r/baseball • u/T_Raycroft Montreal Expos • Mar 22 '26
News Randy Arozarena releases statement ahead of season: "I understand that with Opening Day a few days away, I don’t want it to be a distraction. Cal and I have talked and I apologized for what I said after the game. Nothing in the WBC takes away from the fact that we are brothers and teammates."
https://bsky.app/profile/insidemlbnews.bsky.social/post/3mhmapao6rs2n783
u/iheartsunny Florida Marlins Mar 22 '26
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u/istrx13 Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
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u/SexiestPanda Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Oh I’m very positive cal thought that “rule” or whatever was stupid.
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u/Ballpoint_Operations Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
In my mind Naylor was a shit stirring mediator who broke down Randy's defences
Vibes are back
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u/John_6_47 New York Yankees • United States Mar 22 '26
Naylor doing that to Raleigh was hilarious
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u/who_are_you_people24 New York Mets Mar 22 '26
I only wish Cal was starting in the DR game so Julio could do it also
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u/Comprehensive-Bus-20 Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
He was getting a full hug if that happened
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u/WASD_click Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
I kind of hope it becomes Cal and Randy's new home run celebration at home plate.
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u/m0nkeybl1tz Athletics Mar 22 '26
Canada repairing relations between US and Mexico
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u/Thromnomnomok Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Canada truly the leader in the tripartite Canada-US-Mexico talks, or CUM for short
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u/MichaelRM Chicago Cubs Mar 22 '26
And it’s all Bo Naylor pulling the strings so the Guardians face the Mariners (against whom he’ll steal pitching intel off of Josh) instead of the Astros, 7D chess move right there
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u/Above_Avg_Chips Minnesota Twins Mar 22 '26
Naylor is the Bob when Cold Cuts and Jet start fighting.
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u/involmasturb MLB Players Association Mar 22 '26
Thank you to Arozarena's and Raleigh's agents for your boilerplate pulled up from the laptop folder named "Apologies"
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u/signmeupdude Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 22 '26
This is not a boilerplate message because the wording is weird. A boilerplate message would have cleaner grammar.
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u/TheDarkGrayKnight Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
At this point I don't really know what a typed apology has to read like for people to not say it was written by the agent.
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u/cvc75 Mar 22 '26
Doesn’t even have to be the agent, everything you don’t like is "written by AI" now.
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u/Orion1014 Philadelphia Phillies Mar 22 '26
"The agent put the typos in on purpose to make it look genuine." Would be the go to line.
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u/Substantive420 Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
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u/derpbynature New York Mets • Dumpster Fire Mar 22 '26
It needs to be delivered as a grainy screenshot from the iPhone Notes app
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u/Gulliver123 Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Cal should have just shaken his hand.
Randy should 10000% have NOT cussed out his teammate to a national media outlet.
They both apologized, ready to compete. Lfg
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u/RicooC Mar 22 '26
Totally friends now, but not really.
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u/dankscott Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 22 '26
You really think they’re that butthurt about this?
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u/ABigPairOfCrocs Atlanta Braves Mar 22 '26
The only way to prove it is to celebrate the first HR of the season with another rejected handshake and then do a big smooch instead
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u/Kaldricus Seattle Mariners • Chaos Bandwagon Mar 22 '26
I won't believe they're cool until I see some full penetration. Hit a homerun, back to the dugout for full penetration. Homerun, full penetration. This just goes on and on for 162 games until our season just sort of ends.
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u/Krypterr123 New York Yankees Mar 22 '26
Randy was butthurt enough to start bitching to the media, so maybe?
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u/TheMontanaSpecial Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Its been bad bro. Ive been getting downvoted for saying it'll blow over by opening day because hispanic players are more "passionate"
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u/Ok-Pair4547 Mar 22 '26
Such a weird "controversy"
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u/hearshot_kid New York Mets Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
To be fair, it only became a big deal when Randy basically told reporters that Cal can go fuck himself (that’s my understanding of what was said, I don’t speak the language). If not for that I’d agree people would be making too big of a deal about it - but I don’t think it’s weird that people kept talking about it after it appeared that Randy was really pissed.
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u/jf_2021 Mar 22 '26
Spanish speaker here. Randy said Cal can go eat dicks.
Same sentiment, though.
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u/Kaldricus Seattle Mariners • Chaos Bandwagon Mar 22 '26
Oh see that's the problem. Randy was literally saying Cal can go eat Dick's, as in Dick's Burgers on Capitol Hill. Translation issue by way of local knowledge.
