Now that the inevitable has arrived right on time, we’ll call this one “How to Quickly Fix a Fix” or “Grated Minds Think Alike.”

Longtime column influencer Don Reed — like “yard to gain,” I was hoping to someday identify my very own “influencer” — often shares his twisted view of a twisted world that, by design, ties itself in knots.

So, together we have concocted the best and most entertaining sting operation for MLB to have caught those two alleged pitch-throwers for throwing pitches on behalf of gambling and gamblers.

Goes like this: MLB knows what’s up before the allegedly on-the-fix Cleveland pitchers even ascend the mound. And so before the first pitch, the home plate ump knows what he must do.