Kemp downplays reaction after double-switch Outfielder says outburst was over performance, not Mattingly's move By Austin Laymance / MLB.com | 5/26/2013 12:08 A.M. ET LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp was visibly upset when manager Don Mattingly removed him from the game in a double-switch in the top of the seventh inning on Saturday. But Kemp said he was simply shouting out of frustration -- and not at Mattingly -- when he got back to the dugout after jogging in from center field. Kemp went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts to drop his average to .261. "I was just frustrated, it had been a bad day for me," Kemp said after the Dodgers beat the Cardinals, 5-3, at Dodger Stadium. "I didn't really do much to help the team win. It is what it is. It's over with now." Mattingly removed Kemp from the game in favor of Skip Schumaker in a double-switch that brought Kenley Jansen in to relieve Paco Rodriguez. The manager said he decided to remove Kemp from the game and not another position player in order to have Schumaker bat in the pitcher's spot, which was due up second in the bottom of the seventh, and allow Jansen to return for the eighth inning. Jansen struck out Cardinals slugger Matt Holliday to strand two runners in the seventh, then struck out three more during a scoreless eighth to preserve a 4-3 lead. Schumaker went 1-for-2 with a single. "It was the right move," Mattingly said. "This has nothing to do with Matt struggling. It was a baseball move. I don't like doing it, but I was at the point with the 'pen where I knew I needed to get one-plus [innings] out of Kenley." Mattingly said he did not interpret Kemp's frustration to be directed towards him. "If that's the case, we'll talk about it," Mattingly said. "I know Matt's frustrated with things, but there was nothing personal there. I love Matt. It was a baseball move. Guys don't like coming out and I understand that." Kemp was also booed by the crowd after striking out in the sixth with runners on first and second. "That's how they feel," Kemp said. "Let them do what they want to do." Austin Laymance is an associate reporter for MLB.com. __
Hope you get booed more. Cunt bitch. Go to West Hollywood for a few months and build your shoulder strength by jerking off flamers all day. Not here in the big leagues, fucking bitch.
He can downplay it all he wants to. I know what I saw, he was talking shit to Don, sure he was upset he sucked yet again, and he obviously didn't realize why Don made the move. He needs to man up, admit he yelled because he was pissed andsay sorry. Players shouldn't do that, but it happens and it's good he has the fire, just needs to contain it and use it the right way.
Anyone have a GIF? Donnie tough ball should've said it was because that fag left the population of China on base today.
kemp was just frustrated i get that if/when he starts hitting again, all will be forgotten/forgiven...
It makes me sad when Kemp gets booed andI don't want Kemp to be booed. I want to love seeing Kemp at bat, I want to feel nothing but hope and optimism every time I see Kemp have a bat in his hands, it just is not right to dread the thought of Kemp up to bat and that makes me a very sad panda.
Yeah. I feel really bad for him. AGon was saying the fans shouldn't boo him either. Saying he is one of the hardest working players and cares more than anybody he's played with or something. I can't be like TB and talk so much shit about him, he's just too damn cool. TB's just a dick.
Dick or not, I would rather have TB up there hitting than Kemp. Widdle Maddy got caught throwing his toys about. What a bkitch.
