Indians' Trevor Bauer angered by 'BD 911' mound-inscription assumptions

Trevor Bauer, known to stoke the fire using his Twitter account, ignited social media once again. 

Before his start against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night, the Cleveland Indians pitcher wrote “BD 911” on the back of the pitching mound.

But before Bauer had time to explain the message, conspiracy theorists on Twitter assumed that his message meant "Bush Did 9/11.” 

Bauer, who has tweeted conspiracy theories about former presidents in the past, vehemently denied the accusations after he tossed six scoreless innings in the Indians' 10-1 rout at Wrigley Field. 

He said "BD 91.1" was his message to a training partner.

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"Before I take any questions, I need to address what I wrote on the back of the mound today," Bauer said after the game. "It was a personal thing. It has absolutely nothing to do with Sept. 11 or anything. I went on Twitter to see people making ridiculous accusations about what it means and it pissed me off. It's completely unrelated. For people to take it a step further than that is just ridiculous. It's a tragic day in our country's history. It's senseless and that's all there is to it. So, shame on the people saying that. It's completely related."

Bauer continued: "It's a personal thing with me and a close friend of mine and training. That's it. It has nothing to do with anything else. It pisses me off that people would say that, so I just had to clear the air on that. It's a shame that it's a distraction from a great team win. It's ridiculous."

Bauer also responded via Twitter:

Bauer fancies himself as a thorn in the side of mainstream media.

Earlier this month, he hinted that pitchers on the World Series champion Houston Astros were doctoring baseballs.

He didn't get particularly specific, but he posted a series of vague messages about pitchers dramatically improving their spin rate since joining the team.