Nico Hoerner expressed regret for not addressing Dalton Rushing's offensive remarks towards teammate Miguel Amaya during a game against the Dodgers. The incident occurred in the third inning of the Cubs' 12-4 loss.
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Nico Hoerner has admitted he wishes he had done more in the moment after Dalton Rushing allegedly insulted Chicago Cubs teammate Miguel Amaya.
The incident came during the third inning of the Cubsâ 12-4 defeat against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Hoerner at the plate and Amaya advancing to second after a pitch from Roki Sasaki got away.
Rushingâs reaction was picked up on camera, and Hoerner later confirmed that the Dodgers catcher had called Amaya a âfat fâââ.
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The 28-year-old second baseman said on the Spiegel and Holmes Show that he was âpretty taken abackâ by what happened and wished he had acted differently.
âI wish that I had confronted him⊠I was pretty taken aback⊠At the end of the day, you just wanna have your teammatesâ back,â he said (via Talkinâ Baseball).
However, Hoerner also made clear he was not suggesting he should have escalated the situation physically. His regret was more about failing to defend his teammate in real time.
Dalton Rushing allegedly called Miguel Amaya a 'fat fââ' during a game.
Nico Hoerner admitted he wished he had confronted Dalton Rushing about his remarks in the moment.
The incident occurred during the third inning of the Cubs' 12-4 defeat against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The second baseman added that he was still in the middle of an at-bat, which explains why his first reaction was surprise rather than confrontation.
The Amaya incident has become part of a wider pattern around Rushing, who has attracted attention across several recent Dodgers series.
He previously questioned whether the Colorado Rockies were doing something âfishyâ, before Dave Roberts dismissed that idea and pointed instead to poor Dodgers pitch execution.
Rushing was also involved in tension with the San Francisco Giants after a play at the plate involving Jung Hoo Lee, then was later hit by Logan Webb and made a hard slide into Willy Adames.
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