#danny won him over by calling him great grand bat

[ghostbsuter]

There was a teen in the cave.

A teen no one knows and looks like he could be a wayne, stands in the cave.

"Actually, I'm a wayne." He says with a shrug.

Bruce, Batman, carefully thinks of the implication.

"Not yet," The teen, Danny, doesn't say anything. Simple smiles. "You're not a wayne, yet. You will be. But not yet."

Then Bruce sighs, dropping the batman mask in order to take in the teen.

"Does future me know of the time travel?"

Dannys smile grows into a grin, deciding to take pity on the man. "You, grandbat, have..." He makes a vague gesture. "Theories, which none of your children ever confirmed."

The bat's mind short-circuits at the choice of words

Dick is sputtering incomprehensibly, there are Baffled expression all around.

Because.

Because that child isn't Bruce's, but one of theirs.

"Who is it?" Jason demands, hand clenching his gun uselessly.

Danny continues to smile, a hint of mischief now peeking out.

The cave is filled with theories, some yell, some sob, yet all eyes leave danny.

All but one pair.

She had known the moment his body language switched just enough for her to read.

She had known the moment he disappeared before the clan.

Had known when his hand found hers, shoulders bumping.

Her heart clenches, throat dry and memories of her childhood flooding to mind.

So she asks, voice soft and hesitant.

"Am I a good mother?"

And danny looks up at cass, adoration and pride laid out plain for her to see and accept.

"You're the best."

And so they both watch the clan together, silent and comfortable.

(Cass doesn't question when she finds him, how and why. All she knows is that she's more attentive when out on patrol, looking and waiting.)

(This is how Cassandra Cain-Wayne returns one night from patrol, a child, barely out of toddler stage and clinging to her form.)

(This is how the Batclan officially meets one Daniel James Cain-Wayne, freshly washed and clothed, a cookie in hand and hiding shyly behind Cass.)

(When they meet, all they say is "Welcome home, danny," and "Good to see you again.", Danny doesn't necessarily get it, but that's okay. Maybe his new mom will explain it one day when he's bigger.)

#dcxdp #dp x dc crossover #dpxdc #fic prompt #writing prompt #dc x dp prompt #cassandra cain is dannys mom #time travel shenanigans lead to conspiracy theories #half of the batclan think jason is the dad #or dick #damian and tim are outruled just bc age and tim denying it with no one protesting #alfred knows #danny moves like cass #he gave them both a cookie in the shadows #danny won him over by calling him great grand bat #he tells him of all the mischief they got up to bc no one would believe the baby had alfie wrapped around his finger like that #theyre just in denial #theyre all wrapped around the finger #danny “i mastered how to wrpaonize my cuteness” cain-wayne

[hsews]

When assessing managers, I’m always reminded of a quote attributed to Yogi Berra: “It ain’t like football. You can’t make up no trick plays.” It does help, however, to make sure your team bats in the correct order.

The Mets and Yankees are meeting for three games this weekend at Citi Field, and their first Subway Series comes with the clubs spinning in opposite directions and some heat starting to fall on Mets manager Mickey Callaway. After the Yankees’ 4-1 victory in the series opener Friday night, the Mets have lost seven games in a row, a stretch in which they’ve scored just eight runs. They haven’t won two games in a row since May 20-21, falling from 24-19 and 2½ games out of first place to 27-33 and closer to the last-place Marlins than to the top of the division.

Meanwhile, Aaron Boone, Callaway’s fellow rookie skipper, has helped engineer the Yankees to a 41-18 start, including an 8-1 record their past nine games as they battle the Red Sox for American League East supremacy. The Yankees also haven’t batted out of order. That happened to the Mets on May 9 in a game they would lose 2-1 to the Reds in 10 innings, drawing them coveted front-page honors in the New York Daily News and New York Post — for all the wrong reasons:

A tale of two NYC teams…

Thursday’s back page:

MLB-best Yankees rally to top Boston, take over first in AL East https://t.co/2d1Mg7rt2H

and on the front:

Mets bat out of order, lose on walkoff HR https://t.co/yQzB8Lj6bF@espn @MLBNetwork @APSE_sportmedia @BackPageGuyNYDN pic.twitter.com/YuYwVrHbfn

