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What Happened
San Diego Padres star Manny Machado is ejected from the game after a heated dispute with the home plate umpire over a called third strike. In the bottom of the inning, with the count at 3-2, Machado takes issue with the umpire's strike three call, slamming his bat to the ground and shouting expletives at the official. Machado is clearly frustrated, yelling "That's a fucking bad pitch right there!" and questioning the umpire's strike zone. Padres manager Bob Melvin quickly rushes out of the dugout to defend his player, making it clear he wants to be ejected as well. Melvin dramatically removes his sunglasses, staring the umpire down and saying "I got to get right here. I understand, and I respect that. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I respect that. You know I got to go." The umpire ejects both Machado and Melvin from the game, though Melvin expresses that he doesn't actually want to argue or make a scene. He tells the umpire "I don't even want to do that, man" and simply requests to be ejected, stating "I got to look good." The umpire obliges, and Melvin departs the field without further incident. The commentator explains that Melvin's actions are a common occurrence in baseball, where managers will publicly defend their players even if they're not truly irate. It's viewed as an important optics move to show the team and fans that the manager has the player's back. In this case, Melvin makes it clear he's not overly upset with the umpire's call, but needs to be ejected to fulfill his managerial duties. The entire confrontation is marked by a mix of frustration, gamesmanship, and mutual understanding between the Padres personnel and the umpire crew. While tensions run high, the situation is ultimately resolved in a relatively cordial manner, with both sides acknowledging the need to put on a bit of a show for the crowd.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentManny Machado gets ejected from this game,
and his manager says, you have to throw me out too.
That was strike one.
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We got a one-and-one count now, spiked into the ground,
not a good pitch, two-and-one.
Manny's ready, and called strike two.
Manny doesn't like it, says, time, time.
I'm going to make you think about what you've done.
We're going to sit in this a little bit.
Batters have been doing that.
If they don't like a call, they'll use their one timeout
just to let the umpire know, like, hey, I didn't like that.
I'm going to go for a walk.
Two-two pitch.
Catcher wanted it inside, missed his spot.
Now three-two goes back to that, gets it.
Strike three, Manny slams his bat, looks at the ump,
says, fucking, ah, thrown out.
What's fucking dog shit?
That's fucking dog shit.
We've been throwing fucking way better pitches than that.
That shit's down and away.
Fucking bad pitch.
That's a bad fucking pitch right there.
Yes, it is.
It's fucking bad pitch.
Got to be fucking better.
Manager comes up, and he's like, hey, hey, hey, get him.
Get him out of the way.
Just me and the ump.
That's all.
Just me and the ump.
Eye to eye.
I'm going to take my sunglasses off Horatio style,
look him in the eye, and say, hey, man, I got to get right here.
I understand, and I respect that.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I respect that.
You know I got to go.
All right, do what you do.
I have to fucking go.
Yo, that's fine, but you guys are doing a good job.
You fucking blew that fucking pitch, but I don't want to play your game.
It ain't your fault, and it's really fucking hard, but I am frustrated,
so send my ass off.
So I'm ready whenever.
Okay, you ready?
Yep.
Gone.
Oh.
So he gets thrown out.
He says, if anyone doesn't understand baseball,
the manager is basically saying I have to publicly have my players back.
Otherwise, it looks bad.
But I don't want to do the song and dance and scream and yell.
I'm not that mad at you, but optics wise, I got to get thrown out here to have my back.
So they cordially go through the motions.
He finally says, all right, just run me.
The umpire was like, do what you do.
Yell and scream.
Fine.
He's like, I don't even want to do that, man.
And so then he goes, I'm ready whenever.
And he says, you're gone.
And Schilt, he goes, oh, you're gone.
Oh, I didn't see that coming.
And he says, you hear what I'm saying, though, right?
You got me.
Okay, great.
No, no.
I just.
I told him, you guys are doing a great job.
I just got to get run here.
I got to look good.
He's like, great.
Cool.
Thank you.
All right.
And that was it.
So just saving face, getting Manny's back.
Just a courteous, please eject me.
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