Brad Penny Does Not Appreciate Your Mock Grunting

Even as Penny dominates NL hitting like a grown man mowing through Little Leaguers, he still carries himself like a toddler on the mound, ranting and raving about everything. So it goes without saying: Mock him at your own risk.

As you probably know by now, Penny reacts to every strikeout like he's just closed out Game 7 of the World Series, and to every taunt like you've just spat out his mother's cooking. Monday's game against the Padres made Penny especially combustible because it involved both multiple strikeouts by Penny (six) and taunts aimed at him (two). So when Adrian Gonzalez paused to admire his home run, Penny became predictably enraged. Strangely enough, though, Penny directed his hostility toward not only Gonzalez but the entire Padres dugout as well.

Initially, nobody, including Padres manager Bud Black, understood why Penny was acting like such a baby:

"He popped off after the home run and I'm not sure why. Adrian has done the same thing 36 times this year. I don't know what the hell he was looking at. He gave some gesture toward our dugout … I didn't quite understand that one either."

Only later did ESPN's Buster Olney theorize that Penny's outburst had less to do with the home run than it did with the meanies in the Padres dugout who were mimicking the grunt he emits when he pitches. So Penny exploded. And from the looks of this video, it's a wonder that the umpires who had to restrain Penny didn't put him in a timeout.

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