LOS ANGELES -- In the sixth inning of Saturday’s game against the Padres, Dodgers starter Trevor Bauer gave up a home run to Fernando Tatis Jr. -- his second of the game -- on a slider that was well off the plate.
But a day later, there’s one moment of that sixth inning at-bat that might’ve rubbed the Dodgers the wrong way. A fan tweeted a video of Tatis’ second homer off Bauer that purported to show Tatis peeking at catcher Will Smith’s sign before the pitch. Bauer broke the at-bat down on his video blog.
“That’s the type of stuff that would get you hit in other games,” Bauer said. “Now, I’m mild mannered about it. Flip the bat, do all that stuff, fine. If you’re going to look at the signs, not OK, and if you do it again, the team that you’re playing probably isn’t going to take too kindly, and there might have to be some on-field stuff.
“That is disrespecting your opponent, look at their signs, stuff like that. Whereas the bat flips and celebrating with your teammates is fine, in my opinion.”
The Padres’ player and manager availability took place before manager Dave Roberts and Bauer commented on the matter. No Padres were available to comment afterward, because they were on field taking batting practice and then preparing to play Sunday’s game. But team sources told MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell that the Padres emphatically denied Tatis was peeking at the sign.
Bauer, who has no issues taking to Twitter to reach out to his peers, tweeted at Tatis, telling him to “ask daddy nicely” if he needed to get the sign that badly. Tatis quickly responded with a photoshopped photo of himself holding a baby with Bauer’s face on it. The tweet read, “tranquilo hijo” which translated to “take it easy, my son” in Spanish.
Roberts was also asked about the issue before Sunday’s series finale against the Padres. Initially, Roberts didn’t know about the video that was circulating on social media. But Roberts said that if Tatis did indeed peek to get the sign, the Dodgers will certainly have an issue with the Padres shortstop.
“When you talk about peeking, that’s just not the way you play baseball,” Roberts said. “If that is the case, which I don’t know, that’ll be noted.”
The Dodgers and Padres wrap up their seventh game in the last 10 days on Sunday at Dodger Stadium. Each team has won three games this season.
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