San Francisco Giants coach Antoan Richardson accuses Mike Shildt of yelling expletive that 'reeked undertones of racism'

San Francisco Giants coach Antoan Richardson, whose ejection Tuesday led to Alyssa Nakken's historic debut, has accused San Diego Padres coach Mike Shildt of yelling an expletive at him that «reeked undertones of racism.»

Richardson, who is Black, provided a lengthy explanation for his third-inning ejection after San Francisco's 13-2 victory over San Diego. The Giants first base coach said the incident started when Shildt, who is the Padres' third base coach, approached San Francisco's dugout.

After a brief exchange between the coaches, Richardson said Shildt, who is white, yelled, «You need to control that motherf---er» to the Giants dugout, which prompted his reaction and ultimately his ejection by umpire Greg Gibson.

"[Shildt] yelled 'You need to control that mother---er,'" Richardson told reporters. «At that point in time, I went to the top step and said, 'Excuse me,' because I couldn't believe what I heard. At that point in time, Gibson the crew chief decided to toss me from the game.

»I say this because his words were disproportionately unwarranted and reeked undertones of racism when he referred to me as 'that mother---er,' as if I was to be controlled or a piece of property or enslaved. I think it's just really important we understand what happened tonight.

«And the second part that's equally disappointing is that me being tossed by that umpire empowers this coach to continue to have conversations like that with people like me, and that's really unfortunate that's what happened tonight.»

Richardson said he did not curse or use any vulgar language at any point during the incident, but was told he was ejected for «instigating.»

«The umpire said to me that I was instigating,» Richardson said. «At that point in time,