If you've got a minute, the subtle intricacies of being a [strike]messenger and teacher[/strike] foul mouthed professional baseball manager are demonstrated here.
Oh I think it's real. But yeah, why would the guy do such a thing knowing He was miked up? I see a brain anurism in his future. And a madatory Anger Management Control class.
That guy was lucky that umpire had the tempermant he did otherwise he would have been eating dirt.
Embarrassing himself like that was a really stupid thing to do that will stick withhim for years now, hell I wouldn't be surprised if opposition teams played that at games just to piss him off.