Padres fans crying about MLB's hilarious policing of Mike Shildt after Dodgers ban

The Dodgers series against the Padres last week featured a little bit of everything. Managers nearly came to blows, Manny Machado had a quote heard around the world, and suspensions were handed out en masse. 

One of those suspensions was for Padres manager Mike Shildt, who elected to serve his one-game ban last Friday in San Diego’s 6-5 loss to the Royals. And, according to national analyst A.J. Pierzynski, MLB officials went a long way to confirm that Shildt indeed took in his punishment.

Padres fans crying after MLB took hilarious measure to police Mike Shildt after Dodgers suspension

“He was locked in his office for the game and there’s MLB people that sit in there with him to make sure he doesn’t pick up the phone and call the dugout,” Pierzynski said in a recent appearance on Foul Territory. “You just have to sit there with [your arms crossed] and just watch the game.”

Padres fans want justice. We need footage of Dave Roberts tied to a chair for his suspension to prove that he didn't make any calls from the team suite.

While Pierzynski’s story makes sense (he was suspended, after all), it leads to a funny mental image of Shildt sitting in the chair in his office just watching the game with officials surrounding him to make sure he doesn’t do anything, since there were probably times where the phone was calling to Shildt like the Green Goblin mask. 

It’s just another chapter in what’s quickly becoming one of the best one of the best quasi-rivalries in all of baseball. The Padres have climbed back into the National League Wild Card picture as of late (they’ve gone 3-1 since Shildt served his suspension), while the Dodgers have gone 4-1 and currently hold a 4.5-game lead over the Giants in the National League West. 

Shildt and Roberts were both suspended for a game, while Robert Suarez was initially suspended for three games before it was dropped to two games after an appeal. 

While Shildt told MLB Network Radio that he hopes the teams play a “clean” series the next time the two teams face off in August, all it'll take is one hit by pitch for things to change.

Both Shohei Ohtani and Frenando Tatis Jr. were plunked twice in the most recent series, and there likely would have been another benches-clearing incident had Ohtani not waved off the Dodgers’ bench.

In the end though, it was more theater than anything else. While no one wants to take a 99 MPH fastball off their back, all of the actions (and reactions) were posturing.

But if nothing else, it got us the mental image of Shildt sitting in his office surrounded by a bunch of MLB officials. Baseball continues to be a weird sport.