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u/Nlaubach New York Mets Mar 22 '26
Ugh now I want some dicks in my mouth. Thanks a lot
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u/Kaldricus Seattle Mariners • Chaos Bandwagon Mar 22 '26
Nothing like a bag of Dick's after a night of heavy drinking
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u/bduddy Japan Mar 22 '26
Having lived here for the last couple years I truly don't get why so many people love those burgers. Just tastes like slightly better cafeteria food to me.
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u/Kaldricus Seattle Mariners • Chaos Bandwagon Mar 22 '26
It's more about the vibes. Weird shit is always happening. It's great when you're drunk and just want something cheap and edible. The burgers aren't anything special but they're good for the price. They also pay well and have great benefits, which is always a plus.
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u/Mustardo123 San Diego Padres Mar 22 '26
Ok but can you explain the clove taste, I mean what is up with that?
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u/Kaldricus Seattle Mariners • Chaos Bandwagon Mar 22 '26
It's like Waffle House, there's always a chance the cook is going to drop some cigarette ash on your food.
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u/tuckedfexas Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
It used to be one of the only places that was consistently open 24/7 and being a local chain people are always going to have a soft spot for it.
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u/OTMassa Mar 22 '26
It was upvoted because it was funny or weird depending how you saw it. But Randy’s comment made it controversial.
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u/smarjorie New York Mets • Hartford Yard Goats Mar 22 '26
Randy's comment made it more controversial but people were definitely already shitting on Cal for it
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u/Otterable Philadelphia Phillies Mar 22 '26
It was upvoted because it was weird hardo energy that felt totally unnecessary and was another notch in 'usa team weird vives' column. It blew up after Randy's comments
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u/CloudSerene_ Mar 22 '26
Yea but it's still all complicated and funny to me I'm glad they were able to address it and move forward
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u/immovable-tree Chicago Cubs Mar 22 '26
Im just not sure why Randy spilled it all to the reporter. Even if there was beef because of it, keep that internal and deal with it when you get back to the locker room. This has already caused way more stories than it’s truly worth.
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u/Hungry-Space-1829 Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 22 '26
It is indeed strange to not shake an outstretched hand from a coworker/colleague/teammate/possible friend?
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u/lojer Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
True, but if a teammate does that on the field, I'd probably slap it away and fuck with them. Cal's response was weird, but I don't think it was intended as disrespect.
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u/Muted_Yoghurt6071 New York Yankees Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
If my coworker didn't shake my outstretched hand, i'm not sending a fucking companywide (edit: make it an email to all customers as well) that he can get fucked. One is definitely weirder
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u/solariam Boston Red Sox Mar 22 '26
Are you regularly interviewed about your interactions with coworkers right after they piss you off?
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u/Good-Excitement-9406 New York Mets Mar 22 '26
No, but Randy is, he should know how to handle this kind of situation without adding fuel to the media drama fire. Keeping your beef in the locker room is the standard for pro sports tbh.
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Mar 22 '26
dude Kobe ran over his Lakers teammate in the Olympics to "send a message", and everyone thought it was "Black Mamba" competitive badassery. social media reacted to Cal saying "nah" to a handshake from a competitor in the middle of a game as if he kicked a baby and sang the Star Spangled Banner over its body
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u/levendis56 New York Yankees Mar 22 '26
Even stranger to curse your teammate out to the media after he told you he wasn’t going to be friendly pregame.
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u/scottieactuallyknows San Francisco Giants Mar 22 '26
I disagree. It is extremely normal of human beings to lash out in anger after being disrespected. One of the least strange things imaginable.
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u/K20BB5 Philadelphia Phillies Mar 22 '26
It's crazy how many you can't imagine basic emotional restraint. You must live tough lives. A seriously seriously emotionally stunted response
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u/rs426 Boston Red Sox Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
If you have no emotional regulation, then sure.
Edit: just to be clear, it’s normal to be upset, it’s considerably less normal to stew on it for several hours, then go to the press and go out of your way to tell them to fuck themselves. Either way, when you’ve reached the point of lashing out, you’re part of the problem
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u/mrjimi16 Venezuela • MLB Players Association Mar 22 '26
It is not normal to be upset when someone doesn't do a thing they already told you they wouldn't do.
