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San Diego Padres star Manny Machado and Major League Baseball’s umpires have developed a bit of a testy relationship.
This came to a head Saturday night when Machado got into an argument with home plate umpire Bill Welke over balls and strikes.
Major League Baseball claims that Machado was “aggressively arguing and making contact” with Welke in the course of their “discussion” and suspended him for one game.
Machado says he plans to appeal his one-game suspension and fine because he doesn’t think he made any contact with Welke.
https://twitter.com/KUBryan23/status/1140085559878180865
On Tuesday, the MLB Umpires Association went completely off the rails with regard to Machado’s suspension, posting a lengthy, bizarre rant on social media, ripping Machado and Major League Baseball.
On Twitter, the Umpires Association wrote, “Manny Machado received a one game suspension for contact with an umpire over balls and strikes and VIOLENTLY throwing his bat against the backstop with absolutely no regard to anyone’s safety. Violence in the workplace is not tolerated, and offenders are dealt with severely and even made examples of for the good of it’s (sic) employees, as well as the company itself. Is this truly what MLB wants to teach our youth?”
They also added a comical list of hashtags: @MLB @Padres @Buster_ESPN #Disappointed #LeadByExample #NotAppreciated #Violence #TemperTantrum #Inaction #NotTolerated #MakeanExampleof #OneGameSuspension #RepeatOffender #Nonsense #MLBUA.
@MLB @Padres @Buster_ESPN #Disappointed #LeadByExample #NotAppreciated #Violence #TemperTantrum #Inaction #NotTolerated #MakeanExampleof #OneGameSuspension #RepeatOffender #Nonsense #MLBUA pic.twitter.com/SW4YgUyVod
— Major League Baseball Umpires Association (@MLBUA) June 18, 2019
On Facebook, the Umpire’s Association went even further, going into even more detail on how they feel about Machado’s suspension.
The @MLBUA gets into more detail on its Facebook page, blasting @mlb for a 1 game suspension of Manny Machado: pic.twitter.com/6i7Mb1P2U9
— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) June 18, 2019
Granted, a quick search of Manny Machado photos reveals a lot of this…
So he is definitely a thorn in many of the MLB umpires’ sides, but today’s diatribe on social media seems to be a bit much – at least according to many fans on the internet.
https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/1141032155084029952You are embarrassing
— cook (@cook17) June 18, 2019
All you're doing is a making better and better case for being replaced by robots.
— Zach (@zach_evan_) June 18, 2019
No nonsense? This tweet is utter nonsense and is offensive
— Jake (@JakeLobito) June 18, 2019
Me buying a Manny jersey. pic.twitter.com/MMKHnj5IED
— Niebla Lifetime Contract (@GimmeTatis) June 18, 2019
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