Tag: Joc Pederson

Jeff Wilson Jr. shouts out Joc Pederson for ‘taking one for the team’

Jeff Wilson Jr. shouts out Joc Pederson for ‘taking one for the team.’ #49ers

49ers running back Jeff Wilson Jr. found himself at the center of perhaps the wildest Major League Baseball story of the year. A fantasy football dispute between Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham and San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson last September led to Pham slapping Pederson on the field before their game Friday.

Pederson told reporters the two players got into an argument over text message when Pham accused Pederson of cheating. Wilson, who was injured at the time, was at the center of the controversy.

“I was just excited to be in the conversation,” Wilson told reporters after Wednesday’s practice. “And shoutout to Joc for having me on the team, and taking one for the team.”

There’s a little confusion over the exact machinations of the fantasy tussle, but Pederson’s post-game quotes Friday made it appear as though Wilson was on Pham’s team.

“And it just so happened he had a player, (49ers RB) Jeff Wilson who was ‘out,’ and he had him on the IR,” Pederson said.

Wilson missed the first nine weeks last year with a torn meniscus he suffered during the offseason program. He was a popular Injured Reserve stash in fantasy since any member of the 49ers backfield was liable to become fantasy relevant last year as injuries piled up.

Whether Wilson will have a role this year remains to be seen after the 49ers continued to invest in the running back position in this year’s draft. Perhaps Pederson will pick him up anyway in solidarity for the strange bond the two Bay Area athletes now share.

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Jeff Wilson Jr. had a hilarious response to the Joc Pederson-Tommy Pham fantasy football dispute

Amazing.

One of the wilder sports stories of the year came full circle on Wednesday when San Francisco 49ers running back Jeff Wilson Jr. met with the media, and it was absolutely worth it.

In case you missed it the past week, Reds outfielder Tommy Pham was suspended for three games after he slapped the Giants Joc Pederson before the series opener in Cincinnati. It turned out that the entire altercation stemmed from a fantasy football argument about IR etiquette (and some GIFs about the Padres that Pederson sent into a group chat).

The NFL player that was name dropped in the whole ordeal was Wilson, and he couldn’t hold back the smile when he was finally asked about it. His reaction was great.

Speaking to reporters, Wilson said:

“That was crazy, man. Actually Robbie (Gould) was the first person that told me about it. And man, I was just like that was crazy. I guess I was just honored to be in the conversation. Shout out to Joc for having me on the team and taking one for the team.”

So good.

It did sound like Pham was the one who had Wilson, and Joc was calling him out for similar IR maneuvering with Wilson.

Either way, one of the two had Wilson on the team. It was pretty outrageous that Pham resorted to slapping Pederson over a player who had 79 carries and two touchdowns in 2021, which probably made the whole feud so puzzling to begin with.

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Tommy Pham calls Mike Trout ‘the worst commissioner in fantasy sports’ after Joc Pederson slap controversy

This story continues to be the weirdest.

The most public and weird fantasy football controversy in sports has gotten even weirder.

A reminder: San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson and his Cincinnati Reds counterpart Tommy Pham had a confrontation last Friday that led to Pham slapping Pederson. It turned out it was over some controversy in their fantasy football league — not a typo, this actually happened — and it’s led to Pham getting suspended and Pederson bring the receipts and a GIF that Pederson shared that mocked the San Diego Padres.

And now, Mike Trout is involved.

It turns out the Los Angeles Angels superstar is the league commissioner, and Pham had this to say with a laugh via the Cincinnati Enquirer:

“Trout did a terrible job, man,” Pham said, laughing. “Trout is the worst commissioner in fantasy sports because he allowed a lot of (stuff) to go on, and he could’ve solved it all. I don’t want to be the (bleeping) commissioner; I’ve got other (stuff) to do. (Trout) didn’t want to do it. We put it on him, so it’s kind of our fault too because we made him commissioner.”

Oh man, now we have to hear about this from Trout! Also, Pham said he had receipts, but it feels like he’s not about to release any of that:

“Joc gave out half the story too, man,” Pham said. “I don’t like that.” …

“He’s sent a few,” Pham said. “It’s more than one and I’ve got screenshots to prove it. He sent more than a few jokes aimed at me or the Padres. That was only one. There was about four or five. And we had rules to the IR. I know the ESPN app rules. We had our own individual rules.”

This just keeps getting better and better.

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Baseball fans uncovered the GIF that sparked Tommy Pham’s slap of Joc Pederson

Amazing.

This weekend series between the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants has given the baseball world one of the weirder altercations we’ve ever seen on an MLB field. The story continues to get stranger by the day.

