"Dalton Crushing"

About this episode

The episode discusses Dalton Rushing's controversial behavior and impressive start to the 2026 baseball season.

He calls opposing players names... He slides hard into second base... which is disallowed in today's game. He gets drilled in the ribs by fastballs... and when he does, he hardly blinks. Is Dalton Rushing the most hated man in baseball? Dalton Rushing, the Dodgers backup catcher, is off to a historically great start to the 2026 season, offensively speaking. At the same time, he's attracting even more attention than that merits, going "viral" on baseball social media viral for some allegedly untoward comments and epithets hurled at opposing players. Richard dives in, breaks it down, gets into the backstory, and all that good stuff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Richard

Topics covered

• baseball
• Dalton Rushing
• sports culture
• viral moments
• player behavior

Keywords

• Dalton Rushing
• Dodgers
• baseball
• viral
• player behavior
• 2026 season
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dodgers

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