s how we got to Bauer’s “OK Boomer” response. Naturally things head south from there, with Lohse again impugning Bauer’s maturity, and then perhaps crossing a line by suggesting that Bauer is dating his agent, Luba.

😂😂😂 I didn’t expect much from you, but this is even less. Maybe come back and reread this after you mature mentally and emotionally. You’ll see it differently kid.

— Kyle Lohse (@KyleLohse26) May 28, 2020

@BauerOutage Back to the original point, I’ve had time to think about how this started and your use of the word agenda struck me. So I think I’ll just leave these questions here for you. Btw. I’m on the players side of this, just not your style. pic.twitter.com/JFGXzLNrsq

— Kyle Lohse (@KyleLohse26) May 29, 2020

There are, of course, implications that come with this claim, not the least of which is that Luba is in her position because of this relationship. Bauer seized on this immediately, claiming that Lohse’s comment was baseless and sexist:

Ok @KyleLohse26 2 things. You disrespected me first by judging me and making accusations. Second, it’s extremely sexist to assume that @AgentRachelLuba and I are dating. Would you assume any other player is dating their agent or are you just doing that because of her gender? pic.twitter.com/6Ms2ksTygo

— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) May 29, 2020

And it might have been right then that the entire world decided not to care about baseball anymore. Everyone involved in this negotiation needs to shut the hell up and get things done. He lost his primary point in the stupidity of this debate, but Lohse is absolutely right about making these grievances public. It fractures the union and its negotiating power, but it does something far worse, they dispirit us.

These discussions, watching these men make this issue entirely about money while 40,000,000 Americans are out of work is simply disgusting. In a time when people are desperate to have their spirits lifted, desperate for unity, for progress toward what was once normal life, our national pastime is tragically letting us down when we could use it the most. Players and owners need to realize that there is a third party in this negotiation, the one with all the real power. If you don’t do right by your fans, why should we come back?

Shut up. Make a deal. Play ball.

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