Manny Machado Misses In Alleged Intentional Bat Toss

((HT: MLB/MASN))

The Baltimore Orioles Manny Machado thought he was thrown at by the Oakland A's Fernando Abad IN A 10-0 GAME THEY WERE LOSING IN...

So, on the next pitch Machado decided to work the hammer throw...


Machado and Abad both got tossed and Oakland won 11-1

No word on if there will be any more discipline from the league...

This comes on the heels of Machado prompting the benches to clear Friday night. He took offense to a swipe tag by the A's Josh Donaldson, threw his helmet down, said lots of angry words which was enough for the dugouts to empty before Machado was steered away.

The two incidents combined, yeah, that might the attention of the powers that be...

Bryce Harper Benched For "Lack of Hustle"

((HT: MASN Nationals/MLB))

Matt Williams, when he played in the majors, didn't take any crap from anybody and played all-out all the time.

He expects the same as manager of the Washington Nationals...

Slugger Bryce Harper didn't run out a ground ball in the bottom of the 6th inning in, what would amount to, a 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Williams benched him for the dogging out...

Here's Williams discussing it after the game...


And Harper who, publicly, gets what happened...


Apparently, this is a one-and-done with Williams saying that Harper will be back in the line-up tomorrow...

Linesman Has No Place To Hide...

((HT: NHL))

Winnipeg and Montreal in a matinee this afternoon...

Anthony Peluso of the Winnipeg Jets delivers a body check to Alexei Emelin of the Canadiens, but the check takes out an unintended third party...


But you gotta give the Habs bench credit for sending the linesman back in the game just as quickly as he left...

USA-Russia WJC Quarters Ends In Monkey Gestures

((HT: TSN/IIHF))

Just when you thought the youth of the world were getting along in the sports world, and the idea that detente was a surviving model of diplomacy forgot to tell the Russian squad at the end of the World Juniors quarterfinal today in Sweden.

Here's the highlights from beginning to end, and the last minute or so are the cute gestures...


To recap, Team USA's Matt Grzelcyk blew a tire and it led to the open-net goal by Russia's Pavel Buchnevich.
Buchnevich decided to rub the USA's nose in it and Blackhawks draftee Ryan Hartman popped him...

Which was nice- although a just-as-violatory move in The Code as the Russian celebration...

And what was the whole "fire hose" move, anyway...???

We know... the HQ just wanted to know if you were paying attention...

If At First You Don't Succeed...

((HT: Sportsnet))

Hubie McDonagh wasn't satisfied that Corey Perry had been knocked into the bench only once...

How 'bout twice...
Here's your look...