MLB Network host apologizes after calling writer a 'j---off' for reporting Braves player's jab at Bryce Harper

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A comment inside the Atlanta Braves' clubhouse after their thrilling Game 2 victory turned members of the media against each other.

After Bryce Harper was doubled up to end Game 2 of the NLDS, Orlando Arcia said, "Atta boy, Harper," taking a shot at the two-time MVP in celebration of the victory.

There has since been debate on whether Arcia's comment should have been made public. Fox Sports' Jake Mintz was the first to report the dig came from Arcia.

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Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies rounds second base and stares down Orlando Arcia (11) of the Atlanta Braves during Game 3 of an NLDS Oct. 11, 2023, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.  (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Arcia said he didn't mean for Harper to hear his comment, expecting privacy in his clubhouse. However, the comments were made, according to Chelsea Janes of The Washington Post, when cameras and recorders were "rolling," and "more than a dozen" reporters were in the clubhouse. So, it's fair game for reporting, some have argued.

But Alanna Rizzo of the MLB Network vehemently disagreed and went after Mintz on the network's "High Heat."

"I am so irritated with all of these people, these bloggers, or podcasters, or not even reporters, not even journalists going into the clubhouse," Rizzo said of Mintz, who is a member of the BBWAA. "You’re ruining it for the rest of us, the guys that come in in the postseason and don’t have any clue of the pulse of the team. And it’s making it worse for the people that are there every single day covering this team on a daily basis.

MLB Network host Alanna Rizzo