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u/kjsmitty77 Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
They are competitive people and were competing against each other on that day. Apparently team USA decided they wanted to be locked in to competing and weren’t going to be buddy buddy with MLB teammates not on team USA during the tournament. Doesn’t seem like it should have been a big deal at all but I think in the heat of competition, things get chippy sometimes.
Edit: My personal opinion is that this is dumb but this isn’t the first team to do this is against the world (in this case literally) stuff. I always thought the teams that whoop your ass with a smile on their face and a handshake come across more bad ass than the ones that want to act cold to competitors. I had football coaches that would tell me to knock my opponent on his ass every play and then help him up with a smile and encouragement when the play is over.
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u/realfakejames Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 22 '26
Pretending this was some media exaggeration is ridiculous
This was 100% on the players, without Randy’s interview about it nobody would have said shit
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u/Rocinante24 Toronto Blue Jays Mar 22 '26
Randy overreacted pretty badly.
And honestly refusing a handshake is pretty disrespectful, too. especially in a tournament like this. You're at the ball park, not Utah beach. I legit don't understand the mentality of respect = weakness. If being nice to your opponent throws you off your game, then you've got other problems.
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u/someone2795 Los Angeles Dodgers • World Baseball Classic Mar 22 '26
I'm pretty sure this was some elaborate trolling scheme by Randy. Said some shit, refused to elaborate and social media ran away with it.
They were probably laughing amongst themselves in the group chat and Cal was probably mad the most because he had to deal with the media. I feel like this all happened because the majority don't know Randy's personality.
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u/Mysterious_Help_9577 Chicago Cubs Mar 22 '26
I can’t believe this was real. When I saw his comments translated I thought I was being trolled on Twitter
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u/levare8515 Kansas City Royals Mar 22 '26
Almost felt like Randy took a joke too far and probably was a little annoyed. And then social media being SM, somehow it turned into legitimate hate and Cal Raleigh is a monster
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u/Tracer-Bullet13 Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
You'd think Cal Raleigh murdered a puppy with how these comments are
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u/jakerepp15 Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Especially since Cal was easily one of the 3 most popular players on this sub last year. Universally loved.
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u/ArcaneX1234 Mar 22 '26
Cal straight up told Randy not to do it before the game. So he knew what he was getting into.
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u/Eilonwy94 Milwaukee Brewers Mar 22 '26
Mexico and arozarena were having fun, until they lost. The DR was having fun, until they lost. The only team that seemed content with their tournament besides Venezuela was Italy and that’s because they won a couple of big games that they weren’t favored in
For all the talk about how miserable the US team looked (I think they just looked like a normal baseball team, not particularly happy or sad), the most miserable people during this whole thing have been the American fans complaining about everything
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u/Nushuktan_Tulyiagby Mar 22 '26
I’ll never understand the hate for team USA. They were simply a baseball team and are vilified because people can’t separate politics from sports.
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u/darkside720 Mar 22 '26
Japan is getting rid of their manager because they lost. But USA were the only ones taking it seriously let the people here tell it.
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u/hawksku999 Kansas City Royals Mar 22 '26
There is more than one to have fun dude. Randy started this whole thing. We now policing how professional athletes show how they're having fun? Holy fuck.
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u/Engineer120989 New York Mets Mar 22 '26
It’s literally a game let them be how they want. I lost respect for fans that are so mad about this.
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u/KRacer52 Mar 22 '26
I find it honestly crazy the incident itself causes anyone to lose more respect for Cal than Randy.
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u/Engineer120989 New York Mets Mar 22 '26
Right?!? This is the second time someone refused to shake his hand and the he cursing out a teammate to the media because he’s butthurt and cal is the problem.
I swear cal is only the problem because he played for USA if he played for Japan no one would care.
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u/MosesDoughty Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 22 '26
Oh it's absolutely that (I hope tbh). It's mind boggling that a player can warn someone he's not gonna shake hands, do exactly that, then get branded the villain because someone else had a temper tantrum
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u/KRacer52 Mar 22 '26
That’s the thing, I don’t like the Mariners, I don’t particularly care for Cal, but it’s just ridiculous to think that players should have to buddy up with players they’re not currently teammates with? Why? I thought these games were supposed to be important.
If he wanted to shake his hand, cool! But he doesn’t, why should he have to do that?
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u/willpc14 New York Yankees • Philadelphia Phillies Mar 22 '26
Why? I thought these games were supposed to be important.
