Nationals get upset with Jurickson Profar for celebrating, a breakdown
What Happened
In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Washington Nationals lead the San Diego Padres by one run and are just one out away from a victory. Jurickson Profar of the Padres steps to the plate with the bases loaded, facing a tough situation. The Nationals choose to intentionally walk the previous batter, Luis Arias, to load the bases and set up a potential force play. Profar takes offense to this strategic decision, feeling disrespected by the move. The first pitch from the Nationals' pitcher is a 98 mph fastball right down the middle, which Profar fouls off. The next pitch, another fastball, causes Profar to duck out of the way as it comes in high and tight, nearly hitting him in the head. Profar is clearly rattled by the close call, and his frustration begins to boil over. The at-bat continues with a steady diet of high-velocity fastballs from the Nationals' pitcher. On a 2-2 count, the pitcher finally changes things up and throws a changeup, which Profar manages to loft over the outfielder's head for a go-ahead, bases-clearing double. Profar immediately sprints towards the Nationals' dugout, spiking his helmet and celebrating emphatically, proclaiming "This is my house!" Nationals catcher Keibert Ruiz takes exception to Profar's animated celebration and confronts him, poking him repeatedly in the chest. Manny Machado of the Padres steps in to defend his teammate, shoving Ruiz and sparking a minor altercation between the two teams. Tensions continue to escalate, with Ruiz spiking his mask in frustration before being calmed down by his teammates. In the next inning, with the Padres still leading, Nationals pitcher MacKenzie Gore hits Profar with a pitch on the shin, prompting the benches to clear once again. Nationals manager Davey Martinez is ejected for arguing the incident, as the hostility between the two teams reaches a boiling point. Throughout the sequence of events, the emotions run high, with both teams engaging in heated exchanges and physical confrontations. The incident highlights the intensity and competitiveness of the matchup, as the Padres look to hold on for the victory despite the Nationals' attempts to retaliate against Profar's celebratory display.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentI've got a bit of a saga for you guys.
It's a lengthy one.
The Nationals up one run.
They need one more out to win this game.
They intentionally walk Luis Arias to load the bases
because they'd rather get Profar out and have a force at every base.
Profar, he felt disrespected by that move.
When they walked Luis right there, I felt, like, disrespected.
Yeah.
Oh, I'm easier?
First pitch, fastball, 98 right down the middle of the crowd.
It's like, oh, that was a one.
0-1.
Fastball again.
Fouls it back.
0-2.
Oh, look out.
He's dropped.
This guy, oh, boo, boo.
This guy's scared.
Oh, he starts pulling out his skin.
Oh, and Profar's on the ground.
Butt taps from Keber Ruiz.
I don't think he wants the butt taps.
That's pretty scary.
That's 98 at your face.
Feet fall out from under you and down.
Obviously.
He's not trying to hit him on purpose because that would tie the game.
But you get a 98-mile-per-hour fastball thrown at your head
that drops you like that, you're not going to be thinking that rationally,
and you're not going to really enjoy that experience.
So he already was disrespected once.
He's adding this to the bucket.
Two now.
Yeah, I felt disrespected.
There were two things.
The walk and then this pitch up and in, up to my face.
You know?
So that.
Pumped me up a lot.
So now he's even more fired up.
All right?
You just woke me up.
First, you think I'm an easier out.
And you scared me.
Now that one's inside.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
And that fan thought it was something.
But that was kind of nothing.
Just an inside fastball.
All fastballs so far.
The 2-2.
Another fastball.
98 outside.
Fouls it back.
Stays alive.
Another fastball.
99 this time.
So let's take a look at the pitch sequence so far.
This.
Starts at bat.
All fastballs.
Starts at 98.
A couple 99.
I love that they put the pitch sequence on the graphic now.
Remember three years ago when I was saying, hey, maybe do this?
I would love it if down here broadcasts did this.
Put the sequence somewhere.
It'd be cool to follow along with the game.
Thanks, broadcasts.
Making my dreams come true.
Bases loaded.
2-2 count.
All fastballs.
Oh, he went with the changeup.
And Profar hangs with it and throws it over the outfield as it goes up.
And it lands on the umbrella.
And this made me giddy.
Because where's it going to fall?
Ballhawker's nightmare.
It could take any turn.
Which way is it going to come down?
It's like the fun ball dispenser at the playground.
Unfortunately, the broadcast cuts away and we never get to see this ball fall.
And none of the fans know where it is.
That's such a bummer.
Come on.
Know what you're showing us.
Look at this.
It's a split chain.
So you can see his fingers split on the sides of the ball.
And it's just going to dip and fade.
