GIF that Sparked Tommy Pham’s Slap of Joc Pederson Has Been Uncovered

The Tommy Phan GIF that started it all has been revealed.

This past Friday benches cleared before the game when the Reds’ Tommy Pham slapped the Giants’ Joc Pederson in the face after a brief discussion in the outfield. Pederson didn’t slap back, and Pham was removed from the lineup, and he also got hit with a three-game suspension.

It turned out that the entire confrontation stemmed from a fantasy football dispute about bench-IR etiquette.

Pederson showed off the receipts from his phone.

Joc Pederson Reveals The Fantasy Football Group Meme That Got Him Slapped By Tommy Phamhttps://t.co/dvqhSuCMbe

— SideAction (@SideActionHQ) May 30, 2022

Of course MLB fans were able to locate that GIF.

See below:

This is the Gif that got Joc Pederson slapped pic.twitter.com/A3FBnJSi1Q

— hi🅿️ablo (@hipablo) May 29, 2022

Why Pham was so upset over that GIF when he doesn’t even play for the Padres anymore is puzzling. There’s also the fact that Pederson sent it as a member of the Braves. Pederson was basically being an average sports fan joking around with his buddies in a group chat.

Twitter reacted to the GIF:

I don’t understand why you would hold a grudge over a team you don’t even play for anymore. 🤷🏻‍♂️ https://t.co/EzXGNESwRS

— Trevor Pitt (@Trevor_Pitt) May 29, 2022

It's even funnier since Joc was on the Braves when he sent it https://t.co/6H9hSJ4jA7

— Steph (@perfectlonely) May 29, 2022

he's one of us lol https://t.co/sQchGmtluY

— ✨adam✨ (@ZTheBest33) May 29, 2022

Lol Pham Got mad cuz this meme pretty much sums up last season https://t.co/UdOCTcPSHm

— Adam Arreola Sr. (@Arreola_20) May 29, 2022

Tommy Pham is going to see/hear about this at every visiting field for the rest of his career https://t.co/ltrO7Y2JuV

— Sarah (@SaritaSueG) May 29, 2022

Great GIF-ing by Joc, IMO 😂 https://t.co/JWZfj37EtE

— Brett Piper (@FriarPipes) May 29, 2022

😂 I’m dying 🤣 https://t.co/GMBR7fMkZS

— ATLien Fan (@ATLienSportsFan) May 29, 2022

No but seriously this is hilarious and so true lol https://t.co/I2FciC6nD0

— Danny Zito (@Dan_Zito26) May 29, 2022

The funniest part is that Joc sent this when he played for the Braves and Tommy slapped him after he left the Padres https://t.co/dQSFEMhEnW

— Jenn (@baseballnchill) May 29, 2022

Whatever you do, don’t @ @TphamLV 🙅🏻‍♂️ https://t.co/KDvWb1Fp2Y

— Miguel A. Melendez (@MelendezReports) May 29, 2022

I would have slapped him too for using a gif with the padres blue logo https://t.co/rciiXlsKOL

— HJ Preller (@HJPreller) May 29, 2022

I’m losing it https://t.co/FTdg8wEwvP

— Desi (@DesiJed) May 29, 2022

Now that’s one crazy fantasy feud story, one that Pham will never hear the end of it.

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