Another camera angle possibly caught unsavory Dalton Rushing lip read as Dodgers hate grows

The Dodgers have embraced their roles as baseball's biggest villains, but in spirit more than in attitude. They're still keeping their heads down and playing good baseball while tuning out opposing fans' hate. Their guys are still friendly and likable; even Pete Crow-Armstrong made a point to separate his criticism of Dodgers fans from Dodgers players.

Dalton Rushing is turning into a different story. Over the last few weeks, after he called a Rockies' win over the Dodgers "fishy" and then got into an entire saga with Jung Hoo Lee and the Giants, a rather unsavory picture has started to form of Rushing as a cocky rookie who needs to be brought back down to earth.

He's red-hot right now, sure, and he's come up in some clutch moments, but his attitude has struck opposing fans as unearned. After all, he can't even claim postseason success; he got all of one at-bat in the NLCS last year and struck out.

The latest alleged incident will only make things worse. On Saturday, Cubs batter Miguel Amaya ran on a wild pitch from Roki Sasaki in the top of the third. Rushing recovered the ball quickly enough to try to catch him at second, but the throw was late.

The broadcast cut back to Rushing, who appeared to call Amaya a "fat f—," which prompted a testy look from Nico Hoerner.

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To be fair to Rushing, there's much less to go off of here than there was with the incident with Lee, which even Dodgers fans have to admit was pretty cut-and-dry. We could be dealing with some confirmation bias while everyone is already looking for a reason to get on the Rushing hate train, and fans love to put on their Jomboy hats and take a crack at some amateur internet sleuthing.

Still, it speaks to how quickly Rushing has become an easy villain for the rest of baseball. Most Dodgers players don't give fans any reason to turn them into hateable individual figures, no matter how much hate the team as a whole might get. Opposing fans are clearly relishing being able to point to a Dodger and say, "See? The Dodgers are a—holes."

Whether or not Rushing actually said what he said, it might behoove him to just ... keep his mouth shut, especially on the field. There are cameras everywhere, and as much as he might be basking in the hate right now, it'll feel a little different when the bat cools off.

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