"It's a dirty play by a dirty player."
That was Christian Yelich, the all-but-sure-to-be NL MVP, describing Manny Machado, who's about to become one of the best-paid players in baseball history, after Game 4 of the NLCS, a game in which Machado once again grabbed headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Christian Yelich speaks for the Brewers clubhouse regarding the Manny Machado incident. He wasn’t happy. #Brewers #NLCS pic.twitter.com/kzAWvmMrFC
— Joe Trezza (@JoeTrezz) October 17, 2018
Machado's Los Angeles Dodgers and Yelich's Milwaukee Brewers have played four games in this NLCS, and after three of them, the focus has been on Machado.