![]() LOS ANGELES - Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy is "very unlikely" to play in the NL Wild Card Game, according to manager Dave Roberts, after he injured his left elbow in the third inning of Sunday's 10-3 win against the Milwaukee Brewers. Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy hurt in play at first base 'very unlikely' for NL Wild Card Game Mike Oz is a writer for Yahoo Sports.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser So if a pitcher like Madison Bumgarner angrily stomping and barking around the mound is what we get in exchange for bat flips and home-run celebrations, that seems like a worthwhile trade. The more we suppress those, the worse off the game is going to be. Sports, at their essence are about triumph and failure and the emotions that come with them. Baseball could use the boost of excitement these days. Quite honestly, the more conflict in baseball, the better - so long as nobody’s getting hurt. If barking from the mound and getting upset is the opposite reaction, so be it. Nobody gets hurt from watching a home run. That opposite reaction just can’t be throwing at opposing hitters. We can’t simultaneously want players to show emotion on the field by celebrating and not want them to show emotion when they’re upset. Maybe the baseball version should be MadBum’s Law. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. It’s a physics thing, but baseball is pretty much physics. But MadBum has a good point - this *is* him, this is letting this one particular kid play. a new age of enlightened and free baseball players. We often think about this homer celebration issue in terms of old dinosaurs who don’t want to change vs. I can't speak for everybody else, but that's just how I want to play. Let me be myself - that's me, you know? I'd just as soon fight than walk or whatever. "They want to let everybody be themselves. "I was going to say the more I think about it, you've got to just let the kids play, that's what everybody is saying. “My god, I can't even say it with a straight face," Bumgarner said to reporters, including NBC Sports Bay Area’s Alex Pavlovic. (Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports)īumgarner called out the “Let the Kids Play” tagline in his postgame comments. Max Muncy and Madison Bumgarner exchanged words on Sunday. That’s why I found Bumgarner’s postgame explanation of what happened Sunday interesting - and even enlightening. ![]() I also understand that’s easier to say from the sidelines, when you’re not the one throwing the pitch and watching it fly over the wall. If pitchers don’t want to see a home run admired, don’t give one up, right? It’s an inner-baseball conflict that isn’t just going to sort itself out with another commercial or two.īefore we go any further, I’d like to make this much known: I’m all for a baseball player pimping a homer. This isn’t about the kids at all, actually. The other pitchers we’ve seen in these types of situations this year are Chris Archer, who is known to celebrate strikeouts on the mound, and Brad Keller, the Royals pitcher who threw at Unwritten-Rules-Breaker-in-Chief Tim Anderson, who is just 23. new baseball, but the problem is new baseball isn’t all-in on “Let the Kids Play.” The big conflict of the “Let the Kids Play” era isn’t the old traditional fans who romanticize the days of Bob Gibson. Obviously nobody gave Bumgarner final sign off on the “Let the Kids Play” ad campaign. ![]() Major League Baseball is now the game of “Let the Kids Play” - which is somewhat a mission statement for the league’s new generation of stars and somewhat a declaration that the unwritten rules of years past aren’t as important as they used to be. ![]() But each time it does this season, it happens under a new banner. We’ve seen this drama play out a number of times in baseball over the years. Madison Bumgarner, the pitcher who allowed the homer, got mad and barked at Muncy, as he’s known to do when an opposing hitter takes even the slightest opportunity to enjoy his work. Max Muncy hit a homer into the water Sunday in San Francisco, a Barry Bonds-ian feat that a baseball player deserves to appreciate. ![]()
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