Matt Williams and Kirk Gibson raced each other back to the dugout - MLB

Aww, this is cute.

Nationals manager Matt Williams and Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson are good friends from Williams’ four seasons spent on Gibson’s coaching staff in Arizona and so yesterday after exchanging lineup cards at home plate they did this:

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Scott Allen of the Washington Post has some more details, including the fact that Williams and Gibson used to go running regularly together in Arizona. As for Gibson’s obvious head start–and the fact that Williams apparently didn’t know he was in a race until it was already going–the Diamondbacks skipper asked: “Is that cheating or is that just smart?”

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OAKLAND, Calif. – Major League Baseball is looking into a video circulating on social media that appears to show Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon grab a fan by the shirt through the bleacher guardrails after Thursday night’s game in Oakland, a league spokesperson said Friday.

Rendon looks to have grabbed the fan’s shirt near his chest through the bars of the railing and exchanged words with him before appearing to take a swipe at the bill of the man’s ballcap and walking into the tunnel.

Angels spokesman Adam Chodzko says the team has no comment. The Angels do not play Friday, but the club expects Rendon to address the video Saturday in the clubhouse before the game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland.

The video shows the fan, dressed in A’s colors, approach the railing as Rendon turns toward him from the tunnel walkway below. Rendon then appears to grab the man’s shirt and ask him what he just said, accusing the fan of calling him a derogatory term before swiping at his ballcap.

The A’s won the game 2-1.