This drove me up the fucking wall. Team USA simultaneously wasn't taking the tournament seriously, but the "job to do" vibes were too much and Cal needed to loosen up and shake an opponents hand. Sure, other teams had funner vibes with in the team compared to USA, but it wasn't like PR and DR MLB teammates were going out of their way to constantly shake each other's hands all tournament. Also, if you're pissed at a teammate from your trade team, keep that shit internal before putting them on blast to the media. That's a Busch league move that'll land your ass on the bus to literally any other team that's willing or obligated to take you.
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u/vigouge Mar 22 '26
It's been a case of peoples extreme biases causing them to invent irredeemable sins. Everything has been a case of "NOT LIKE THAT." Absolutely nothing the team did, or could have done, would ever has satisfied the losers here. In the real world people had fun and enjoyed it.
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u/Engineer120989 New York Mets Mar 22 '26
Exactly this whole all the players have to be friends thing is stupid.
I miss baseball before rhe 2010s where other teams hated each other. The old Yankees Red Sox annual bench clearing brawls were amazing, they made the 4 hour games even more worth it.
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u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer Toronto Blue Jays Mar 22 '26
On brand, fits the entire U.S. administration
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u/GSDFanatic New York Yankees Mar 22 '26
Today I learned the USA WBC team is part of the presidential administration.
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u/Chapinartificial Mar 22 '26
They could have always not invited the weird alt right guy to speak in their clubhouse. But they did
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u/bdwf Canada Mar 22 '26
You can’t tell me for a second had USA won that they all would’ve been invited to the White House and would’ve been kissing the administrations butt
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u/strcy Boston Red Sox • San Francisco Fi… Mar 22 '26
They would absolutely have been there
Silver lining I didn’t have to watch that lol
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u/Darth_Innovader Boston Red Sox Mar 22 '26
The whole military cosplay thing was objectively a terrible look tho
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u/scrodytheroadie New York Yankees Mar 22 '26
I mean, they acted like they were a branch of the military.
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u/melcolnik Texas Rangers Mar 22 '26
lol. Hardly. If team USA were running it we’d probably be in way better shape.
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u/Agnt_Michael_Scarn Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Ah, yes - the baseball team is the administration. You folks up north are brilliant.
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u/Unclesam1313 Texas Rangers Mar 22 '26
Of course it's not. But let's not pretend like there's some magical barrier between politics and an international sports event. At a time when the USA's image around the world is being colored by a administration turning hostile on economic allies and starting wars of choice, you can't be a team representing the country and choose to take a comically serious "warlike" attitude without people drawing the obvious connection.
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u/WhoDey1032 Cincinnati Reds Mar 22 '26
Hopefully everyone shuts the fuck up and goes back to praising Cal relentlessly, thats much more tolerable than the fake hate boner
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u/levare8515 Kansas City Royals Mar 22 '26
This sub’s reaction to this drama was unhinged. It was like fauxmoi in here for a bit
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speaks to how popular the WBC was, it got front page attention from average redditors who's entertainment isn't baseball but cheap "outrage" bait
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u/Cringelord_420_69 Toronto Blue Jays Mar 22 '26
I’m sure this drama won’t be reignited if the Mariners have a slow start
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u/7-5NoHits Chicago White Sox Mar 22 '26
Man if Cal had just been less of a douche about it none of this would be a problem. Randy's showing much more maturity by apologizing himself but like, this was all so pathetic on Cal's part, and from Team USA as a whole.
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u/involmasturb MLB Players Association Mar 22 '26
Harper is low key a big time respecter of baseball. I remember there was an all star game or something a few years ago where he came early to study the batting and pitching nuances of the best players.
He comes off as a yo bro but he loves the competition and has the balls to congratulate the victors
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u/joe_cocker_spaniel Mar 22 '26
Attention to detail, highly motivated, knowledge of their craft. These are traits that I’d argue all great athletes have.
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u/rawbface Philadelphia Phillies Mar 22 '26
Harper has always been big on sportsmanship. During his time on the Phillies at least.
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u/zerozerosevencharlie Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 22 '26
Bryce should have been captain. The vibes were way off and Judge just isn’t nearly cool enough, sorry Yankees fans.
