#PuigYourFriend #DontLookAtMe π #Puignotlookingatyou π @JDL_87 @Adrian_ElTitan pic.twitter.com/2r1JULNyMK
β Yasiel Puig (@YasielPuig) September 20, 2016
Monday night's Giants game against the Dodgers was embarrassing for a host of reasons: the team's late collapse, an accidentally anti-Semitic tweet sent out by the organization, and a bench-clearing argument between pitcher Madison Bumgarner and Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig. Well now we learn via CBS Sports that the exchange which sparked the brawl β Bumgarner repeatedly telling Puig not to look at him β has been picked up by Dodgers players in an effort to add insult to injury.
In fact, they literally printed it on some shirts.
Video of the disagreement shows Bumgarner throwing Puig out at first to close out the inning. As he walked off the field he can be seen telling the outfielder where not to direct his eyes. "Don't look at me," he was quoted as saying. "Don't look at me. Don't f**king look at me."
Puig apparently didn't take kindly to that suggestion, and this is what followed:
π₯πβΎπ Yasiel Puig & Madison Bumgarner cause the benches to clear over a stare down π #MLB #SFGiants #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/l9pIIpRhYt
β The Fanatics View (@thefanaticsview) September 20, 2016
Let's take a closer look.
Vin Scully's description of the Puig-Bumgarner dust-up was more entertaining than the actual dust-up. pic.twitter.com/tU5LgiNc9I
β Jason Foster (@ByJasonFoster) September 20, 2016
And just to make sure the message got across, Dodgers Nation reports that Puig signed one of the shirts and sent it to Bumgarner.
And the Dodgers aren't the only ones piling on β the Chronicle penned a piece saying management needs to control the pitcher and has failed to do so. With all that pressure, many fans are going to be watching tonight's game against the Dodgers closely. Just don't look too closely, or, you know, our star pitcher might lose it.
Related: Giants Tweet, Then Delete, Unintentionally Anti-Semitic Slur