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When the calendar flips to October, it means one thing for many sports fans: playoff baseball.

Major League Baseball’s postseason is in full swing. It’s once again time for history to be written on the diamond and showcase the game’s biggest stars shining their brightest.

At the end of every regular season, the MLB releases the top-selling jerseys from that season.

Unsurprisingly, the list contains plenty of playoff contenders, a multitude of MVP candidates and simply some of the best baseball players on the planet

Check out the full list below, and grab a jersey to support your favorite player as the remaining lucky few march on towards the 2023 World Series.

Manny Machado’s tag that wasn’t in extra innings sums up the Padres’ disappointing season

The Padres might really be cursed.

The San Diego Padres were supposed to be a powerhouse. They were supposed to be a team everyone in the National League feared. Instead, with just about two months left in the regular season, the Padres are three games under .500 and five games out of a Wild Card berth.

As San Diego battled the Colorado Rockies on Monday, a third-base non-tag by Manny Machado summed up the Padres’ woes all year.

When Colorado’s Elehuris Montero tried to take third base in extra innings, Machado laid down a seemingly perfect tag for the out. Except Montero knocked the ball out of Machado’s glove, putting him in scoring position and the Rockies on the verge of an eventual 4-3 upset win.

To be fair to Machado, Montero would eventually be thrown out at home. But not getting the out earlier only extended the proceedings, leading to a game-winning sac-fly from Ryan McMahon.

It’s hard to blame Machado for an unpredictable turn of events. That is a routine play he has made countless times. But such bad luck sums up how the Padres have played all year and why they continue to be a disappointment.

Lip readers guessed what Manny Machado yelled at an MLB ump to get himself ejected

Some NSFW language will almost always get you ejected!

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.)

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.)

A frustrated Manny Machado became the first MLB player to get ejected over a clock violation

The MLB rules are going just great.

With the new MLB rules, players knew they were going to need to make adjustments — particularly when it comes to a hitter’s at-bat routine. The days of adjusting batting gloves for 20 seconds are over, and Manny Machado learned that the hard way on Tuesday.

The Padres star was ejected during the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks after he was initially called for a clock violation and automatic third strike. The new MLB rules require hitters to be in the box and alert to the pitch by the eight-second mark. Replays showed that Machado was adjusting his batting gloves before attempting to call time right at eight seconds.

As home plate umpire Ron Kulpa tried to explain to Machado that the timeout wasn’t signaled in time (clock already showed eight seconds when the hand raised), manager Bob Melvin came out from the dugout in an attempt to cool down Machado.

By then, it was too late. Machado had choice words for Kulpa who quickly signaled the ejection.

But hey, if you’re going to get ejected, at least make it meaningful. Machado made history as the first player to get ejected over the pitch clock in the regular season.

Manny Machado made a little MLB spring training history with a pitch clock violation and he had the best reaction to it

Going to have to speed things up a bit, Manny.

Rules are rules, y’all. But sometimes, rules kind of suck.

That’s probably what Manny Machado is thinking right now. He became the first player to fall victim to one of baseball’s newest rules.

The pitch clock got him, folks.

Baseball has added a pitch clock — along with 5 other new rules — to its game this season. The clock was added in hopes of speeding the game up. Pitchers only have a set amount of time to actually make their pitch now.

Obviously, batters are a huge part of that. They have to be prepared and ready to take the pitch. As part of the new rules, so they don’t slow the pitcher down, the batter has to be ready and engaged with the pitcher in the first 8 seconds of the clock or else they’ll be handed a strike.

Guess who wasn’t ready within the first 8 seconds? Manny. Machado. 

The umpire pointed down to his watch to signal that Machado took too long and then he handed him a strike. He found himself down 0-1 in the at-bat. He made up for it by hitting a single, but this was just kind of bizarre to watch. Not because it’s a bad rule, but because it’s so new.

Machado’s reaction to his violation was priceless, too. He was asked about being the first to be called for the violation and he let us know this absolutely will not be the last time.

“I’m going to have to make a big adjustment. I might be 0-1 down a lot this year, man. It’s super fast. It’s definitely adjustment period there’s going to be. But I went down in the history books.” 

Great answer, Manny. Probably not the history anyone wants to be known for, but he certainly won’t be the only one for very long.

It’s going to be a weird season, y’all. Buckle in.

Manny Machado had the cheekiest reaction after Joe Musgrove’s ear was checked for illegal substances

Just Manny Machado things!

Joe Musgrove’s ears were the center of attention on Sunday during Game 3 of the NL Wild Card between the New York Mets and San Diego Padres.

Amidst Musgrove’s stunning Game 3 performance, MLB fans and Mets manager Buck Showalter were becoming increasingly paranoid about the pitcher’s unusually shiny ears. So much so that Showalter had the umpires check Musgrove’s ears for illegal substances in the sixth inning with the Padres up 4-0.

Musgrove — and his brilliantly shiny (and likely sweaty) ears — were eventually cleared by the umpires as the pitcher was allowed to continue on the mound. After the hilariously strange affair, Manny Machado had the most cheeky, on point reaction to seeing Musgrove’s ears caressed by the umpires.

Just Machado doing Machado things!