On Friday, benches cleared before the game when the Reds’ Tommy Pham slapped the Giants’ Joc Pederson in the face after a brief discussion in the outfield. Pederson didn’t retaliate, and Pham was removed from the lineup before getting hit with a three-game suspension.

It turned out that the entire confrontation stemmed from a fantasy football dispute about bench-IR etiquette. And on top of that, Pham really took exception to a GIF that Pederson sent mocking the Padres’ collapse back in September. Pham was so upset about the GIF that he slapped Pederson over it eight months later.

That GIF, according to Pederson, was a weightlifting fail that included a Padres logo along with the Giants and Dodgers. He showed parts of the group chat from his phone to reporters on Saturday. And, of course, MLB fans were able to locate that GIF. It was glorious.

It’s hard to imagine how Pham could have been so upset over that GIF when he doesn’t even play for the Padres anymore. Plus, Pederson sent it as a member of the Braves. Pederson was basically being an average sports fan messing with his friends in a group chat. But a combination of Pham being a terrible sport (and fantasy football player) had him steaming over that GIF for months. Just wild.

Baseball fans did appreciate that they finally got a close-up look at the infamous GIF.

Joc Pederson brought receipts from his fantasy football dispute with Tommy Pham and it’s all so amazing

This is the most ridiculous baseball story and we love it.

I don’t know if you’ve been keeping up with this wild story over the weekend but the silliest of baseball disputes has been going on and it led to Cincinnati Reds outfielder being suspended for slapping Joc Pederson over a fantasy football disagreement that happened in the 2020 NFL season.

For real. I’m not kidding!

Here’s what happened, per Pederson: Pham and Pederson were in a fantasy football league together and Pederson had a player on IR and Pham called him out for cheating but Pederson said he was following the rules of their league and was doing nothing wrong by keeping the player on his roster in the IR category.

Pham confronted Pederson in the outfield before Friday’s game and slapped him in the face.

I know, that is a crazy thing to read. It’s even sillier to listen to:

Here’s video of the altercation:

Pham also provided his side of things. He talked about some disrespectful things Pederson said about the Padres, who Pham was playing for during the fantasy football dispute, and how those things on top of the fantasy football stuff really made him angry. There’s some bad language in this video so if that’s not your thing then don’t hit play!

Amazing. This is all just the best.

Well, after last night’s game Pederson brought receipts from their group texts:

This is all so incredible. A fantasy football dispute between two professional athletes and a silly GIF in a group chat has led to the most ridiculous baseball story of the season.

I love it. I love all of it.

Twitter had reactions:

Fantasy football dispute leads to Reds Tommy Pham slapping Giants Joc Pederson

Fantasy football led to an issue between two MLB players

Just when you think you have seen or heard anything and everything, something else happens to prove you wrong.

The San Francisco Giants were scheduled to play the Cincinnati Reds on Friday. Prior to the game, Reds outfielder Tommy Pham confronted Giants OF Joc Pederson about a fantasy football issue that happened more than a year ago.

… more than a year ago.

And, Pham slapped Pederson in the face, causing a ruckus that saw players from both teams get involved.

Pederson explained what happened.

“We were in a fantasy league together. I put somebody, a player on the injured reserve when they were listed as out and added another player. And then there was a text message in the group saying that I was cheating because I was stashing players on my bench.

“And then, I don’t know, I looked up the rules and sent a screenshot of the rules, how it says that when a player is ruled out, you’re allowed to put him on the IR. That’s all I was doing. And then It just so happened that he had a player — Jeff Wilson — who was out, and he had him on the IR.

“I said, you literally have the same thing on your bench. And then I guess he was in two leagues and in one of them (Wilson) was on the IR and in one of them, he wasn’t. So maybe that was the confusion. In the ESPN league we were in, he was listed as out. It feels very similar to what I did. That was basically all of it. There’s not much more to it.”

Pederson walked off the field after he was slapped. There were no punches thrown.

“There was a decent amount of people around and I didn’t get emotional – I don’t think violence is the answer, I guess you could say, so I left the situation,” Pederson told the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Some other players were out there when the benches cleared, but it was batting practice. There was nothing more to it. It was an unfortunate situation over a fantasy football league rule or what wasn’t a rule.”

Pederson said he doesn’t think he will be in a fantasy league with Pham, again.

The Giants-Reds game had a lengthy rain delay and San Francisco asked that Pham not play in the contest due to the incident.

According to a statement by the Reds, “Mr. Pham agreed to not play this evening pending the results of MLB’s investigation.”

Pham declined to discuss the incident when he walked off the field after batting practice and he was not available following Friday’s game.

