Andre Ethier‘s knee injury is causing problems on and off the field:

Ethier went public with his problem in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times, which caused a clamor throughout the clubhouse and resulted in a 15-minute closed-door meeting with first-year manager Don Mattingly and general manager Ned Colletti.

The outfielder’s remarks to a Times columnist gave the impression that Ethier had repeatedly told the Dodgers he couldn’t play and that they instead insisted he did.

Mattingly denied the implication, saying that he was ”blindsided” by the information in the column and emphasizing that he doesn’t have any communication problems with Ethier.

Ethier would not talk to reporters before the game, so there was no clarification of his statements.

Update: From the comments, Ethier did back away from the article.