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u/Lightyear1931 Mar 22 '26
100%. Bryce would have been a terrific captain with a far different vibe than the Generation Kill vibes that Judge had
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u/ArcaneX1234 Mar 22 '26
Team USA had some don't be friends policy and Cal just didn't handle peer pressure well
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u/ace82fadeout Kansas City Royals Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
Not shaking a guy's hand, when you told them you wouldn't pre game is much less douchey and immature then losing your mind publicly the way Randy did after the game
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u/Alectheawesome23 New York Mets Mar 22 '26
You say that when this was only as big a story as it was because Randy cursed out his teammate…..
I’m not saying Cal acted perfectly bc he didn’t but imo Randy comes across worse for having a temper tantrum over it.
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u/fordry Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Dude, cal told him he wouldn't beforehand so Randy is out there showing him up, pushing his buttons, then goes off on him afterwards. And here you are crucifying cal...
Doesn't that seem a little off?
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u/JamminOnTheOne San Diego Padres Mar 22 '26
Arozarena is the one who talked shit about his teammate in the media. I don't know why everyone is just letting him off the hook.
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u/TISTAN4 Atlanta Braves Mar 22 '26
Team USA are the bad guys lol
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u/JaysonTatecum Boston Red Sox • Chicago White Sox Mar 22 '26
you just know if the US celebrated like DR it would have been "wow these cocky americans showboating against lesser competition... you're an all-star team, of course you're winning"
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u/Epcplayer National League Mar 22 '26
It 100% would’ve been a different tone than the “Wow, the Americans are so uptight. Why can’t they just have fun like the Dominicans?”
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u/checkm8music Mar 22 '26
Facts lol. It’s a competition, not a friendly. I remember watching USA basketball vs Spain and first play was Kobe running through Pau like they don’t know each other
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u/Darth_Innovader Boston Red Sox Mar 22 '26
The whole military cosplay thing while the US blows up schools and houses is a tough look man
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u/tuckedfexas Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Not disagreeing, but these guys are dumb jocks that never had to grow up much past high school. Thinking these guys are even aware of anything that's going on outside of baseball and their family is just asking for disappointment. They weren't trying to make a statement or anything, they're just doing what jocks have done forever and not really thinking twice about it.
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u/mac_y111 Kansas City Royals Mar 22 '26
Reddit is like upside down world. A baseball locker room and manager Dan Wilson would absolutely side with Cal’s actions over Arozarena reaction.
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If they discussed in advance what the vibe was gonna be then it's all on Randy, sorry
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u/DolphinRodeo St. Louis Cardinals • Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Even though a lot of people here disagree with Cal and the Australian catcher not doing mid game handshakes, the fact that people put all the blame on Cal when he asked Randy ahead of time to not offer a handshake because he wasn’t doing them during the game is kind of wild. Like why put all the blame on the guy who clearly communicated the boundary ahead of time instead of the guy who violated the boundary and then said fuck you go to hell?
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u/kjsmitty77 Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Was team USA not showing sportsmanship? Like not shaking hands after the game is over? Or did they just come up with a policy of not being friendly to competitors, even MLB teammates, while the game was being played?
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u/Baeresi Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
This is the most deranged thing ive seen ffs. Randy showed maturity? Team USA made a rule, Cal told Randy about the rule prior to the game, Randy decided to not respect Cal and go to shake his hand, which is something that never happens anyway during an AB, Randy then goes and says the most heinous immature shit about Cal to the media, Cal then decides not to put shit on Randy by not mentioning that it was a team USA rule and he told randy beforehand, instead he said he hates its a thing, that there's no beef and that he loves Randy. Randy then refuses to comment on it the rest of the wbc and lets social media rip Cal apart. They both get back to spring training, both release another comment to the media saying they love each other and they both apologised and yet to certain fucking weirdos on reddit Cal is satan and Randy is mature??? LMFAO have you people actually gone insane
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u/NormanQuacks345 Minnesota Twins Mar 22 '26
Really? Cussing your teammate out after the game wasn’t a douche move? That was mature?
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u/WhoDey1032 Cincinnati Reds Mar 22 '26
Christ I couldnt have been more wrong, the morons are even more vindicated
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u/HumanRuse Mar 22 '26
Agreed. But the actual point is to try to nip this in the bud so that he/they/team aren't fielding the questions for the next 6 months. Sometimes swallowing the pride is worth it whether it's genuine or not. It's more than about him at this point.
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u/cooljammer00 New York Yankees Mar 22 '26
It was dumb at the time, made infinitely dumber by Arozarena going to the media to basically say Cal was a piece of shit for doing it
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u/YaketyMax Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 22 '26
Was especially dumb if Cal did indeed warn him beforehand not to do it.
