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Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham needs to pipe down

By Noah Yingling

Apr 19, 2022; San Diego, California, USA; A Cincinnati Reds trainer checks on catcher Tyler Stephenson (37) after a collision at home plate with San Diego Padres designated hitter Luke Voit (not pictured) during the first inning at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 19, 2022; San Diego, California, USA; A Cincinnati Reds trainer checks on catcher Tyler Stephenson (37) after a collision at home plate with San Diego Padres designated hitter Luke Voit (not pictured) during the first inning at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 18, 2022; San Diego, California, USA; Cincinnati Reds designated hitter Tommy Pham (28) watches his home run during the first inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports /

Reds outfielder Tommy Pham (who was with the Padres in 2020 and 2021) was a complete hothead, though, as he challenged Voit to a duel outside of the stadium and out of uniform.

Here is part of what Pham said, according to C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic on Twitter. Be advised, the tweet has some uncensored language that is NSFW.

Here is some of what Pham said without the language.

“I don’t like it all,” said Pham. “They can say what they want, everybody on that side, they know I get down. I know a place here. I know an owner who will let me use his gym if we need to settle anything. … That play was dirty.

Pham continued, “If Luke wants to settle it, I get down really well,” Pham said. “Anything. Muay Thai, whatever. Like I said, I’ve got an owner here who will let me use his facility.”

There are a number of things wrong with what Pham said.

1) The Cincinnati Reds challenged the call for a slide violation and there was no violation.

Watch the video on the previous page. The throw to Tyler Stephenson carried him into Luke Voit’s path. The catcher has to give him a running lane unless the throw carries him into the baseline. It did so Voit had nowhere else to go.

The replay umpires in New York City confirmed this.

2) Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell (a known hothead himself) said there was no problem with the slide

Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell said that there was no problem with the slide.

“I didn’t have a problem with the slide,” Bell said. “But it’s a helpless feeling when one of your players gets hit in the head and they’re lying there. It’s scary for me. I may have just reacted and it felt like the only thing I could do. It didn’t end up hurting us because we didn’t need the challenge. I thought it could’ve been an illegal slide. That doesn’t mean that Voit did it intentionally.”

Bell has been known to be a huge hothead himself. He had seven ejections as a player and he has already had 16 ejections as a manager in just three seasons. He led the majors in ejections in both 2019 (8) and 2020 (3).

So if he can be the calm man in the room and see it for what really happened, Pham needs to pipe down.

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