Giants' first base coach Antoan Richardson was ejected from Tuesday night's outing against the San Diego Padres, resulting in Alyssa Nakken making her historic debut as the first on-field woman's coach in MLB history.
Despite the historic moment, Richardson is alleging that Padres' third base coach Mike Shildt's comments toward him that caused his ejection, "reeked undertones of racism.”
Following last night's 13-2 victory over the Padres, Richardson told reporters that the incident started when Shildt began to approach San Francisco’s dugout. After the two exchanged words, Shlidt yelled, "You need to control that motherf---er" which prompted Richardson to respond and ultimately led to his ejection. Richardson was offended because his comments made him feel like a piece of property.
“I say this because his words were disproportionately unwarranted and reeked undertones of racism when he referred to me as ‘that motherf—er,’ as if I was to be controlled or a piece of property or enslaved," Richardson said. "I think it’s just really important we understand what happened tonight. And the second part that’s equally disappointing is that me being tossed by that umpire empowers this coach to continue to have conversations like that with people like me, and that’s really unfortunate that’s what happened tonight.”
However, a video surfaced this morning showing the two embracing and seemingly hashing out their differences.
The two did a joint media session Wednesday where Richardson said that he doesn't believe Shildt is a racist and just wanted to shine some light on how certain words impact communities differently.
Seems like water under the bridge. The Giants and Padres conclude their three game series this afternoon.
Related
