Back up just a second.
Did you see Gomez's eyes and and stare at Malhom on the very first pitch? I know the umpires couldn't see it but had they it would have explained easily what happened next. So he gets plunked 3 months prior. So what. Batters get hit every day. Grow up and take your bumps and bruises. lol.
I dont think McCann was wrong IMO. Was he protecting his pitcher at that point? No. But, I think he was letting Gomez know that his bush-league behavior was unacceptable.
Glad Gomez has to sit a game. He deserves it.
I believe the history is that every time Gomez has hit a home run off this pitcher he has been hit the next at-bat. 2 or 3 times.
McCann should have been ejected and suspended. He was the first one to start the screaming after the home run was hit. And he escalated the whole thing by stopping Gomez. But the Braves are in a playoff hunt, MLB isn't going to cross that line.
Dare I say that Fredi has lost control of the Braves? This is the third time this kind of situation has happened this year involving the Braves.