The last series the Diamondbacks and Padres played, attention was cast on newly minted San Diego star Manny Machado for something other than his batting line or play in the field. In the sixth inning of a game at Petco Park, Machado was ruled out on batter’s interference on a popup to the catcher. As Machado popped the ball up, he seemed to slightly bump catcher John Ryan Murphy as he began to run toward first. He also dropped his bat just behind Murphy’s feet, although that seemed to have little to no effect on Murphy’s ability to get to the ball.



But some people saw malicious intent. On the Fox Sports Arizona broadcast, color commentator and former Diamondbacks manager Bob Brenly called the move “a bush-league act” and said that “Machado, one day, is gonna pull one of his high jinks on the wrong guy and he’s gonna get dropped in his tracks, and he’s gonna deserve it.”



It’s not the first time Machado has...