Madison Bumgarner "wanted to be mad" So He Made the Benches Clear For No Reason

Madison Bumgarner dominated the San Diego Padres on Tuesday. The Giants won 5-1. Bumgarner struck out 11 and surrendered just 5 hits and 1 run. He only needed 108 pitches. It should have been a wonderful evening for the Giants ace, but after striking out Wil Myers to end the 3rd inning, Bumgarner “Wanted to be mad for a second.” So he started yelling at the guy he just struck out who was walking back to the dugout silently.

This caused Myers to turn around which further upset Bumgarner. Then the benches cleared and the guys from the bullpen made their ridiculous trot in to see what everyone was yelling about. What was everyone yelling about? Nothing.

"“I said to him — which he couldn’t understand — I said, ‘Come on, man, don’t stare me down,’ and he didn’t really know what I said,” Myers clarified afterward. “… We got caught up in the heat of the game, emotions were running high, people were competing out there. It wasn’t a big deal. I think it was just a misunderstanding on both ends.”"

The best-case scenario played out as everybody went back to their seats and Myers and Bumgarner made up in the 9th.

But what are we doing here? Can MLB finally ban players from leaving the dugout and bullpen? At best it’s a waste of time. At worst, a brawl. Which almost never happens. And even then, relief pitchers aren’t throwing punches if they haven’t warmed up.

It’s time for MLB to start policing baseball players and for baseball players to start just being excellent to each other.