Following the NLDS Game 5 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday that sent his team to the National League Championship Series, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made an interesting admission: he called attention to Manny Machado's throw/toss of a baseball into the Dodgers' dugout during Game 2 of the series as a diversionary tactic.

Game 2 had its share of hostility, but the plot thickened Monday when the Dodgers’ manager accused the Padres’ third baseman of throwing a baseball into the dugout between innings and possibly

It is difficult to evaluate the San Diego Padres’ season. When a team trades away possibly its best player and hires a new manager, making the playoffs should be considered an unequivocal success. The odds makers did not expect a whole lot from this club,

Six-time MLB All-Star Jonathan Papelbon criticizes Padres third baseman Manny Machado for lack of sportsmanship, claiming he is not a good leader or representative for the game of baseball. However, Papelbon has a history of unsportsmanlike conduct too.