— Nick Parco (@nick_parco) May 10, 2018

The back page: A Little League-like mistake puts #Mets on the brink of .500 https://t.co/DvhPPgZcu4 pic.twitter.com/MnZQwOoAj2

— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) May 9, 2018

Callaway quickly learned there is no leniency in New York, even with a slew of injuries. Indeed, the current disabled list includes Noah Syndergaard, Yoenis Cespedes, Wilmer Flores, Juan Lagares, Travis d’Arnaud and AJ Ramos, with various degrees of severity (d’Arnaud is out for the season and Lagares is likely out as well). Syndergaard was set to start the series finale Sunday before a setback kept him sidelined, and Todd Frazier just returned after missing nearly a month of action, so the Mets are at least closer to their best health status since starting the season 11-1.

Ahh, yes, early April was a more joyous time for the Mets and their manager:

Here’s the @NYDNSports back page for Saturday. @BackPageGuyNYDN @SNYtv @MLBNetwork https://t.co/g8uSerNPB4 pic.twitter.com/T7NBLExf5r

— MikeMatvey (@MikeMatvey) April 14, 2018

Since that 11-1 start, however, the only team with a worse winning percentage is the Orioles — and the O’s swept a two-game series between the two teams this week. Apparently, this is the new low for the Mets:

Here is the @NYDNSports back page for Thursday. @BackPageGuyNYDN @MLBNetwork @espn https://t.co/3CmKZGnTCG pic.twitter.com/FFvuAZADgQ

— MikeMatvey (@MikeMatvey) June 7, 2018

The back page: #Mets offense stinks it up again as their skid hits six https://t.co/qD37BallyB pic.twitter.com/55ySzL1RpC

— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) June 7, 2018

Of course, with the Yankees on pace for 113 wins, it’s easy to forget they got off to a rocky start. They were 9-9 before reeling off a 17-1 streak. An anticipated Luis Severino–Chris Sale showdown turned into a 14-1 rout for the Red Sox, the much-vaunted bullpen had blown a couple leads, and Giancarlo Stanton was striking out in droves:

Here’s our @nydnsports back page. @yankees @mets @redsox #giancarlostanton @weei @apse_sportmedia @mlb @mlbnetworkhttps://t.co/ADsh2NgENe pic.twitter.com/zEHpoW9IMq

— Back Page Guy NYDN (@BackPageGuyNYDN) April 11, 2018

Boone wasn’t about to panic. He kept Brett Gardner in the leadoff spot even after a slow start. He’s kept Aaron Judge in the 2-hole all season because that’s where he wants Judge to hit. Stanton has hit third or fourth all season (with one start in the No. 2 slot the other day when Judge got a day off) as Boone wisely ignored calls to move him down in the order.

Despite the impressive record, the Yankees haven’t been without their own problems — as much as Mets fans think they have the market covered in injuries. Jordan Montgomery is now out with Tommy John surgery. Greg Bird is back at first base, but has played just 10 games after an injury late in spring training. Brandon Drury was supposed to be the everyday third baseman, but played just eight games before he started suffering from migraines and blurred vision. Tommy Kahnle has been injured and ineffective. Sonny Gray was terrible for months, although has looked much better his past two starts. And Masahiro Tanaka exited Friday night’s game early after tagging up on a Judge sac fly.

It’s not that Boone hasn’t escaped his own criticism, however. In an April 1 loss to the Blue Jays, the Yankees blew a 4-1 lead as Justin Smoak hit a grand slam off David Robertson in the eighth inning — after an intentional walk to Josh Donaldson had loaded the bases. The move was questionable if defendable (until it didn’t work): Robertson does have a sizable reverse platoon split and Donaldson is Donaldson, but loading the bases also leaves no margin for error. You could imagine the reaction before the papers went to press:

Our @NYDNSports back page: The second-guessing of rookie skipper Aaron Boone begins as risky call gets slammed in Yankees’ loss to Blue Jays. @PeterBotte — https://t.co/Jb4qLyAIEa pic.twitter.com/vAJ4yXW4tc

— Tom Biersdorfer (@TomBiersdorfer) April 2, 2018

That’s the beauty of New York, whether you’re a player or manager: the unconditional love and passion when things are going well, mixed with the expectation that things better always go well. Boone has the perfect demeanor for the job. He’s enthusiastic and media-friendly, two traits that weren’t among his predecessor Joe Girardi’s strong suits, and he’s going to be an excellent communicator with his players. In this era with few stolen bases, few hit-and-runs, the death of the pitchout and bunt, that’s the manager’s primary job, other than not screwing up the bullpen moves.