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Manny Machado was so mad after an Angel Hernandez call overturned a hit by pitch

Angel Hernandez might have gotten this call right, actually!

On the long, long list of bad Angel Hernandez calls that we’ve seen over the years, this one was far from the worst. Heck, it might have even been … the right one?

But it still made Manny Machado mad, and that’s noteworthy.

Here’s the situation from Sunday’s eventual New York Mets win over the San Diego Padres: In the sixth inning,  Drew Smith threw a pitch that came inside on Machado. As he took what might have been a check swing — the ball hit him in the elbow. The home plate umpire sent him to first … but the call from the first-base ump was that he swung. And that meant it was strike three.

That first base ump? You guessed it. Angel Hernandez. But I actually think he might have gotten the call right?

Machado was then seen in the dugout smashing something, pretty heated at the call:

Manny Machado y José Iglesias tienen un gracioso enfrentamiento de miradas pasivo- agresivo

No es fácil engañar a un All-Star perenne como Manny Machado. El tercera base de los Padres es uno de los mejores defensivos en el baseball, no sólo por su guante de dinamita, pero porque rara vez comete errores. Para sobrepasar a Machado, debes …

No es fácil engañar a un All-Star perenne como Manny Machado. El tercera base de los Padres es uno de los mejores defensivos en el baseball, no sólo por su guante de dinamita, pero porque rara vez comete errores. Para sobrepasar a Machado, debes derrotarlo de frente e  vez de tratar de “engañarlo”.

Esa es la lección que aprendió José Iglesias de los Rockies el sábado en la tarde en San Diego (-225). Cuando Iglesias trató de llevarse la tercera base en un bateo bajo, Machado lo estaba esperando. En vez de tomar su medicina — ya que Machado no iba a moverse de su posición privilegiada — Iglesias trató de actuar su mejor impresión de Derek Zoolander.

A la luz de día en el Sur de California, se vio una chistosa batalla de voluntades:

Traducción.- Manny no va a caer en ese truco

O sea. El suspenso es increíble en ese video. Esperamos que dure.

Seguimos tratando de entender cuál era el plan de Iglesias. ¿De verdad pensó que Machado lo iba a perseguir y que podría pasarlo? ¿Estaba tratando de pedirle amablemente a Machado que se quitara?

Cualquiera que hubiera sido el plan de Iglesias, Machado no se lo tragó.

 

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Manny Machado and José Iglesias turned a rundown into a hilariously passive-aggressive staredown

“You go ahead. No, you go ahead. No, YOU!” Machado and Iglesias, probably.

It’s not easy to fool a perennial All-Star player like Manny Machado. The Padres’ third baseman is one of the best defenders in baseball not only because he has a dynamite glove but because he rarely makes unforced errors. To get one past Machado, you must beat him head-on rather than lean on any “tricks.”

That’s a lesson the Rockies’ José Iglesias learned on Saturday afternoon in San Diego (-225). When Iglesias attempted to take third base on a weak grounder, Machado was waiting for him. Rather than take his medicine — because Machado wasn’t going to take himself out of prime position — Iglesias tried to channel his best impression of Derek Zoolander.

In broad Southern California daylight, a hilarious passive-aggressive battle of wills ensued:

Oh, man. The suspense is fantastic watching that clip. I hope it lasts.

I’m still trying to figure out what Iglesias’s plan was here. Did he really think Machado would follow him, and he’d then be able to dance around him? Was he trying to ask Machado to step aside nicely?

Whatever Iglesias’s thought process was, Machado clearly didn’t take the bait.

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Video breakdown showed what happened in Manny Machado’s heated exchange with Fernando Tatis Jr.

The Padres are falling apart.

For most of the season, the San Diego Padres — led by MVP candidate Fernando Tatis Jr. — had been in position to earn a playoff spot out of the stacked NL West. That changed in a matter of days thanks to a brutal 2-8 stretch.

The Padres now find themselves 3.5 games out of the final wild card spot with the Reds and Phillies in front of them in the standings. And as the Padres’ playoff hopes slipped away in St. Louis, frustrations boiled over right in plain view.

During Saturday’s loss to the Cardinals, video hit social media of Manny Machado yelling in the face of Tatis Jr. right in the dugout. The two players were separated, but Machado took issue with Tatis’ reaction to striking out earlier in the inning. Thankfully, the full context of the altercation was broken down brilliantly by the folks at Jomboy Media. Here’s their latest breakdown video. (NSFW language)

While Machado was clearly animated, he was generally trying to get Tatis to focus on the game and have him move on. After all, he was literally calling Tatis the “best player in the world.” Those aren’t exactly fighting words.

Given that Padres manager Jayce Tingler went out there and got ejected in defense of Tatis, though, it was easy to see why Machado was upset. It was a crucial game, and the Padres just lost their manager because the star player threw a tantrum over a couple strike calls (and they were actually correct calls). But as the video pointed out, Machado probably could’ve had that conversation away from cameras. By doing that out in the open, his attempt to re-focus Tatis became a distraction in itself.

On the bright side, the two players seemed to resolve their issues come Sunday. They were seen smiling together in the dugout.

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So, that was nice at least. The Padres still lost, 8-7, on Sunday.