DeathFromAbove1979
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 21, 2015 at 08:28 PM UTC
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vansmack wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Wait, no adults have ever been kicked out of baseball games before?
There's a fault in that logic, and frankly, I'm not sure how you derived that from what I said, but the reality is only two people should ever get ejected from a baseball game:
The Manager for various reasons;
The pitcher defending his battery mates.
I was being sarcastic because you implited Harper wasn't being a team player. If anything I thought he wasn't trying to get involved. He was in the box. Hudson started barking back at the dug out towards Williams, Bryce stepped out because Hudson stepped out and started walking over to the dug out. The ump was being a ding dong.
vansmack
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 21, 2015 at 08:56 PM UTC
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First off, he argued balls and strikes, but yes, he was being rather polite about it: "Don't you think that was a little low?"
The ump said shut up and hit, probably not very politely.
Then Williams jumped in, Bryce stepped out.
But it was HOW Bryce got back in the box that got him tossed:
http://video.businessinsider.com/8f87069c-97c4-4090-8cc2-73de648c7f6b.mp4Are you telling me that you would have not thrown him out for the way he mockingly ran back to the box?
gaaaaaaaaah
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 21, 2015 at 09:00 PM UTC
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no way. let the players play. like i said, bryce was pushing it so i dont have full sympathy here, but hes right that no one comes to watch an umpire. in my book it takes something truly egregious to warrant an ejection, and bryce didnt cross that line
and again, if hudson hadnt stepped out to continue arguing with williams, harper would have never had the chance to mockingly run back into the box. how is it ok for an ump to escalate like that? managers jaw from the dugout all the time and umps ignore them, but this ump had to get his say in too?
jrpa
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 21, 2015 at 09:37 PM UTC
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vansmack wrote:
Are you telling me that you would have not thrown him out for the way he mockingly ran back to the box?
Are you kidding me? Hell no. Get out of here with that. Be serious.
vansmack
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 22, 2015 at 12:34 AM UTC
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There's no innocent party here, but there's only one person with authority, and the petulant child STILL hasn't figured that out.
He acts bigger than the game, he wants to be treated like a star veteran after one great month of baseball, and it's just not going to happen.
Didn't see a whole lot of current players come to his defense (actually, I haven't seen a single one), and that should tell you something.
gaaaaaaaaah
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 22, 2015 at 10:28 AM UTC
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i couldnt care less about attitude or respecting the game or what other players think (though i imagine many would publicly support bryce if it didnt risk pissing the precious umpires off) or any other old timey sentimental buzzwords, that one person with authority baiting confrontation and ejecting one of the most exciting players in the game right now cuz he hurt your feelings is a bad look for baseball. the fact that this isnt the first time an umpires done exactly that to harper and the nats makes it even worse.
there was a game in pittsburgh a few years ago where harper checked his swing, 3rd base ump called it a strike, bryce muttered something, and the ump walks down the line yelling at him. bryce took the bait, yelled back, got ejected. how on earth is that acceptable behavior from an umpire? why are they immune from criticism because harper doesnt respect their inflated sense of authority enough?
the baffled look on jim joyce's (not exactly a beacon of rational umpiring) face while hudson was puffing his chest out at harper and williams wednesday night said it all
DeathFromAbove1979
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 22, 2015 at 01:32 PM UTC
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vansmack wrote:
He acts bigger than the game
wat
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 23, 2015 at 02:11 PM UTC
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 26, 2015 at 01:26 AM UTC
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DeathFromAbove1979
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 26, 2015 at 02:20 PM UTC
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^^^^^^^^^^ so amazing lololol
Space Freely
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 26, 2015 at 02:37 PM UTC
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Nuke wrote:
Slow jams during BP irk the Phillies
http://www.csnwashington.com/baseball-washington-nationals/talk/nats-music-philadelphia-phillies-ryne-sandberg-jeff-francoeur-phil-collins-sinead-oconnor
the likes of Sinead O'Connor, Phil Collins and Sarah McLachlan.Other than the one good Frank Sinatra song that plays when Harper comes to bat, I'll take any of the above artists over the walkup music played for the rest of the Nats.
DeathFromAbove1979
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 26, 2015 at 03:24 PM UTC
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Space wrote:
Nuke wrote:
Slow jams during BP irk the Phillies
http://www.csnwashington.com/baseball-washington-nationals/talk/nats-music-philadelphia-phillies-ryne-sandberg-jeff-francoeur-phil-collins-sinead-oconnor
the likes of Sinead O'Connor, Phil Collins and Sarah McLachlan.
Other than the one good Frank Sinatra song that plays when Harper comes to bat, I'll take any of the above artists over the walkup music played for the rest of the Nats.
You don't like Denard Span's "Flicka Da Wrist"!? Or when Drew Storen comes out to Johnny Cash!? Come on!
jrpa
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 26, 2015 at 06:32 PM UTC
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Hutch wrote:
Harper sucks.
You forgot to say "Point is," and "at baseball."
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 26, 2015 at 06:53 PM UTC
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Point is Harper sucks at baseball.
jrpa
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 26, 2015 at 07:08 PM UTC
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That's better.
sweetcell
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 26, 2015 at 07:18 PM UTC
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Hutch wrote:
Point is Harper sucks at baseball.
uh… you can say you don't like his style, his hair, his attitude, whatever… but you can't say that he sucks at baseball:
The early numbers are staggering. Barely past the season's quarter mark, Harper leads the major leagues in runs (39), extra base hits (26), walks (40), OPS (1.198), isolated power (.393) and Wins Above Replacement (4.1).
He's even wielding some serious leather. According to Baseball Info Solutions, Harper leads big league right fielders with 10 Defensive Runs Saved. St. Louis' Jason Heyward, the confirmed gold standard at the position, has four DRS.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12950936/washington-nationals-bryce-harper-taking-baseball-storm
but maybe i'm missing something… like "baseball is more than just on-field performance"?
jrpa
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 26, 2015 at 07:26 PM UTC
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sweetcell wrote:
but maybe i'm missing something…
He said this a week into the season when Harper was struggling and he has since claimed his "shaming" Harper has been the cause of Harper's improvement. I believe he is saying it today in that vain.
DeathFromAbove1979
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Re: The Nats Thread
May 26, 2015 at 07:29 PM UTC
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Hutch wrote:
Harper sucks.
