People take their fantasy football teams too seriously, even professional athletes.
Giants gardener Joc Pederson said she was slapped by Reds quarterback Tommy Pham during an altercation on the field during baptism practice Friday for a disagreement that began when Pederson was accused of cheating on a string of group text about their fantastic football league.
“It simply came to our notice then. It came from a fantasy football league that we were both in last year, “Pederson told reporters after the game.” I put someone, a player, on the injured reserve when they were classified as low and I added another player. And then there was a text message in the group saying that I was cheating because I was hiding players on my bench. I searched for the rules and sent a screenshot of the rules, as it says that when a player is discarded, you can put it in the IR. That’s all he was doing.
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“It simply came to our notice then [Pham] he had a player, Jeff Wilson, who was out, and he had him on IR. I said, “You literally have the same thing on your computer, on your bank.” I guess I was in two leagues and one of them [Wilson] he was in the IR and in one of them, he wasn’t, so maybe it was a confusion. In the ESPN league where we were, he appeared as an outsider. It feels very similar to what I did. That’s basically all there is to it. “
The players had to be separated by teammates and the Reds removed Pham from his starting lineup pending an MLB investigation into the incident. Pederson, who played a three-game home game against the Mets earlier this week, played for the Giants and went 1-on-3 with a rushing run and a shot on goal in the Reds’ 5-1 victory. .
“It’s over for what worries me,” Pederson said. “I don’t think I’ll talk to him. I don’t think he wants to talk to me, I guess, I don’t know. Here it was, it was hard to close again.It was a hard day.
“It simply came to our notice then. We are fighting a little. This only makes things worse and this is an additional distraction. You want to eliminate them as much as possible because these games are difficult. We lost. It seems like what happened was unfortunate, but it was still a big distraction for other guys here and we didn’t play a good game tonight. If it had anything to do with being distracted, it would make me feel really bad. “