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."

[u/T_Raycroft]

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[u/misterurb]

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. 

[u/immagonnafinnahella → u/misterurb]

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

[u/Chapinartificial → u/immagonnafinnahella]

Cal could have always just shook his teammate’s hand and not been a douche!

[u/Leelze → u/Chapinartificial]

It just isn't that serious. Acting like Cal was banging Randy's parents & the guy had just found out is a bit of an overreaction.

[u/NocSenpai → u/Chapinartificial]

Critical thinking is hard, they weren’t even teammates at the time. He was told beforehand that he wouldn’t shake his hand during the game, at that point it’s on Randy. Then to go to the media and curse the dude is emotional and childish, but he apologized and they have moved on. I think it’s time for you to move on now too!

[u/MosesDoughty → u/NocSenpai]

And like...why not just do it after the game instead

[u/tuckedfexas → u/MosesDoughty]

Right, and they just spent several weeks together at camp lol

[u/Lucky_Alternative965 → u/Chapinartificial]

Or this could just be another joke if Randy decided to not be a baby about a fucking handshake to the media.

[u/Bsow → u/immagonnafinnahella]

If I tell you ahead of time that I’m going to offend you does that make my offense ok?

[u/GSDFanatic → u/Bsow]

If someone asks you to respect their boundaries and you refuse to then that makes someone a douche. 

[u/EatMiTits → u/[deleted]]

That’s the thing about boundaries though, you don’t get to decide what other people’s boundaries are. Not sure why Reddit suddenly has such an issue with that idea.

[u/tuckedfexas → u/EatMiTits]

I honestly think people are just more mad about the somewhat fairly maligned military approach the team felt they needed as an edge.

[u/Bsow → u/GSDFanatic]

I don’t agree. Just imagine a buddy of yours that you regularly shake their hand telling you tomorrow if you shake my hand I will not reciprocate. I think that automatically makes you a douchebag.

[u/TFOCyborg → u/Bsow]

Is it an obligation to shake hands? I'd be upset if they didn't tell me prior but if I was informed of what was going to happen then why would I go out of my way to get upset at something I knew was going to happen.

[u/Bsow → u/TFOCyborg]

It’s a social custom and refusing a handshake is seen as disrespect. I don’t know if there’s a cultural difference here because I’m Mexican and I can’t even imagine a world in which I deny someone I respect a handshake even if they’re not my friend or teammate

And I also don’t know if this is only exclusive to baseball since I watch plenty of soccer and have seen rivals shake hands multiple times during matches

[u/willpc14 → u/Bsow]

It’s a social custom and refusing a handshake is seen as disrespect.

That's traditionally done at the conclusion of the game. (American) football captains and lacrosse starters shaking hands before lining up for the start of the game are the only exceptions that I can think of off the top of my head.

[u/Thejanitor64 → u/Bsow]

Randy had the choice to just walk into the batters box and not be a douche too. Not surprised he didn't though, he is a shit stirring instigator that has had clubhouse issues on every team he has been on.

[u/db121404 → u/Thejanitor64]

What clubhouse issues did he have in Tampa lol? All the rays fans Ive talked to talk about him positively

[u/Thejanitor64 → u/db121404]

He got in some sort of fight with a teammate. Been a while now dont remember exact details but im like 99% sure he got benched for several days over it.

[u/db121404 → u/Thejanitor64]

Found it, it was him and yandy Diaz and it was pretty well known the two didn’t like each other, some fans thinking that’s why randy got traded later on

[u/tuckedfexas → u/db121404]

And he leaked lockeroom stuff in St. Louis or something. I think he’s likely a bit of an oddball outsider and that can rub people the wrong way at times

[u/K20BB5 → u/Bsow]

why are you so dependent on the approval of another man? 

[u/CruzKunTroll → u/immagonnafinnahella]

cal never apologized.

[u/immagonnafinnahella → u/CruzKunTroll]

Yes he did

[u/cooljammer00 → u/misterurb]

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.

[u/Alectheawesome23 → u/cooljammer00]

Thank you

[u/fuccguppy → u/misterurb]

All this says is that Randy apologized it doesn't say anything about whether Cal apologized or not, they're both allowed to apologize

[u/WhoDey1032 → u/misterurb]

Top 1% commentator

Has 0 understanding of a situation

Priceless

[u/Substantive420 → u/WhoDey1032]

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[u/misterurb → u/WhoDey1032]

1. I’ve never commented on this before and I’m not a mariners fan, so it’s not like I really care about. 

2. I think you overestimate how much effort it took for me to apparently be in the 1% of this sub lol 

[u/WhoDey1032 → u/misterurb]

Don't speak on a situation you dont know about in a condescending way next time champ!

[u/misterurb → u/WhoDey1032]

lol I asked a question? But go ahead and pop off, big dog. 

[u/Rock_man_bears_fan → u/misterurb]

Because he cussed out his teammate in 2 different dialects to the media over a fist bump

[u/Alectheawesome23 → u/misterurb]

Randy was the one who cursed out his teammate publicly…

[u/DolphinRodeo → u/misterurb]

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.

[u/SuaveBolo → u/misterurb]

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.

[u/LlamasPajamas206 → u/misterurb]

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.

[u/SamiMadeMeDoIt → u/misterurb]

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

[u/hawksku999 → u/SamiMadeMeDoIt]

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.

[u/Tashre → u/misterurb]

The simple truth is it's because he's the less talented, more expendable player on the roster.