Monday bloody Monday: I completely get self-professed nerd TREVOR BAUER's reason for playing with drones in his free time—everybody needs an outlet, even pro ballplayers—but it's OCTOBER and there probably should be different rules for ballplayers' free time. Make that definitely (warning: link's a little gross). Turns out you can't pitch in the postseason with stitches in your pinky quite as well as you can pitch in the postseason with stitches in your ankle. In case any future playoff starters are reading... Bauer's disastrous 21-pitch outing aired, as do all ALCS games, on TBS, which is not making everyone happy... And yet ratings are booming... Unlike football ratings... Which might improve a tiny bit if players could celebrate like this after touchdowns... But noooooo... And speaking of no: When the DODGERS traveled to CHICAGO to play the CUBS during the regular season, ADRIÁN GONZÁLEZ refused to stay with the team at its usual hotel: the TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL AND TOWER. "I had my reasons," the MEXICAN-AMERICAN first baseman told the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER with a smile. (The Dodgers didn't stay there this past weekend, for logistical reasons)... The other, dirtier, Chicago-Los Angeles series: TRIBUNE v. TIMES.