MLB Rumors: Padres Players Boycotted Interviews During NLDS G3 After Insider's Column

The San Diego Padres reportedly boycotted in-game interviews with Fox Sports reporter Ken Rosenthal during Tuesday's NLDS Game 3 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, per Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, after Rosenthal wrote an article critical of Manny Machado and the Padres following Game 2.

In the column, Rosenthal described Machado lightly throwing a ball into the Dodgers' dugout during a heated game as a "punkish response" and dubbed it as the "Sinister Sling." He wrote that Machado is "entirely willing to engage in conduct some might consider unbecoming, and he's unapologetic about it."

He also described Fernando Tatís Jr. as a "smiling, dancing peacock" and Jurickson Profar as…