Dalton Rushing the Dodgers “bad guy” amid on-field controversies

Rushing has been involved in a few altercations over the past four series dating back to the Dodgers’ previous road trip, as during their four-game set against the Colorado Rockies, Rushing called the Rockies’ swing decisions during the Dodgers 4-3 loss on April 18 “fishy,” per Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic . “I think it’s odd that some of those hitters that do what they do, they go up there and they’re on the first pitch that was thrown,” Rushing said. “It’s a little fishy but I’ll wear it.

” After Rushing tagged out San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee at a play at the plate which resulted in him briefly crumbled to the ground, the Dodger catcher looked at Lee momentarily then turned toward the dugout where he shrugged and remarked, “F*ck ’em. ” Rushing would later get plunked two games later, and attempted to take out Giants shortstop Willy Adames on a double play ball to second base. Giants second baseman took exception with Rushing’s late slide into Adames, per Katie Woo and Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic .

“He slid into Willy’s feet and, for me, that’s no good,” Arráez said. “That’s not good baseball. Thank God Willy’s good and we made the double play.

” During the Dodgers 12-4 win against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday, Rushing failed to throw out Miguel Amaya at second base on a stolen base attempt, calling the Chicago catcher a “fat f*ck. ” Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner, who was in the batter’s box during the skirmish, appeared on the Spiegel and Holmes Show on Tuesday where he confirmed that Rushing made the inflammatory comment towards his catcher. He later admitted that he wished he confronted Rushing following the altercation.