{"id":70915,"date":"2025-06-18T07:57:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=70915"},"modified":"2025-06-18T07:57:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:57:56","slug":"breaking-dave-roberts-accuses-padres-of-intentionally-throwing-at-shohei-ohtani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=70915","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dave Roberts accuses Padres of intentionally throwing at Shohei Ohtani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mai-performance-images\/2025\/04\/shohei-ohtani-1-400xauto.webp\" alt=\"Shohei Ohtani in a Dodgers jersey in the dugout\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"top\" class=\"site-container\">\n<div class=\"site-inner\">\n<div class=\"content-sidebar-wrap\"><main id=\"genesis-content\" class=\"content has-content-sidebar\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"entry entry-single no-entry-link type-post category-baseball tag-dave-roberts tag-randy-vasquez tag-shohei-ohtani\" aria-label=\"Dave Roberts accuses Padres of intentionally throwing at Shohei Ohtani\">\n<div class=\"entry-wrap entry-wrap-single\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry-content-single\">\n<p>Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts on Tuesday called the San Diego Padres out for throwing a beanball at Shohei Ohtani.<\/p>\n<p>Padres pitcher Randy Vasquez plunked Ohtani with a 94-mph fastball in the bottom of the third inning at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts vehemently protested to the umpires, claiming there was animus behind Vasquez\u2019s pitch that hit Ohtani. It didn\u2019t take long before third base umpire Trip Gibson threw Roberts out of the ballgame.<\/p>\n<p>The ejection was Roberts\u2019 first of the season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=larrybrownsport&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1935171955755237484&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flarrybrownsports.com%2Fbaseball%2Fshohei-ohtani-dave-roberts-accuses-padres-intentional-throw%2F703404&amp;sessionId=2ff05f4ccc2c62fb35d200251af67abb97dd7589&amp;siteScreenName=larrybrownsport&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1935171955755237484\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>During his postgame press conference, Roberts didn\u2019t mince words when asked if he thought the HBP on Ohtani was intentional.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAbsolutely. Absolutely,\u201d said Roberts. \u201cFor me, if they feel that\u2019s warranted on their side, part of baseball, if that\u2019s what they feel, own it. And we move on. But it\u2019s not a misfire. I do feel it was intentional.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=larrybrownsport&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1935217883178545153&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flarrybrownsports.com%2Fbaseball%2Fshohei-ohtani-dave-roberts-accuses-padres-intentional-throw%2F703404&amp;sessionId=2ff05f4ccc2c62fb35d200251af67abb97dd7589&amp;siteScreenName=larrybrownsport&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1935217883178545153\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Roberts felt that the pitch to Ohtani was in retaliation after Dodgers pitcher Lou Trivino hit Fernando Tatis Jr. with a 95-mph sinker. 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