And he just throws.
The bat head at it.
Goes and gets it over the outfielder's head.
He could touch second and get a double.
He does not care.
He wants the runs to score.
That's all that matters.
Instantly runs towards the Nationals dugout.
Spikes the helmet.
He's screaming and pounding his chest.
Saying, this is my house.
Wade's going to come up to him.
Wade looks like American psycho Christian Bale.
Like going crazy.
Like, yeah, let's go.
I mean, look at Wader here.
That's a man possessed.
He's going nuts.
Nuts.
I love it.
Cronenworth with some butt slaps.
That's fun.
And then, yeah, pumping up the crowd.
This is our house.
This is my house.
Yeah.
Blah, blah.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
The crowd's loving it.
The crowd's loving it.
The Nationals didn't love it.
Yesterday, after that celebration, they told me that there were players upset.
You know, I didn't even know about them.
But, you know, it is what it is.
Who cares?
I don't know.
Like I said, I don't know.
I don't really care about all those stuff.
Was any part of that celebration last night directed at them?
No, no.
It was with the fans.
It was a little directed at them.
Come on.
You ran towards the dugout.
Anyway, K-Bear Ruiz, the catcher for the Nationals, the next day,
Profar's first at bat, he decides, I'm going to tell them that I didn't like that.
Walks up to him, pokes him in the chest.
Poke, poke, poke.
Look at that.
Poke, poke, poke.
And then, I think he's going to take off his mask, go eye to eye,
and then he's going to pat his shoulder.
Pat, pat.
Pat, pat.
Poke, poke, poke.
Goes back to the poking.
Profar's just not looking at him.
He's like, okay, dude.
All right.
Okay, dude.
Manny Machado comes up and is like, yo, chill.
Pushes him.
And then Ruiz, he kind of gets spooked by Manny coming up.
He's like looking at him.
Oh, shit.
Okay.
All right.
All right.
And then everyone else comes in and like, what's going on here?
Vargas doesn't like it.
Now Ruiz is heated.
He's like, I was just having a nice conversation.
Spikes his mask.
He's pissed off.
He's getting held back.
Good teammate, though.
He's like, come on, let it go.
Come on, let it go.
We got you, bro.
We need you tonight for the game, okay?
We need you tonight for this game, all right?
We got you, bro.
Don't even worry about it, all right?
We didn't like it either.
Profar's coach is saying, okay, so that happened and whatever.
And then Schilt is going to say, I found this super interesting
because read his lips, it very much looks like he says to Davey Martinez,
but I asked you if he was going to throw.
Like, I asked you, hey, are you guys going to hit him?
That's what it looks like to me, he's saying, which is kind of,
an interesting decorum that I guess might happen.
Davey says, he told you no.
Well, then he lied to my fucking face talking shit about it.
I didn't say nothing.
Hey, relax.
It's all right.
Relax.
Okay, so that's all.
Kind of what happens.
Jesse Winker twirls his hair.
He walks back.
He ran in, ran all the way in from the outfield,
sees the bullpen and says, that's a long-ass run.
Hey, say something, bro.
After you come.
Come out through the gate.
Oh, got you.
You know I'm going low on you.
Ah, ha, ha, ha.
Laugh it.
Ah, ha, ha.
And then Profar goes to hit again, and Ruiz is talking to him again.
And he's like, hey, hey, Blue.
He's just talking, I guess.
He just needs to tell me stuff.
The mask hits him in the head.
He touches him on the head.
He touched him on the chest.
Touching him all over.
Poking, poking, patting, patting.
Just a lot of touching from Ruiz to Profar.
He didn't like the touching at all.
It's like a session, you know.
You can talk, but you can't touch.
You can talk, but you can't touch.
A good lesson for a lot of people out there.
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It does help me.
Manny comes back and says, hey, I know you're upset, but that's on you.
Control your own emotions.
Stop yelling.
You're being kind of a baby.
I don't know if that's what Manny said, but it could have been.
Anyway, they worn that dugout.
They worn that dugout.
And they worn the pitcher.
Say, we want no more of this.
Schilt's like, what?
Davey's like, what's he mad about now?
He says, he hits a homer.
He celebrates.
And this motherfucker's going to do that?
Come on.
He shouldn't be talking shit.
Yeah.
Either that's he shouldn't be talking shit or he shouldn't be touching him,
which we already went over.
You know, you can talk, but don't touch.
A good lesson.
The game continues.
Profar's coming up to the plate.
Still hasn't seen a pitch.
The first pitch from Gore.
Yanks a fastball, hits him right in the shin.
And the reactions are pretty funny.
