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Machado Says Being 'Johnny Hustle' Is "Not My Cup Of Tea, That's Not Who I Am"

Ken Rosenthal writes in The Athletic that in NLCS Game 2, Manny Machado of the Dodgers did not run hard on a fourth-inning grounder to shortstop. Rosenthal then said Machado may have over-reacted to questions about his lack of effort by making two "questionable slides" into second base in Game 3.

(Jim Palmer, an announcer for the Orioles, Machado's old team, tweeted: "Once again Manny doesn't run hard. Down 0-1 in series, 0-0 game in 4th. Too tired to run hard for 90 feet. But wants the big $$ #pathetic"))

Before NLCS Game 4, Rosenthal spoke to Machado:

Whenever I see you and ask you how you're doing, you say, "I'm chillin'.