There’s no love misplaced between Padres star Manny Machado and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In a video that emerged Monday night time, the Padres’ third basemen was seen throughout Recreation 2 of the NLDS on Sunday throwing a ball on a hop towards the Dodgers’ dugout that had some velocity and got here near hitting opposing supervisor Dave Roberts.
The Dodgers have seen the tape and despatched it to the league workplace for investigation, in response to the Los Angeles Occasions.
“I didn’t discover it on the time. I actually didn’t. I didn’t discover it. I did see the video. And it was unsettling,” Roberts stated Monday on the eve of Recreation 3 of the NLDS in San Diego. “Clearly, I’ve a relationship with Manny from years previous. There was intent behind it. It didn’t nearly hit me as a result of there was a web.
“And that was very bothersome. If it was meant at me, I might be very — it’s fairly disrespectful. So I don’t know his intent. I don’t wish to converse for him. However I did see the video. And the ball was directed at me with one thing behind it. However I don’t know what led to that. I didn’t see it in actual time however I did see the video.”
The notion that Machado crossed a line with how laborious he threw a ball into the Dodgers’ dugout first got here to gentle when Los Angeles starter Jack Flaherty, who had a disagreement with Machado throughout Recreation 2 on Sunday, defined why he was yelling at Machado after exiting the sport.
“He did some s–t between innings the place he throws the ball at our dugout and everyone sort of catches the tail finish of it, which is me and him going at it,” Flaherty stated. “I used to be sitting there for my staff, I wasn’t going at him, however he was throwing the ball at our dugout and the umpires went over instantly to inform him — don’t know what there dialog was, however our dugout was fired up as a result of there ain’t no motive for that.”
The video launched Monday exhibits Machado throwing the ball towards the Dodgers dugout with some further oomph that went close to Roberts and outfielder Teoscar Hernandez.
Roberts, Hernandez and one Dodgers staffers all reacted with anger in the direction of Machado.
Machado denied any in poor health intent.
“I throw balls on a regular basis into dugouts. Each dugouts,” Machado stated Sunday. “They’ve batboys, you throw the ball again in there.”
Roberts stated he felt the ball was directed at him after watching the video, however he didn’t have an opportunity to speak one-on-one together with his former participant.
He believed Machado was upset over Flaherty hitting Fernando Tatis Jr. earlier within the inning, which Machado indicated was on function after his earlier homer and double within the recreation.
“The one dialogue I had was, he was chirping at Jack,” Roberts stated. “And I checked out him and shook my head, making a degree that we wouldn’t hit him on function to guide off an inning being down two runs. And, once more, the purpose being is I believe he’s utilizing it as gas.
“As a baseball individual, anybody understands that you just don’t try this, deliberately put the leadoff man on base, with three, 4, 5 developing behind. It simply is unnecessary.”
Commentator and former A’s pitcher Dallas Braden posted on X that Machado’s throw was “the proper troll” after a fan interacted with him saying Machado threw the ball simply laborious sufficient to bother his rivals however mushy sufficient to plausibly deny any maliciousness behind it.
“I’d enterprise to guess that’s the toughest he’s ever thrown a ball right into a groups dugout however this IS Machado so I could possibly be very incorrect,” Braden tweeted.
The aim of sending the tape to the league workplace could possibly be gamesmanship or maybe the membership is absolutely in search of punishment for the famous person third basemen.
Braden doesn’t imagine it’s sufficient for him to be suspended.
“No manner. Hell I hope not,” Braden continued on X.
Machado seemingly was not bothered Sunday’s hostilities, which additionally included Flaherty telling him to “sit the f–ok down motherf–ker” after hanging him out within the sixth inning.
“Simply going backwards and forwards, competitors proper?” Machado stated. “Issues occur between the strains, folks simply going backwards and forwards. He’s competing for his ball membership and I’m attempting to get an enormous hit for my staff, so, yeah, man. That is the fantastic thing about postseason baseball, proper?”
Sunday’s recreation additionally featured one among his teammates egging on the Dodgers trustworthy.
Outfielder Jurickson Profar robbed Mookie Betts of a house run within the first inning and taunted some followers after making the unimaginable catch.
The sport would later be delayed due to some black sheep followers throwing balls and trash at Padres gamers.
Profar and star Fernando Tatis Jr. continued to taunt bystanders as they gained 10-2 and drilled six house runs.
Recreation 3 needs to be extra fireworks as the 2 groups face off with ex-Yankee Michael King getting the ball for San Diego towards the Dodgers’ struggling former ace Walker Buehler.
