Baby Machado

[Inside Pitch]

Acting like a feline....  http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24583610

[OregonLAA]

I'm more worried about his aim.

Also if he wants to convince people it slipped, he shouldn't swing once the ball is in the glove

[m0nkey]

Lol. Wants to take the title of lead douche in baseball

[Inside Pitch]

I'm more worried about his aim.

Also if he wants to convince people it slipped, he shouldn't swing once the ball is in the glove

Yep, the fact that he tried to even say it wasn't intentional is the really chickenshit part of it all.    Machado has been acting like a petulant little ass all weekend in this series.

[Inside Pitch]

Lol. Wants to take the title of lead douche in baseball

 

Baseball DID need an ARod replacement.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Gets more and more like A Roid...

 

Do not like this kid.

[AngelsLakersFan]

This is a lot of fun! Hopefully it doesn't spark the A's anymore than they already are.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Yeah both of those episodes he was involved in made him look weak. I know he's young but, lol that was lame.

[mancini79]

First he throws a hissy fit over the way Donaldson tags him out:

http://m.mlb.com/video/v33486795/?c_id=mlb

 

Then today he throws his bat from the batters box toward third base.

http://m.mlb.com/video/v33552351/?c_id=mlb

 

Be to be fair, Donaldson should be suspended for his "egregious" tag starting Monday and ending on Wednesday.

Edited June 8, 2014 by mancini79

[YouthofToday]

He's acting more like Fly Eli (Elijah Dukes) than Arod. I doubt Arod would do anything this messed up on the diamond.

[Inside Pitch]

Yeah like swat the ball out of the first basemans hand while he's going down the line.

 

Oh I don't know, purposely hitting the catch with a backswing twice and standing there laughing about it with a smirk on his face as the guy is being helped off the field is probably worse than swatting at a first baseman's hand.

[CaliAngel]

I think what we're seeing is the making of a future wife beater.

[CaliAngel]

Oh I don't know, purposely hitting the catch with a backswing twice and standing there laughing about it with a smirk on his face as the guy is being helped off the field is probably worse than swatting at a first baseman's hand.

 

Yeah I don't know why I said that, hence the reason for me deleting that post.

 

This Machado guy is pretty unacceptable.

[Inside Pitch]

Someone got creative with the title of this thread...    Damn gremlins!!!!

[jshep]

Well, Delmon Young IS on that team too:

 

On April 26, 2006, while playing for the Durham Bulls in a game against the Pawtucket Red Sox, Young was ejected for arguing a disputed third strike call, and before heading back to the dugout, Young flung his bat underhand, which made contact with the umpire. He stared at the umpire for some time and refused to leave the batter's box. He finally did, but then started to return to his dugout and the center field camera caught him throwing his bat underhand, end-over-end, toward the umpire. The bat hit the umpire on his chest and arm but he was not seriously hurt.

[mancini79]

Manny being Manny

 

 

 

Part Deux!

[Blarg]

The Orioles broadcasters surmised that Machado was trying to helicopter his bat toward the mound...

 

 

If so, Machado is about as accurate as 50 Cent throwing the ceremonial pitch.

[jshep]

And wait, Donaldson actually WASN'T playing 3rd today either. That's Callaspo.

 

So I have no idea WTF he was trying to do.

[CaliAngel]

So I have no idea WTF he was trying to do.

 

Trying to comprehend the actions of idiots really is a waste of time.

[Inside Pitch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITwRXxMapZ4

[fan_since79]

Hope Norris is okay. A bat to the head is bad news anytime.

 

Can't stand Machado.

[mancini79]

Just before he threw the bat, the previous pitch Abad did try to plunk him. But according the the "unwritten rule" this was going to happen. A few nights before he tried to get into it with Donaldson for a clean tag. Then today he purposely hit Norris in the head with the bat on the back swing (taking him out of the game). He was for sure going to wear one for his antics this weekend. Manny better wear his armor the next time they face him because he will wear a pitch or two before when they face one another in July.

 

The league should slap a few games suspension for his total antics. He will probably win the appeal due to no concrete evidence, but give him a scare. Let him sweat out the due process.

[mancini79]

Here's a clean video of his back swing to Norris

http://m.mlb.com/video/v33549401/?c_id=mlb

[Blarg]

Abad should be fined by the team for missing him with the bean ball.

[Broad Street]

I don't think he was purposely trying to hit Norris with the backswing.