The reactions are pretty funny because that was the warnings and all that.
Right in the shin.
Oh, that couldn't have felt fun at all.
Tongue out.
Those guys are up in arms.
The fans didn't like it.
Gore's reaction was like, oh, no, fuck off, shit.
No, that's not what I wanted.
And then Ruiz immediately finger wags.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
That wasn't on purpose.
Schilt's livid.
Like, what?
He's just come storming out the dugout.
He gets ejected right here.
Off screen for storming out the dugout onto the field.
And he is pissed because they warned him.
He says, you just had to warn people.
That's fucking dog shit.
Now, I found the Padres say dog shit in baseball, bullshit and horse shit.
Very common.
Dog shit.
Not common.
Manny said it in the last breakdown I did.
That was a Padres one.
And now Schilt's saying it.
So the Padres are a dog shit team.
Put that in your notes.
You can't.
You can't warn him.
Then he gets fucking hit the very next fucking pitch.
No way that's intentional, Mike.
Bullshit.
No way.
I don't give a fuck.
Well, okay.
I don't give a fuck.
He hit the fucking kid.
You gotta be shit.
I don't know.
He's fucking.
Yeah.
What do you want me to do?
What the fuck do you want me?
You want to be in my fucking spot?
He's got to fucking go.
Yeah.
And I want you to know that he's got to fucking go.
That's his first pitch of the fucking game.
Yeah, but still, you want me doing that?
Bullshit.
Really?
Come on, man.
Hey, let's go.
Fucking dog shit.
This motherfucker hits our guy and I'm fucking leaving.
We win the game.
This motherfucker starts shit and I'm the one that's got to fucking leave.
I don't think he's trying to do that right there.
That's what I'm saying.
That's what I have.
Schilt gives him a look.
Schilt just gives him a look here.
Okay.
And he looks back at him and Schilt says, you understand what I'm saying though, right?
And he says, yeah, I do.
I do.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And Schilt's like, all right.
Well, he understands what I'm saying.
I guess I'll walk slowly out of here.
It's fucking bullshit.
Maybe dog shit.
Walks away.
Keeps walking.
Gets to the end and says, maybe I watch this next pitch.
Oh, home run.
Good call.
Manny Machado writes all wrongs.
Ball don't lie.
Boom.
Yep.
He's going to enjoy that.
Just watches, watches, watches, enjoys, enjoys.
Boom.
Get off me, bat.
One, two.
And now I round the bases.
Profar enjoyed the hell out of that.
He's pumping up the crowd.
That's not directed at him.
Gore's thinking, eh, that sucked.
Oh, dust him off.
Dust him off.
They're having fun.
Okay.
Let's take a picture.
Remember this moment?
Forever.
Manny doesn't smile.
Profar, big old smiles.
Come on.
Come on, dude.
Oh, what are they doing?
Huh?
And then after this, when they go back, Manny talks to the ump in between innings.
And the ump says, he says, I don't think.
Yes.
I don't believe that they were trying to hit him there.
So that's what we have for that.
Right.
Yeah.
Okay.
Well, later on in the game, Padres are up by one.
The bases are loaded.
It's a 2-0 count to Profar.
He gets a fastball and absolutely smokes it down the line.
Oh, watch this couple just screaming with joy.
And watch this high five.
Eye contact.
That's the first must.
And then they cock their hands back.
Bam.
Perfect contact.
Now, this guy, not good.
That ball is in his glove.
He's wearing a glove.
The home run, the grand slam comes right in his glove.
He can't squeeze it.
Pops out into that dude's hand.
Looks at his glove.
Places the blame on his glove.
Nose deep down.
That's on him.
That pitch was right there and just smoked.
And Profar enjoys that the same way he enjoys the other ones.
Maybe a little more because there's a lot of drama.
Looks at his teammates and just goes crazy.
Look at Waiter on the bench.
Look at King, Higgy, all my ex-Yankees, Padres having fun.
They love revenge stuff, I think.
I think they always come out on top.
Look at that smile.
Look at that smile.
Look at this.
Oh, finger wag.
Remember that?
No, no, no.
Look at that smile.
Here's what Davey Martinez said about the confrontation.
Yeah, he confronted him.
That's all it really took.
It was a good way to send a message like, hey, great, you hit the ball.
You won the game, but we're not going to tolerate that.
Yeah.
Does this look like a man who received a message and understands his actions aren't tolerated?
What do you mean you're not going to tolerate it?
Not only did you tolerate it.
If you tolerate it, they did it again to you.
Anyway, thanks for watching.
Subscribe if you enjoy it.
Goodbye.