Coach calls opposing player dumb, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tightly contested game, the score knotted at one run apiece, the bottom of the ninth inning sees Tommy Pham of the San Diego Padres standing on second base with two outs. Padres pitcher Jordan Montgomery of the New York Yankees quickly picks Pham off, ending the inning. An agitated Montgomery mutters, "Atta boy, you dumb fuck," to which Pham reacts with frustration. Earlier in the game, Pham has gotten off to a hot start, going 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles. In his first at-bat, he hits a slow roller to third base and uses his speed to reach first safely. Montgomery then employs a series of double-looks to the base, eventually picking Pham off. Undeterred, Pham laces another double down the line in his next plate appearance, scoring on the next play. Pham's third at-bat sees him again hit a double, this time slicing the ball off the outfield wall. He celebrates his 3-for-3 start with an enthusiastic display of fist pumps. When Pham reaches second base, Montgomery again looks to him multiple times before firing to the plate, again catching Pham off guard and picking him off. Pham expresses his belief that Montgomery changed up his pickoff move, lulling him into a false sense of security. "He's twice already this game. He has not looked twice at the runner. So as soon as he stops looking, I'm taking off," Pham says. In his final at-bat, Pham faces reliever Chris Stratton and rips another line drive, this one seemingly headed straight for the pitcher's mound. Pham is denied the opportunity to make history, as manager Jayce Tingler elects to pinch-hit Jace Peterson. Pham reveals he requested the substitution, wanting his teammate to get his first World Series plate appearance. Despite the testy exchange with Montgomery, Pham demonstrates both his talent on the field and his selflessness as a teammate, providing a multifaceted performance in a closely watched matchup.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentOne run game, two outs, runner on second.
Oh, he's picked off.
Tommy Pham is out.
The inning is over.
Monty thinks that's pretty convenient.
Atta boy, you dumb fuck.
Come on, man, be cool about it.
Pham's like, I didn't like that.
There's actually a decent amount that went into that play.
It's not just being a dumb fuck.
And I'm going to get into that and more on this breakdown
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But, you know, that's the one bad thing that happened for Tommy Pham.
A lot of good happened in this first at-bat of the game.
0-1, he took a fastball for a strike,
and then he gets a changeup in the same spot,
grounds it to third, slow roller, but he's got the speed.
When you got the speed, you can get hits on balls like that.
Now watch this.
He's on first base, and Monty looks at him
and then looks back at home plate and throws the pitch.
Okay, the next pitch, Monty looks at him
and,
first base, very quickly, and then looks back to home,
throws the pitch, that's put in play.
They get Tommy out at second.
That ends his time on the base pass.
Now his next at-bat, he swings at the first pitch,
fastball, he gets it down the line.
He says, screw first base, that was boring.
I'm going to go to second, gets a double.
He's two for two on the day.
A nice piece of hitting there.
Goes the other way.
He's on second base.
He's looking at the pitcher, Monty.
And now Monty looks at him, looks back,
looks at first base.
Looks back home and throws the pitch, ball.
Then the next pitch looks at Tommy at second base,
looks back home and throws the pitch.
So Tommy Pham's keeping this, and that pitch gets hit
and Tommy Pham scores, but he's keeping knowledge of this.
You know, is he looking at me a lot?
Is he looking at me a little bit?
So now he's up for the third time.
He's two for two.
First pitch, change up, low, ball.
Next pitch, change up away, 2-0.
Give me that fastball you gave me last time.
Yep, I'll do the same thing.
Slices it down the line.
It kicks off the fence.
He hustles in to second.
He's now three for three on the day.
And he's jazzed up about it.
Fist, fist, fist, hello, hello, hello.
And yeah, these swings were very similar.
His two doubles, he just let that sinker get pretty deep.
Look how similar they were.
You know, just letting that ball get deep.
One's a ground ball.
One's slicing in the air.
Both get him on second base.
Now he's on second base.
And Monty looks at him once, goes back, looks at him again.
Oh, gotcha.
Double look.
Pham's out.
Monty's thinking, boy, that's convenient.
Inning's over.
Atta boy, you dumb fuck.
Pham's thinking, oh, he looked twice.
The last couple times, he was only looking once.
Now look, Jordan Montgomery looks back at second.
Pham says, I've been on base.
He's twice already this game.
He has not looked twice at the runner.
So as soon as he stops looking, I'm taking off.
He looks back.
Pham's like, I'm going to get my secondary lead.
But Montgomery looks again.
And gotcha.
Changed up his look.
Got him.
And he doesn't slide.
But he was, I mean, he was out.
He was out.
And Monty did this when a runner was on second a lot.
He changed up his looks.
Look here.
Runner's on second.
It's not Pham.
It's a different runner.
He's looking at first base.
He looks at the runner.
Looks at first.
Looks back at the runner.
Looks.
Oh.
Looking all over.
A little bobbling around.
And then another time, looking right at him.
Goes back home.
Goes to first.
Goes back at him.
Goes to first.
He's just looking around.
You know?
Letting him know.
And they put a play on here.
Says, I'm going to look at you.
I'm going to look at home.
And boom.
I'm going to try and pick you off.
And they don't get him.
But that's something pitchers do.
Talk about a lot.
You've got to change your rhythm.
Change your look.
And the D-backs, they're studying this.
That's why they're so good at stealing.
They don't get crazy big leads.
They get crazy big secondary leads by timing that
pitcher.
By understanding, is he going to fall into a rhythm?
Well, I'm going to take advantage of that.
Well, they thought they were taking advantage of it.
They did not dare.
But anyway, Pham's up again.
And a new pitcher's in the game, Stratton.
And he's got a 1-1 count now.
A little slider off the plate.
Two strikes on Pham.
Fouls that fastball back.
Takes that changeup low.
Swings and fouls this changeup.
Stays 2-2.
Ooh.
Takes that fastball inside.
Swings and fouls that fastball.
Should have hit that one.
He says, give me that fastball again.
Gets it again.
Shoots it.
Looked like it was going right back at our faces.
Bam.
Send it where it came from.
He's 4-4 on the day.
Boom.
No player has ever gone 5-5 in the World Series.
Everyone thought he would have that chance.
But no.
Jace Peterson pinch hits for him.
And some people were upset about it.
They were like, oh, why are you doing that?
Let us have history.
Come on.
Blah, blah, blah.
Blah, blah.
The lefty for the righty.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
And then Tommy Pham said, hey, everyone.
I asked Torrey, can Jace hit for me?
I wanted my dog to get his first World Series at bat.
Stop this narrative, please.
Please shut up about it.
Jace Peterson said, he did an awesome thing that a friend would do.
I really can't say enough about it.
I wasn't expecting it.
But at the same time, not surprised.
He's that kind of guy.
So Tommy Pham, sure, got called a dumb fuck by the Rangers pitching coach.
And even then, it could just be dugout shit talk.
Like, I don't think it's as terrible as some make it out to be.
Unless they do have a personal beef.
And then Tommy's like, no, no.
It was rude.
And we hate each other.
But whatever.
Nice move by Jordan Montgomery.
Setting up the pickoff.
And a great game by Tommy Pham as a player and as a teammate.
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