Earlier this season, Pham challenged the Padres’ Luke Voit to a fight after Voit collided with Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson, causing a concussion.

In 2020, Pham was stabbed outside a San Diego strip club. The 12-inch wound needed more than 200 stitches.

Pham wound up suing the club and reached a financial settlement.

“I beat them,’’ Pham told USA TODAY Sports. “They ended up choosing to settle with me for the max. They got crushed. All of the evidence was there, they had to ante up.

“It was good money, but not like baseball money,’’ Pham said. “Now, if the [stabbing] would have hit an organ, then it would have been baseball money. Then again, I may never have played baseball again.’’

¿La respuesta de Joc Pederson ante los insultos de un fan de Brewers? Conectar un cañonazo de homerun

Nota para los fans del equipo contrario: no hagan enojar a Joc Pederson. Un fan de los Milwaukee Brewers descubrió, a la mala, lo que pasa cuando el jardinero de los San Francisco Giants, quien esta temporada no está usando sus características …

Nota para los fans del equipo contrario: no hagan enojar a Joc Pederson.

Un fan de los Milwaukee Brewers descubrió, a la mala, lo que pasa cuando el jardinero de los San Francisco Giants, quien esta temporada no está usando sus características perlas, oye que alguien lo está insultando. El lunes, Pederson se paró en el plato y pareció darse cuenta de lo que alguien le estaba gritando.

Así que, al siguiente lanzamiento del pitcher Trevor Gott en la octava entrada, hizo pedazos la pelota y le hizo saber al fan lo que opinaba de sus gritos. Pederson incluso habló sobre esto al terminar el partido, dijo que ese tipo le estaba diciendo “[palabrota]”.

Traducción: JOC LOS CALLA.

 

Traducción: Joc miró fijamente a los fans de los Brewers tras conectar el cañonazo de su homerun.

 

ADVERTENCIA: Hay lenguaje no apto para el trabajo:

Traducción: ¡¡¡Joc Pederson es ese tipo!!!

 

Asumimos que, de ahora en adelante, esto frenará a los fans de los otros equipos.

 

Artículo traducido por Ana Lucía Toledo

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Joc Pederson responded to a Brewers fan’s heckling by hitting a mammoth home run

Quite the response.

Note to opposing fan bases: Do not make Joc Pederson angry.

A Milwaukee Brewers fan found out the hard way what happens when the San Francisco Giants outfielder — who isn’t wearing those trademark pearls this season — hears heckling. On Monday, Pederson stepped to the plate and appeared to note that he was getting an earful.

So, on the very next pitch from Trevor Gott in the eighth inning, he crushed the baseball and let the fan know what he thought of the trash talk. And Pederson even talked about it after the game, saying that the guy was talking “[expletive].”

WARNING: Some NSFW language here:

I assume this will deter opposing fans in the future.

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It appears Joc Pederson is no longer wearing his trademark pearl necklace, which is a bummer

The ride was fun while it lasted.

Joc Pederson had the best late-season trend in all of sports last year: He wore a pearl necklace as the Atlanta Braves made a run to a World Series title. The necklace ended up in Cooperstown and the outfielder threw pearls out during the Braves’ parade.

But now, he’s a member of the San Francisco Giants. So I wondered: Would the pearls stick around? After all, athletes are notoriously superstitious. Maybe he’d worry about playing well if he didn’t stop.

Alas. Nope. It appears they’re gone, and no word from him on that as far as I’ve seen. Maybe he didn’t want to replace the ones that are now in the Hall of Fame? Let’s dive in:

The Braves’ epic World Series rings even found a way to honor Joc Pederson’s pearl necklace

The Braves went wild with these World Series rings.

In case you thought the Atlanta Braves championship celebration was over, the fine folks in Georgia would like to remind you that is far from the case.

On Opening Day, the Braves debuted a new special edition jersey with gold trim around each letter and number to signify their World Series win last year.

Saturday saw an even more epic celebration as the Braves handed out their title rings. They are, in a word, spectacular. In more words, they are a true work of art that celebrates all of Atlanta’s baseball history from Hank Aaron to the new-ish Truist Park.

Let this Braves video walk you through all the ways Atlanta outdid itself:

Ok, the diamonds are nice. The gold is to be expected.

The LED lights inside the ring? That’s new! The single pearl on the side honoring Joc Pederson’s famous postseason chain? Absolutely exquisite. And don’t sleep on the rubies denoting each of Atlanta’s 11 postseason home runs inside a mini stadium under the ring cap.

This ring is part art gallery, part history book and 100 percent worthy of a champion.

Nice job, Atlanta. You’ve raised the bar impossibly high.

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