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Trevor Bauer to Give Away Signed Cleats After ESPN Leaks His Phone Number on TV

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If you stayed up late or woke up extremely early to watch ESPN's Korean baseball broadcast Sunday, you were treated with a surprise: access to Trevor Bauer's personal phone number.

ESPN's graphics team forgot to edit out Bauer's number from his FaceTime session withJon Sciambi and Jessica Mendoza, likely leading to a deluge of calls and texts to the Cincinnati Reds pitcher. Bauer took the "massive screw up" in good spirits, however, offering to give away a pair of cleats and an autographed baseball to fans who called him:

The number ESPN broadcast to fans is no longer available, so it's likely Bauer cut the 48-hour window a little short.