Dodgers lipreaders are going wild with latest controversial Dalton Rushing moment vs. Giants

Dalton Rushing has been in the news a lot over the last week. He alleged that the Rockies were up to something "fishy" after swinging at a lot of first pitches and beating the Dodgers 4-3 on Saturday, basically saying that there was no way a team like the Rockies should be able to beat a team like the Dodgers.

With another inter-division series up against the Giants and Rushing looking very good at the plate, he was the Dodgers' starting catcher for the opener. A rocky first inning for Yoshinobu Yamamoto put the Dodgers down by three in a hurry, a deficit the offense couldn't make up.

But the big story from that game is an incident at the bottom of the sixth. Heliot Ramos smoked a single to center field, which led San Francisco's third base coach Hector Borg to wave Jung Hoo Lee all the way home from first. It was an ill-advised send, and Lee was out by a mile, but he slid awkwardly into home and then stayed on the ground looking frustrated after Rushing applied the tag to end the inning.

Rushing walked away from the scene without checking in on Lee, and the Giants' broadcast picked up what appeared to be Rushing saying "F— him," while walking back to the dugout.

Dalton Rushing is back in the news cycle for a controversial moment with Jung Hoo Lee in Dodgers-Giants opener

It wasn't just that Rushing dropped an expletive, it was that he looked back at Lee still sitting at home, turned away, shrugged, and then dropped the F bomb. Fans were quick to circulate clips, declaring the Dodgers and Giants rivalry alive and well.

Rushing might've been frustrated from the bad first inning and the offense's inability to make up what should've been a very managable deficit, but even Dodgers fans have to admit that it's not a good look, especially when you take his comments from the Rockies series into consideration.

It gives way to a narrative forming quickly among division rival fans (or just anyone who hates the Dodgers): Rushing is hot for the first time in his career and getting a lot of praise for it, and it's started to go to his head.

Dodgers fans won't go that far yet. The Giants are their greatest historical rivals, and a little fire never hurt anyone. But we'll admit that it's not a great look to be that dismissive of another player's apparent injury, no matter the history between the two teams.

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