Once again—for
at least the fourth time this postseason—Dodger shortstop
Manny Machdo showed what a dirty player he truly is. We in
Red Sox Nation have known this for a long time—with the multiple cheap shots in his tenure as an Oriole (most notably his take-out spiking of
Dustin Pedroia). In
Game Four, the soon-to-be Yankee
clearly intentionally stepped on first-baseman
Steve Pearce's ankle as he crossed the bag in the ninth inning (casually blowing a bubble while making a key out). Here is Machado's 'defense' of his action toward his 'almost best friend':
"He was at my wedding; his daughter was my flower girl, It’s late in the year; our legs are giving out on us, and you’re just trying to get to first base as fast as possible. Sometimes, it just happens." Machado has already been fined
once this postseason—why isn't MLB Commissioner
Rob Manfred suspending the jerk for the rest of the
World Series? One thing we
do know: he'll fit well with the
other jerks in the Bronx next year.
