Did the Astros coach make a mistake by insulting A’s player’s mother? Dusty Baker said he will review it

The Houston Astros and Oakland A’s had a bench-clearing brawl on Sunday after Oakland outfielder Ramon Laureano was hit twice, then clashed with Astros striker Alex Cintron, leading to the melee that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred could not quite rejoice to make.

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But what was said in that exchange that escalated everything?

Ex-Astros beat reporter Jose de Jesus Ortiz reports that he spoke to a source who said that ‘Laureano blamed Alex Cintron because Cintron called Laureano’s mother in a bad way. In Latino culture, those words are fighting. ‘

He also said that Laureano “is one of the nicest men alive,” perhaps implying that it might be somewhat insulting for him to react in this way.

The person who described this to me Laureano is one of the nicest men alive. Remember that Laureano knows a lot of people in the Astros organization. https://t.co/KvtDJ5MZoa

– Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) August 9, 2020

A’s manager Bob Melvin agreed that it would take something “insulting” to fire Laureano:

Oakland #Track and field manager Bob Melvin: “Ramon is not going to talk about it unless something completely insulting came out of that dugout … That person should be stopped.” https://t.co/ITbhzydczf

– Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) August 9, 2020

And Astros manager Dusty Baker said he doubted Cintron would say that, and that he would “check” Cintron to see if that was what was really called:

Dusty Baker says he does not know if Alex Cintron called Ramón Laureano’s mother while he was writing against him before Laureano accused him. But Baker says he learned the hard way how different it is when you call him a Latino mother. He promised to check the matter. pic.twitter.com/4tHvoSkIWZ

– Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) August 9, 2020