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Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo ripped Joe Girardi for asking umpires to check Max Scherzer for foreign substances during Tuesday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies, calling the manager a “con artist.”
Rizzo told The Sports Junkies that Girardi was attempting to get under Scherzer’s skin rather than being actually worried about any foreign-substance issues.
“What are we idiots? Of course he was,” Rizzo said. “It’s embarrassing for Girardi. It’s embarrassing for the Phillies. It’s embarrassing for baseball. Yes he was playing games. Hey, that’s his right. Gamesmanship. It had nothing to do with substances. He had no probable cause to ask for it. The umps shouldn’t have allowed it. But it happened and you’ve got to deal with it. This is what we’re gonna have to deal with.”
“You think you’re gonna intimidate a Max Scherzer? It’s just not gonna happen. You’re just gonna piss him off and make him concentrate that much harder. This is about breaking Max’s rhythm and frustrating him and that type of thing, and it didn’t work. Our bullpen pitched great, we got some timely hits and we beat the Phillies. So we move on. We play them today again, so that’s good.”
This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.
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