Reds' Pham slaps Giants' Pederson over fantasy football beef May 27 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink CINCINNATI (AP) San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson said Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham slapped him prior to Friday's series opener over a dispute about their fantasy football league.While the Giants warmed up in the outfield, Pham confronted Pederson and smacked him in the face before the pair was separated. Major League Baseball is investigating, and Pham agreed to be scratched from Cincinnati's lineup shortly before first pitch pending results of the inquiry.Pederson Jahlil Okafor Jersey said after the I sent a screenshot of the rules, how it says that if a player's ruled out, you're allowed to put him on the IR and that's all I was doing, Pederson. He literally did the same thing. That was basically all of it." Pederson said he had no advance notice that Pham might confront him during the series in Cincinnati. There was no argument, he Sindarius Thornwell Jersey kind of came up and said, You remember from last year? and I said, Fantasy football?'" Pederson recalled. The Giants outfielder said he didn't retaliate after being slapped, and he has no plans to re-engage Pham while the team is in Cincinnati. Violence isn't the answer. It's over as far as I'm concerned, Pederson said. I won't talk to him. I don't think he wants to talk to me, I don't know. It was a weird interaction.Pham threatened violence to settle an on-field score with San Diego's Luke Voit in April, challenging the slugger to a fight after Voit injured Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson with a hard, ugly slide into home.If Luke wants to settle it, I get down really well," Pham said. Anything. Muay Thai, whatever. Like I said, Ive got an owner here who will let me use his facility.The scuffle was witne sed by reporters and occurred before fans entered the ballpark Julius Randle Jersey .Reds manager David Bell refused to comment on the incident, and Pham refused to speak on the record with reporters. Major League Baseball is investigating it, and until that's complete, I'm probably not going to say much on it," Giants manager Gabe Kapler said.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic National League Major League Baseball San Francisco Giants Cincinnati Reds Joc Pederson Tommy Pham Tyler Stephenson Solomon Hill Jersey Cincinnati Reds share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Jrue Holiday Jersey Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS