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.)