Boone might have lacked managerial or coaching experience, but Callaway was arguably more of the wild card as a potential manager. He had rightfully earned a great deal of credit as the pitching coach for the Indians, but major league history is littered with pitching coaches who failed as managers. Indeed, Callaway and Bud Black are the only current managers who were pitchers.

The Mets have scored seven runs in their past six games, all losses, and on Wednesday they even made the Orioles look good.

The Bombers, in clear need of starting pitching, face the Mets’ aces this weekend. If not them, whom might the Yanks add by the deadline?

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Hired as the Indians’ pitching coach in 2013, he helped turn Corey Kluber into a two-time Cy Young winner. He let Trevor Bauer be Trevor Bauer after the Diamondbacks quickly gave up on him. Carlos Carrasco developed into one of the better starters in the league. Cody Allen had just reached the majors in 2012. Danny Salazar was a rookie in 2013. Mike Clevinger had a breakout season in 2017. Few teams have developed pitchers like the Indians in recent years.

So that’s why the Mets hired him. The World Series team in 2015 had a 3.43 ERA/111 ERA+ and allowed the fifth-fewest runs in the National League. The 2017 Mets had 5.01 ERA/84 ERA+ and allowed the second-most runs in the NL. A team that was supposed to be built around its pitching had little of it. The returns so far have been marginally better, but that’s mostly because of Jacob deGrom, who is 4-1 with a 1.57 ERA. Overall, the club has a 4.10 ERA and is in the middle of the pack in runs allowed.

Callaway has also had a few more ongoing difficult issues than Boone. While the Yankees skipper has seen rookies Gleyber Torres and Miguel Andujar rise to the occasion and pick up the slack for the so-so starts from Stanton and Gary Sanchez, Callaway has had to deal with Matt Harvey and Cespedes. That’s led to plenty of back-page fodder:

Our late edition @NYDNSports back page: Defiant Matt Harvey insists several times he’s “a starting pitcher” after another poor outing as Mets fall to Braves, but Mickey Callaway won’t commit to the former Dark Knight making his next start. — https://t.co/Mb7VNB0mju pic.twitter.com/MULtO0xCst

— Tom Biersdorfer (@TomBiersdorfer) April 20, 2018

The Mets also seem reluctant to admit Jose Reyes is cooked. He was worth minus-0.6 WAR last season and has been even worse this season, with minus-1.0 WAR while hitting .141. Yet the Mets have apparently been reluctant to release him because of his legacy with the franchise. Please.

The back page: The Jose Reyes #Mets era could be nearing an end pic.twitter.com/KvbUgu7pVk

— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) May 23, 2018

And let’s just say Callaway’s team meeting last week didn’t exactly work. The Mets haven’t won since:

Saturday’s back page…

THE WRONG ‘WAY’ Mickey Callaway, after complaining about Yoenis Cespedes still being on DL, calls meeting as Mets fall below .500 for first time this season with loss to Cubs https://t.co/R9VxWDhudn @ESPN @MLBNetwork @APSE_sportmedia pic.twitter.com/dOOiX12Kq0

— NY Daily News Sports (@NYDNSports) June 2, 2018

What’s interesting about all this is in many ways there might actually be more pressure now on Boone the rest of the way. The Yankees obviously want to avoid the wild-card game, and with this AL East race expected to go down to the wire, that makes every game and every decision all that more important.

Callaway and the Mets? Well, at this point, even Mr. Met is afraid to watch:

Hold off on thr fire Sale…..Vargas pitched a good enough for a @mets win!!! @SportsFrontPage @WFANmornings @EvanRobertsWFAN @MetsBooth #lgm pic.twitter.com/LoDFTUIgM7

— Metsbackpage2018 (@Metsbackpage1) May 31, 2018

Oh, the Mets also haven’t won since that headline declared things couldn’t get much worse. With two Subway Series games still to play, this sets up an exciting weekend — at least for the tabloid headline writers.

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