Harper Called out by Teammate; Dugout brawl!

gilesfan said:
In 15 years, Harper will probably be talking about how "todays youth needs to learn how to play the game right!"
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I agree that he's dumb enough to do that. And he'll probably also say how when he was an arrogant young player the older vets got on his case about it.
 
jcc03004 said:
Would love to have storen in our pen plus wonder if well kick the tires on Desmond
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Simmons is the shortstop, that wouldn't make any sense.

The Mets would actually be a good fit; hopefully those scumbags don't get him.
 
gilesfan said:
Simmons is the shortstop, that wouldn't make any sense.

The Mets would actually be a good fit; hopefully those scumbags don't get him.
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Desmond is merely a slightly above average defensive SS who is prone to errors, and he's now 30. I think now is a natural time for him to start shifting to 2B.
 
smootness said:
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Desmond is merely a slightly above average defensive SS who is prone to errors, and he's now 30. I think now is a natural time for him to start shifting to 2B.
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If he's slowing down, second base isn't a good spot for him. Plus, he would have to learn how to play 2nd.
 
Horsehide Harry said:
Or, we wouldn't want to side with a hot head know it all who the majority of the league hates and who ends players careers with bush moves then hides behind the "playing hard" card to avoid criticism like Pete Rose.

Or, we wouldn't want to side with a half insane pitcher who uses a big fastball and intimidation with both the threat and action of beaning to insure success like Roger Clemens. Or Nolan Ryan. Or Randy Johnson. Or Don Drysdale.etc.
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you're referring to what's commonly referred to - with good reason - as "The Good Ole Days."

Horsehide Harry said:
Papelbon was P*ssed because he beaned a guy out of a fit of petty anger and no one stood behind him on it. Then Harper had the poor tact of commenting on it to the press saying that he expected to get drilled because of it (which he probably will, if not this year then next).
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He should've been pissed.

In the "Good Old Days" if one of your teammates went to war, you went with him - ESPECIALLY if he was doing it in defense of the team (in this case, dude admired his homer and had it coming). He should've gained a lot of respect.

But, no. Selfish Bryce can't stomach the thought of taking one for his team (or, apparently, hustling on a routine play).

The sport ain't what it used to be, but i guess that's just a reflection of the culture in general.
 
In the good ole days, nobody had time to admire home runs because the outfield fence was a rope 500 feet away and the ball was basically a dirty, waterlogged rock. They were too busy running. Man. I miss the good ole days.
 
kingphatcow said:
you're referring to what's commonly referred to - with good reason - as "The Good Ole Days."

He should've been pissed.

In the "Good Old Days" if one of your teammates went to war, you went with him - ESPECIALLY if he was doing it in defense of the team (in this case, dude admired his homer and had it coming). He should've gained a lot of respect.

But, no. Selfish Bryce can't stomach the thought of taking one for his team (or, apparently, hustling on a routine play).

The sport ain't what it used to be, but i guess that's just a reflection of the culture in general.
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Ah, the classic "back in my day things were so much better!" post.
Papelbon totally plays the game the "right" way and has a lesson to teach the MVP.
 
yeezus said:
Papelbon totally plays the game the "right" way and has a lesson to teach the MVP.
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Ah, the "Dude A isn't an completely perfect representation of the ideal, so we discard anything Dude B can learn from him" post.

Juvenile. You must've gone to the Bryce Harper school of message boarding. You didn't even try. No effort.

Somebody choke this punk so he learns to post the right way.
 
kingphatcow said:
Ah, the "Dude A isn't an completely perfect representation of the ideal, so we discard anything Dude B can learn from him" post.

Juvenile. You must've gone to the Bryce Harper school of message boarding. You didn't even try. No effort.

Somebody choke this punk so he learns to post the right way.
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naw but if every player ever who didn't run out a pop-fly in september with their team out of it were choked out we'd see it quite frequently. Papelbon is one of the last guys who should think it's his place to take a stand.
 
yeezus said:
naw but if every player ever who didn't run out a pop-fly in september with their team out of it were choked out we'd see it quite frequently. Papelbon is one of the last guys who should think it's his place to take a stand.
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i know next to nothing about Papelbon. Maybe he's the worst guy ever (except for Bryce. Bryce is the worst).

But I've got no problem choking everyone who refuses to hustle.

Think about it... you're getting paid, at minimum, hundreds of thousands of dollars to play a game. the very least you can do is give a **** on every play. the least.
 
kingphatcow said:
you're referring to what's commonly referred to - with good reason - as "The Good Ole Days."

He should've been pissed.

In the "Good Old Days" if one of your teammates went to war, you went with him - ESPECIALLY if he was doing it in defense of the team (in this case, dude admired his homer and had it coming). He should've gained a lot of respect.

But, no. Selfish Bryce can't stomach the thought of taking one for his team (or, apparently, hustling on a routine play).

The sport ain't what it used to be, but i guess that's just a reflection of the culture in general.
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Get off my lawn!
 
kingphatcow said:
i know next to nothing about Papelbon. Maybe he's the worst guy ever (except for Bryce. Bryce is the worst).

But I've got no problem choking everyone who refuses to hustle.

Think about it... you're getting paid, at minimum, hundreds of thousands of dollars to play a game. the very least you can do is give a **** on every play. the least.
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I think there's a select few who hustle on every single play.
And that's ok, to me.
They get paid to perform. Harper performed better than anyone this year. I can't stand him either. But he did his job, and then some.
 
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