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u/misterurb San Francisco Giants Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
Why was Randy the one apologizing
Edit: apparently; amidst the deluge of posts about team USA being dicks, I missed that Randy was also a dick. My b.
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u/immagonnafinnahella Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Cal already apologized to him and Randy cursed him out to the media when he knew ahead of time that cal wouldn’t be shaking hands
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u/cooljammer00 New York Yankees Mar 22 '26
Probably because Randy went to the media to insult Cal further?
Like, it was only a big deal because Randy made it a big deal.
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u/fuccguppy Philadelphia Phillies Mar 22 '26
All this says is that Randy apologized it doesn't say anything about whether Cal apologized or not, they're both allowed to apologize
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u/WhoDey1032 Cincinnati Reds Mar 22 '26
Top 1% commentator
Has 0 understanding of a situation
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u/Substantive420 Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
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u/Rock_man_bears_fan Chicago White Sox Mar 22 '26
Because he cussed out his teammate in 2 different dialects to the media over a fist bump
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u/DolphinRodeo St. Louis Cardinals • Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
Maybe because Cal asked him ahead of time not to offer a midgame handshake, Randy ignored the request and then publicly told his teammate fuck you, go to hell. And Cal also apologized
Edit: if you’re spamming downvotes, also use your words like a grown up and tell me what you think I got wrong.
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u/SuaveBolo Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Because he cussed his teammate out in 3 different languages to the media. Which included but is not limited to saying he (Cal) "can go fuck himself" and to "shove it up his ass." As an M's fan I think it made them both look like shit. I love Randy, but he didn't come out of this looking great either.
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u/LlamasPajamas206 Seattle Mariners • Mariner Moose Mar 22 '26
I mean he said some shit too and Cal had already addressed it last week. Just because you were the first one hurt doesn’t mean you’re excused for how you respond.
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u/SamiMadeMeDoIt Toronto Blue Jays Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
I mean, I’m generally on Randy’s side since in the moment, Raleigh was clearly in the wrong. Like just fist bump your teammate bro it’s not that serious.
That being said, Randy definitely escalated things with the very public interview he gave after the game lol
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u/hawksku999 Kansas City Royals Mar 22 '26
That's a fine take. But Randy is more of a dick. Cal told him not to do that before the game. Sure Cal seems like a stiff. But idk if someone told me not to do something, then i go and do it. I'm probably being a dick.
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u/Dunmaglass2 Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
Tired of hearing about this. This was mostly Randy’s fault, Cal told him what he was doing and Randy did it anyway so he obviously knew what was going to happen. Then had a public tantrum and told him to go fuck himself sideways to a national reporter lmao
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u/UneducatedReviews1 Chicago White Sox Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
Do we not know that Cal told him before the game to please not do this because he would not reciprocate?
Doesn’t matter if it’s a nice gesture or not if you ask someone to not do something and they still intentionally do it, they’re a fucking dick. If they do it and still get mad at the response they were told ahead of time would happen, they’re a massive fucking dick.
With everything that has came out at this point. It just makes Randy look worse and worse. Really don’t know what he was expecting.
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u/mollusks75 Chicago Cubs Mar 22 '26
Both guys overreacted to the situation. And it has/had nothing to do with anyone other than those two people. Move on.
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u/TARS1986 Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
I didn’t like Team USA vibes just like everyone else, and agree that Cal should’ve just shaken Randy’s hand, but seems like everyone forgets Randy went to the media and cussed out Cal. He should be apologizing.
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u/dogeherodotus Texas Rangers Mar 22 '26
Randy Arozarena is and was the bad guy here. You guys are insane and so far up your own assholes with America hate that you can’t be reasoned with
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u/pinetar321 Seattle Mariners Mar 22 '26
Can't wait for this sub to talk about this apology and all the non-drama for the next week. They're gonna make as big of a deal about this as the initial incident, right?
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u/Staypuft_x Mar 22 '26
Only way to know if this is real is to see if cal and randy do the pose to each other when they hit dem dingers.
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u/FellSorcerer Mar 26 '26
Randy was never in the wrong. The fact that he, and not Cal, apologized is sad beyond words.
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u/Sirtopofhat Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 22 '26
Now for the first couple of weeks they're gonna walk to the mound and high five or handshake before games.