As soon as he did it I said to myself “Oh man, you never should have done that. That’s going to come back and bite you in the rear.”

I am, of course, referring to Giants closer Sergio Romo taunting Hanley Ramirez with Hanley’s signature “I See You” sign after Romo got Ramirez to fly out to center field for the final out of Saturday afternoon’s 4-2 win over the Dodgers. Not only did Romo’s actions show his arrogance, but he set himself (and his team) up for a payback – and you know what they say about paybacks.

Sergio Romo taunts Dodger shortstop Hanley Ramirez after saving Saturday afternoon’s 4-2 win over the Dodgers. (Video capture courtesy of Fox Sports)

That payback came quicker than expected. It happened during Sunday afternoon’s series finale between the bitter rivals when Yasiel Puig led off the top of the 9th inning with a sharp single to left field off of Romo in a 1-1 tie. Puig’s single was followed by an Adrian Gonzalez single off the glove of Giants first baseman Buster Posey, who then threw the ball away for an error allowing Puig to take third base because nobody was covering. AGon’s single was followed by a slow comebacker off the bat of Hanley “I See You” Ramirez that advanced Gonzalez to second base. With first base open and one out, Giants manager Bruce Bochy elected to intentionally walk Andre Ethier and have Romo face Juan Uribe instead. Bochy’s move almost worked when Romo struck out Uribe on four pitches for the second out. But on his second pitch to A.J. Ellis, the Dodger catcher promptly laced Romo’s hanging slider into the left field gap for a bases-clearing double to give the Dodgers a 4-1 lead and eventual (Kershaw) win. It also immediately silenced the obnoxious ‘Beat LA’ chants and sent Giants fans scurrying for the exits.

Perhaps Romo should spend more time working on not hanging his slider instead of taunting opposing players. (Video capture courtesy of Fox PrimeTicket)

After Ellis’s 3-RBI double, Romo slapped his glove and then pouted as he left the field, having been yanked from the game by Bochy.

Romo slaps his glove in anger after Dodger catcher A.J. Ellis ripped a bases clearing double into the left field gap for a 4-1 Dodger win. (Video capture courtesy of Fox PrimeTicket)

But wait… there’s more.

Romo continued his pouting after the game in the Giants clubhouse where he refused to speak with the media, including veteran Giants beat reporter Andrew Baggarly who later tweeted this:

For a guy on a team that has lost 11 or their last 13 games, you would think that Sergio Romo would exercise a bit more discretion and common sense – both on Saturday after his team beat the Dodgers and on Sunday with the very people who write about his accomplishments; but then, common sense isn’t all that common for some people.

As an interesting side note to all of this, when asked after Sunday’s game about Romo’s antics the previous day, the youngest member of the Dodgers, 22-year-old rookie Yasiel Puig, had perhaps the most mature response of all: “Yesterday, he struck me out, he controlled Hanley, and he celebrated. Today, it was our turn to celebrate.”

Romo’s actions remind me of something that my father used to say to me from time to time when I was young: “You missed a perfect opportunity to keep your mouth shut.”

You missed your opportunity, Sergio.