“We all do stupid things and regret them.”

It’s been a day since San Diego Padres pitcher Ha-Sung Kim’s angry water cooler kick. In the bottom of the seventh inning of a 3-3 tie at home against the New York Mets on Aug. 8 (ET), Kim pulled a sinker from Mets reliever Brooks Railly and lined it deep to left field. At first, the double was safe 메이저사이트.

But Mets left fielder Tommy Pham didn’t react quickly enough. In some ways, Pham tricked Kim into overthrowing, but Kim had a good shot at third base. As Kim made his expected run to third, Pham threw accurately to third baseman Luis Guillome.

Kim made an exquisite slide to third base, avoiding Guillome’s tag, but Guillome made a gesture to push Kim’s left foot out of the way. Kim’s head-first slide was strong in the moment, and his body didn’t miss the moment to get past third base, but it could have been seen as an unsportsmanlike conduct play in some cases.

Kim acknowledged his mistake to local media, but made it clear that Kiyome was trying to push him out of the way with the tag. That upset him, and when he was ruled out by the third base umpire, he made a furious motion. In frustration, he kicked the dugout water cooler with his right foot and was removed from the game. He was removed from the game against the Mets on the 9th. It’s possible he’ll miss the final game of the first half on Tuesday.

Manager Bob Melvin, who heard Kim’s sincerity, didn’t criticize him. Instead, he embraced his passionate play. MLB.com’s San Diego beat reporter AJ Casabell was also supportive, tweeting, “Who among us hasn’t gotten frustrated and done something stupid and immediately regretted it?”

We all make mistakes and do things we regret. “Kim is arguably the Padres’ MVP this year,” Casabell said. He works as hard as anyone in the game. He screwed up and was honest about it. He vowed that it would never happen again.”

In 84 games this season, Kim is batting .255 with 69 doubles, 10 home runs, 31 RBIs, 43 runs scored, and a .757 OPS. In his last 15 games, he’s batting .273 with five homers, 10 RBIs, and a .961 OPS. The defense is stellar. DRS and OAA lead the National League, and he’s looking to make up for missing out on last year’s Gold Glove at shortstop by winning the Gold Glove at second base. It’s no wonder Casabell is so high on Kim.