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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.’’

Tommy Pham said he’s willing to fight Luke Voit after ‘dirty’ slide injured Reds catcher

Was it dirty, though?

Tensions are going to be awfully high for Wednesday’s game between the Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres after what went down in Tuesday night’s matchup at Petco Park. It shouldn’t be a surprise if crew chief Mark Carlson hands out warnings to both dugouts right away.

The Reds were furious with the Padres after San Diego’s 6-2 win because catcher Tyler Stephenson landed on the seven-day concussion list following a home-plate collision with Luke Voit.

The play happened in the first inning with Voit trying to score on Jurickson Profar’s double to left. The throw to home beat Voit, and during the slide, Stephenson kind of lunged into the path of Voit. The slide in itself wasn’t dirty, but the Reds took issue with how Voit pushed at Stephenson’s head.

Stephenson held onto the ball for the out. And after the game, the Reds’ Tommy Pham — who used to play for the Padres — straight up challenged Voit to a fight. He said via USA TODAY Sports:

“The way his hands hit him, it was dirty as (expletive). I don’t like it at all. The way his hands hit him in the face, it was dirty. If Luke wants to settle it, I get down really well. Anything, Muay Thai, whatever. I’ve got a (gym) owner here who will let me use his facility. So, (expletive) ’em.”

There’s a decent case to be made that Voit was just trying to protect himself as Stephenson dove into the path of his slide. The push-off to the head area looked bad, but it was also a split-second reaction. The Reds probably won’t be too receptive to that explanation, though.

MLB fans had plenty of thoughts on this drama over the slide.

Rays’ Blake Snell has NSFW reaction to Tommy Pham trade while streaming on Twitch

He wasn’t happy.

The San Diego Padres are about to make a move that will continue to help them build a contending team.

Per USA TODAY Sports, the Padres are “on the verge” of acquiring outfielder Tommy Pham, who had an .818 OPS to go with 21 home runs and 25 steals, in exchange for power hitting outfielder Hunter Renfroe. The two teams will also swap prospects.

It’s a move that may not make Rays fans happy even though Renfroe slugged 33 dingers last year. But it might be necessary for a Rays team that always has to be budget-conscious since Pham could earn a big raise in arbitration.

And now we get to Pham’s now-former teammate, ace hurler Blake Snell, who happened to be streaming on Twitch when he saw the news break about the trade. He wasn’t pleased. (WARNING: NSFW language ahead):

“We gave Pham up for Renfroe and a damn (expletive) prospect?”

Snell later clarified with more feelings about Pham, saying he was “upset” that the Rays gave up “the swag of our team”:

Hopefully his new teammate Renfroe doesn’t take that the wrong way when they see each other for Spring Training.

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