The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants played the second game of their series on Tuesday night, with the Giants emerging victorious by a score of 13-2. It seems like a normal, lopsided game between division rivals, right? Wrong. MLB history was made when Giants assistant coach Alyssa Nakken became the first woman to coach on the field in a regular season game. Then, Giants first base coach Antoan Richardson accused Padres coach Mike Shildt of yelling at him with racist undertones, though the two cleared the air the next day. On top of an already eventful game, there was a kerfuffle between the two clubs regarding baseball's “unwritten rules.” With a nine-run lead, the Giants called for a stolen base, then later called for a bunt single to move a runner over, effectively trying to create more runs when they already had a massive lead. San Diego didn't take kindly to it and let the Giants know with an 8-word message, per AJ Cassavell of MLB.com.
Some Padres were legitimately irked by the Giants' flouting of unwritten rules last night. Some were just surprised by it. Like: OK, if you're going to do that against us, we'll do it right back in the same spot next time. "Guess it's all fair game against them, huh?" one said. https://t.co/L5CNAF1X2n
— AJ Cassavell (@AJCassavell) April 13, 2022
Per Cassavell, one Padres player said “Guess it's all fair game against them, huh?” Giants manager Gabe Kapler explained the intent behind the strategy was to get deeper into opposing teams' bullpens in an effort to win.
The San Francisco manager encouraged the Padres- and other teams to employ the strategy against them in similar situations.
It seems likely that the Padres will take Kapler's advice if they are in the same situation the Giants were in the next time these two clubs play.
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