It was a rough afternoon for the San Diego Padres on Tuesday.
Not only did their bullpen surrender seven runs to the rival Arizona Diamondbacks in an 8-6 loss, one of the team’s faces, Manny Machado, had a rough-and-tumble exchange with an umpire. He didn’t appreciate a pitch clock violation and got himself ejected over it.
Machado’s ejection made him the first player in MLB history to get thrown out of a game for disputing an issue with the pitch clock. Naturally, with something like that on the line, fans wanted to know what Machado could’ve possibly said in a heated exchange.
Some already had their guesses, and not all are for the faint of the heart.
(Warning: NSFW language in the tweet and video caption below.)
It appears the reason Manny Machado was ejected in today's game is because "he called me a douchebag."
Bob Melvin's reaction to the explanation is hilarious. pic.twitter.com/97Tt382oTv
— Danny Vietti (@DannyVietti) April 4, 2023
With it being impossible to confirm precisely what Machado told this ump, MLB fans had their guesses about his words.
(Warning: NSFW guesses also in the tweets below.)
Manny Machado just got ejected 7 minutes into the game for calling the ump a douchebag 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/yaCVyCI8dc
— Kyle Kirms (@kylekirms) April 4, 2023
Where's the lie. Machado should've told him he could be replaced by a computer & a stopwatch tomorrow if baseball had any sense. https://t.co/EZDkiJG5MB
— Chris in Tacoma (@Chatham253) April 5, 2023
CALL IT LIKE YOU SEE IT. https://t.co/TrUg2KjDr5
— Jen G (@Jennifance) April 5, 2023
I would have said something worse, that was tame 😂 https://t.co/E3u7yuikXw
— Lo (@Lo_Lo1993) April 5, 2023
This is priceless. Made my entire day. 🤣👏 https://t.co/Iwg8TL3bz9
— Aaron Smith (@jaaron_smith) April 5, 2023
How can you not love baseball 😂 https://t.co/IGPXpE7JVb
— Aria (@vinylbones) April 4, 2023
No new information was introduced into the discussion… https://t.co/CIcnoygmFS
— Sean Patrick Hughes (@seanphughes99) April 4, 2023
FREE MANNY https://t.co/H2nXKrq5MH
— Robert O'Neill (@RobertONeill31) April 4, 2023
