A really strange thing happened during last nights game that has been vexing me. In the seventh inning during a very tight game Madison Bumgarner responded to Dodger hitter Alex Guerrero in a manner not appropriate for a professional of his magnitude.
It was simply an act of a child - a kind of bullying you see from the insecure. He allowed himself to verbally harass a player due to an ill-perceived slight; wholly manifested out of nowhere. Bumgarner's own lack of respect for Guerrero (and frankly the game) was sad to witness, and I hope he comes to understand that it was himself who shows disrespect.