The Los Angeles Dodgers star and free-agent-to-be has had quite a National League Championship Series through the first four games, creating controversy at nearly every turn and gaining a number of enemies along the way.
In Game 2, Machado failed to run hard down the first base line on a routine ground ball to shortstop Orlando Arcia, prompting some on social media, and on the TV broadcast, to question his lack of hustle. After the game, Machado said he will never be “Johnny Hustle,” and that running down the line hard is not his “cup of tea.