Dodgers' Dave Roberts thinks Manny Machado threw ball at him in dugout 'with intent' after 'unsettling' video

Game 3 of the NLDS betwixt the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres already has pent up hostility aft Game 2’s incidents of thrown objects, players jawing astatine each different from other teams, and the historical rivalry sprinkled connected top. 

But Padres prima 3rd baseman Manny Machado throwing a shot into the Dodgers’ dugout – a dugout helium utilized to stock arsenic a subordinate of the squad – has gone each the mode to the MLB league bureau for investigation, according to the Los Angeles Times. 

Manager Dave Roberts besides believes that Machado wasn’t simply putting the shot retired of play with Padres pitcher Yu Darvish getting different from his catcher. 

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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts walks backmost to the dugout aft making a pitching alteration successful Game 2 of the NL Division Series against the San Diego Padres, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Roberts said helium thought Machado purposefully whipped the shot astatine the dugout, which astir deed him, aft seeing video that has gone viral. 

"I didn’t announcement it astatine the time. I truly didn’t," Roberts said connected Monday, per the New York Post. "I didn’t announcement it. I did spot the video and it was unsettling. Obviously, I person a narration with Manny from years past. There was intent down it. It didn’t astir deed maine due to the fact that determination was a net. 

"And that was precise bothersome. If it was intended astatine me, I would beryllium precise – it’s beauteous disrespectful. So I don’t cognize his intent. I don’t privation to talk for him. But I did spot the video. And the shot was directed astatine maine with thing down it. But I don’t cognize what led to that. I didn’t spot it successful existent time, but I did spot the video."

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Machado was astatine the halfway of 1 facet of the Game 2 drama, arsenic helium was seen yelling astatine Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty, who told him to "sit the f--- down, motherf-----" aft striking him retired successful the sixth inning. 

Machado, present astatine 3rd base, continued to person a warfare of words with Flaherty, and appeared to accidental he’d conscionable him aft the game. 

Flaherty explained wherefore they were barking astatine each other. 

San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. and 3rd baseman Manny Machado successful the 3rd inning against Los Angeles during the NLDS astatine Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

"He did immoderate s--- betwixt innings wherever helium throws the shot astatine our dugout and everybody benignant of catches the process extremity of it, which is maine and him going astatine it," Flaherty said, referencing the shot thrown successful the absorption of Roberts. "I was sitting determination for my team, I wasn’t going astatine him, but helium was throwing the shot astatine our dugout and the umpires went implicit instantly to archer him – don’t cognize what their speech was, but our dugout was fired up due to the fact that determination ain’t nary crushed for that."

It is mean for players to flip balls retired of play erstwhile they’re not successful use, sometimes trickling them toward the opposing dugout. But Machado intelligibly enactment immoderate velocity connected the throw, though helium said determination was thing down the crushed for doing so. 

"I propulsion balls each the clip into dugouts. Both dugouts," helium said, per The Post. "They person bat boys, you propulsion the shot backmost successful there."

Roberts added that helium shook his caput astatine Machado portion the 3rd baseman and Flaherty were going backmost and forth, with his reasoning being to dissuade Machado that Fernando Tatis Jr. was deed connected intent by his pitcher the inning prior. 

"As a shot person, anyone understands that you don’t bash that, intentionally enactment the leadoff antheral connected base, with three, four, 5 coming up behind. It conscionable makes nary sense," Roberts said. 

San Diego Padres 3rd baseman Manny Machado strikes retired successful the ninth inning against Los Angeles astatine Dodger Stadium. (Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images)

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With Jurickson Profar dealing with objects thrown astatine him from the stands, the Padres bullpen dealing with the same, and the animosity betwixt players, it’s harmless to accidental determination is atrocious humor betwixt these 2 teams and instrumentality bases heading into a important Game 3 connected Tuesday nighttime astatine Petco Park successful San Diego. 

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