MLB bans Cleveland Indians pitcher's homemade drone: Report

In a ruling which has to be the first of its kind for a player in the major leagues, Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer has been banned from photographing his teammates at spring training by Major League Baseball.

At least with the drone he built himself, according to MLB.com.

Bauer had been tweeting some interesting, if not extraordinary, aerial photos of the club's Arizona spring training facility, but that bird's eye view will come to an end.

Home for the next 6 weeks @Indians camp. Thanks to these fans for coming out and supporting us already! pic.twitter.com/n52fLgTKPU
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 18, 2015

And if Bauer can't make a name for himself in the drone photography game, he at least wants some credit for the new grounding rule.

Hey @MLB if my drone is really banned, can I at least have that rule named in my honor?
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 20, 2015

But not before taking one last shot ... at MLB.

Ok last one last one. I promise. @indians @mlb pic.twitter.com/wcF8rKwRNs
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 21, 2015

Trevor Bauer's unique stretching routine doesn't prevent groin pull in debut

Trevor Bauer strained his groin in his major league debut and had to leave after pitching the first four innings.

It's hard to understand how the Arizona Diamondbacks rookie— and No. 3 overall draft in 2011—  could pull anything after watching his pre -game stretching ritual.

Bauer— who was called up from Triple-A Reno earlier in the day— did all kinds of stretches, yoga poses and foul pole-to-foul pole tosses before the game and even had the catcher move back from the plate so he could let his warm-up pitches really fly.

After Bauer threw his first major league pitch, the excited 21-year old retrieved the ball as a keepsake but tossed it into the Atlanta Braves dugout by mistake.

Fortunately for Bauer, Chris Young hit a tie breaking homer in the ninth inning, giving Arizona a 3-2 victory over Atlanta.

The former-UCLA star allowed five hits, three walks, and struck out three batters in four innings.  Bauer threw 42 of his 74 pitches for strikes.

Next time Bauer does his pre-game warmups, he should work those inner thigh muscles just a little more.