It wasn’t as serious as, for example, Justin Turner returned to the field to hold a world championship with his teammates while he was infected with the coronavirus last October. But it wasn’t as mild as a sunny February afternoon in the Chávez ravine either.
If Trevor Bauer thought that by signing with the Dodgers over the Mets, he could escape the famous New York media by a benign, windy group of beats writers who didn’t foam at the mouth with tabloid teeth, he certainly received an awake awake at his press conference presentation on Thursday. About two-thirds of the 45-minute media session at Dodger Stadium was devoted to questions about how Bauer had harassed women on social media.
The timing for Bauer’s $ 102 million contract couldn’t have been worse for the Dodgers. Three weeks ago, Mets CEO Jared Porter was fired for harassing a journalist. Last week, the Angels suspended the launch …