Salvy slams Tim Anderson's celebrations: 'He don't know about getting excited'

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez would like to see Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson put his head down and run the bases.

Anderson caught the ire of Perez after leading off the second game of Saturday's Royals-White Sox doubleheader at Kauffman Stadium with a loud home run that got him pretty fired up. His admiration of the blast, celebratory trot, and gesture as he rounded first base angered Perez, and the two exchanged words as Anderson crossed home plate.

They met again in the bottom of the first when Perez doubled, and once again traded words at second base, leading to a brief bench-clearing incident.

There were no other issues during the game, but Perez seemed to still be ticked off about the whole thing following the Royals' 5-2 win. He claimed Anderson used some rather vulgar language as he rounded the bases for the second time this year, and questioned whether the 24-year-old shortstop - who has yet to play on a team with a winning record - has earned the right to act in that manner on the diamond.

"He did that in Opening Day (too). He did the same thing, said a bad word," Perez said of Anderson, according to Maria Torres of the Kansas City Star. "He don't even play (in) a f---ing playoff game. He don't know about getting excited or not. He gotta be in the playoffs to be excited, like us. We got a World Series (in 2015).

"That's the second time (he's done that this year), so I said something to him."

Per Steve Greenberg of the Chicago Sun-Times, Perez apparently told Anderson after he crossed home plate that "I've hit some homers, (but) I keep running the bases. I don't get loud like you."

Anderson defended his actions, telling Greenberg that "I'm having fun (and) I play the game with my heart. ... I'm not going to change."

Anderson and Perez did shake hands at second base following the brief on-field brouhaha, but it's not clear whether the matter has been fully settled given the catcher's fiery postgame comments.

"I don't know," Anderson said when asked if the feud is over. "Obviously, I don't care."

The White Sox and Royals finish their series on Sunday afternoon and are set to play each other 13 more times this season, so the fireworks might just be getting started.

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