ST. LOUIS — You won’t find anyone with the Dodgers who thinks Dalton Rushing is a bad guy. But that doesn’t mean the second-year slugger wants to be saddled publicly with a bad rap. Throughout his career, Rushing has always tried to play with a smoldering competitive fire. He has never shied away from the fact he carries a competitive edge. The Dodgers’ Dalton Rushing has produced on the field, but some of his heated in-game interactions have rubbed some the wrong way. AP “I played football half my life,” the Dodgers’ backup catcher said. “So I compete a little differently, I click a little differently.” Lately, however, a string of heated in-game interactions that have gone viral on social media — and, in one instance, drawn public criticism from an opposing player — have forced the 25-year-old to take a step back and make a renewed effort to keep his emotions in check. “You never want to be viewed as a guy like that from opposing teams,” Rushing told The California Post on Saturday.…