This Minor Leaguer said what's up to a bird on the beach and the bird said what's up back

Wouldn't it be cool if we could talk to animals? All those times you wonder what your dogs or cats or chinchillas are thinking, and you could just ask them what's up and have a productive conversation like you would with any other person? Full-on conversations may be a stretch, but Indians Minor Leaguer Gavin Collins did manage to have a pretty successful nonverbal communication with an avian friend on the beach:

When you spot the homies pic.twitter.com/tJVHls9qk2

— Gavin Collins (@G_Collins8) October 14, 2018

Sup.
Here are some other highlights from baseballers on social media over the past week ...
Daniel Norris thought Manny Machado's laser home run in NLCS Game 1 was a double in the gap:

Line drive over the short stops heaaaaaomerun.

— Daniel Norris (@DanielNorris18) October 13, 2018

James McCann enjoyed watching Rich Hill run the bases:

Rich Hill busting it down the line to first base....???

I LOVE IT!!! pic.twitter.com/NULGxXYUwX

— James McCann (@JamesMcCann34) October 17, 2018

Twins prospect Brent Rooker realized that Brandon Woodruff's incredible home run off Clayton Kershaw may have some unintended consequences:

S/O to @B_Woody24 for giving pitchers a reason to continue believing that hitting isn’t that hard. ????????

— Brent Rooker (@Brent_Rooker19) October 13, 2018

Dylan Cozens saw another reliever dinger in the future:

@tHunter29 will do this in 2019 save this tweet ??

— Dylan Cozens (@dylancozens) October 13, 2018

Everyone loved seeing David Ortiz go crazy over Jackie Bradley Jr.'s huge grand slam -- including JBJ himself:

That’s him ?. @davidortiz always full of life?? https://t.co/TCGMdDgviL

— Shane Victorino (@ShaneVictorino) October 17, 2018

When the holy spirit hit you in church... https://t.co/MNUCJCQKvX

— andrew mccutchen (@TheCUTCH22) October 17, 2018

MOOD! https://t.co/X1Mh0G58ko

— Jackie Bradley Jr. (@JackieBradleyJr) October 17, 2018

Brandon McCarthy isn't impressed with position players pitching -- he'd rather see non-catchers catching:

everyone weirdly nerds out for position player pitching but I've been waiting this whole time for just one non catcher catching

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) October 17, 2018

Trevor Williams continued to maintain his double-life as a professional football player:

Great W for the sports team that I play for. Thx for the support. https://t.co/djwNYrs5IX

— Trevor Williams (@MeLlamoTrevor) October 14, 2018

Enrique Hernández wished Cody Bellinger would pay more attention to him:

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I mean.... I can’t even look at @cody_bellinger in the locker room, all he does is check his DMs!! #Millennials ?: @jon.soohoo

A post shared by Kike Hernández (@kikehndez) on Oct 14, 2018 at 11:52am PDT

Bellinger is too busy getting excited in the postseason to notice:

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When mom says we’re having pizza for dinner ???

A post shared by cody_bellinger (@cody_bellinger) on Oct 14, 2018 at 9:45am PDT

Mets rookie sensation Jeff McNeil was an elite golfer in high school. Now he's found his way back to the links in the baseball offseason:

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Not a bad place to spend the offseason

A post shared by Jeff McNeil (@jeffmcneil805) on Oct 17, 2018 at 8:09am PDT

Pirates outfielder Starling Marte showed off his custom Pirates arcade machine:

Rhys Hoskins is trusting the process:

Hoop szn #HereTheyCome pic.twitter.com/2qZfYDgTMS

— Rhys Hoskins (@rhyshoskins) October 16, 2018

Marcus Stroman threw it back to the greatest bat flip of all time:

Remember when y’all got mad at @JoeyBats19 for one of the most historic homeruns in @BlueJays and @mlb history? Lol y’all were silly for that! Bat flips occurring on balls that aren’t even homeruns now. Lol ? miss you my brother. 3 years ago today. Happy Joey Bats day! #LEGEND pic.twitter.com/QMXlKsFqSz

— Marcus Stroman (@MStrooo6) October 14, 2018