This guy's going to be nonstop headline gold in the bigs.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
when's he coming?
― Mordy, Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
No idea! I guess I should have added "if he doesn't get beaten to death in his sleep first."
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
lol what a dick
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
He's actually kinda tanked in AA so it might take a little longer than originally thought. Admittedly he's still only 18 and playing in AA so maybe not that long.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 11 August 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
damn dude.. you cant do that shit..
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 11 August 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
I read this so maybe its some context. Looks like the plate umpre had somewhere to go after the game:
Sixteen of the 18 players who started Wednesday night’s Eastern League game between Richmond and Harrisburg weren’t too happy with the size of home plate umpire Max Guyll’s strike zone.Body language, stare downs and brief post-strikeout arguments easily revealed as much through the first seven innings at Metro Bank Park.Starting pitchers Eric Surkamp of the Flying Squirrels and Shairon Martis of the Senators, though, likely weren’t complaining about the generous zone. Both were absolutely terrific in a game ultimately won 3-1 by Richmond on a ninth-inning home run, and the duo shared 19 strikeouts.
Body language, stare downs and brief post-strikeout arguments easily revealed as much through the first seven innings at Metro Bank Park.
Starting pitchers Eric Surkamp of the Flying Squirrels and Shairon Martis of the Senators, though, likely weren’t complaining about the generous zone. Both were absolutely terrific in a game ultimately won 3-1 by Richmond on a ninth-inning home run, and the duo shared 19 strikeouts.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 11 August 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
Isn't Shairon the Dutch dude who threw the no hitter in the Baseball Classic?
― errant flynn, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, from Curacao.
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
RIP
― J0rdan S., Friday, 19 August 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
what happen
― ciderpress, Friday, 19 August 2011 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
was helped off the field w/ a leg injury, but apparently it's not that serious
― J0rdan S., Friday, 19 August 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
out for the season (which is only two more weeks anyway) with a hammy
.318/.423/.554 with 14 homers in 72 low-a games.256/.329/.395 with 3 homers in 37 double-a games
turns 19 in two months
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 August 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Sent to AAA following a golden sombrero today, but there's this:
http://www.gq.com/sports/guides/201204/bryce-harper-mlb-baseball-preview
― Andy K, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
Now that Harper's the one hurt, he takes a hop-step out of the box. Again: "Fuuuuuuck!!!" A violent toss of his custom-made Marucci bat—inscribed with LUKE 1:37 ("For with God nothing shall be impossible")—across the batting cage. "Fuck it, I'm done." Harper shakes his hands vigorously and shoves them into a pile of infield dirt adjacent to the cage. "I didn't know I was hitting today, and I don't have my goddamned gloves," he says. "It hurts like a dick."
― Andy K, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
never have i wanted someone to marinovich so badly
― mookieproof, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
Being a spoiled little shit is relatively low on the list of sports sins - I'll wait to hate him until he kills dogs or rapes someone or pays someone in his posse to shoot a dude.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 19 March 2012 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
one needn't be a criminal to be an asshole
anyway, he doesn't play for my team, so it doesn't take much
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 March 2012 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ik8ifvaA1qzniimo1_500.png
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
mike francesa just said re: harper "now some ppl think this kid is the next babe ruth"
― johnny crunch, Friday, 30 March 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
@AdamRubinESPNBryce HARPER strikes out looking in second encounter with Matt Harvey at Syracuse. HARPER hitting .228 in AAA this season so far.
― Andy K, Saturday, 21 April 2012 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
first homer of the year today
― mookieproof, Sunday, 22 April 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
in majors on saturday
― johnny crunch, Friday, 27 April 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
Goddamit, I'm winning the league where I have him in the minors. I don't want to have to call him up.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 27 April 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
rain deprived us of a kershaw/strasburg showdown today, but harper debut tomorrow is cool too
― wolves in our wounds (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 27 April 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
with a .708 OPS in AAA?!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 27 April 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
He's bored
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 April 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
ha ha!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 27 April 2012 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
AAA stats for 3 weeks mean nothing, i'd say. plus they may have no better options, yes?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
I guess since he can't be a Super 2 (because of his contract? read that somewhere) they have nothing to lose by bringing him up for a trial at least.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 28 April 2012 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
that ball was hit hard
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 April 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
Probably not the first to notice a resemblance to Jason Mewes...
― Andy K, Sunday, 29 April 2012 04:27 (twelve years ago) link
liked him tossing off the helmet before he pulled into second on the double
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
Dave Fleming:
"...what are the odds that Harper turns out to be the villain of the current generation, in the same way that A-Rod and Bonds played the villain role in the last era. The same way that Ted Williams was. Ty Cobb. I’d put the odds at better than 50%. That’s just a hunch, of course...Bryce Harper might be the sweetest guy in the world. But it sure seems that every time I hear about Harper, it’s because he’s done something mildly dislikeable. There was that time he was ejected from the 2010 Junior College World Series, for drawing a line in the sand so that the ump knew where he missed. There was the famous incident where he blew a kiss to a pitcher after hitting a homerun. He’s been tossed from minor league games for bitching about called strikes...he just seems to do a lot to draw negative attention to himself. Which leads me to... I think that Harper should just embrace the villain role. He should go full-on with it. He should come in tomorrow and tell Matt Kemp, ‘Wait ‘til you see Harper hit.’ He should taunt the second-place Braves on Twitter. He can pile on fines from the Commish’s office for criticizing umps. Just be the asshole, Bryce...embrace your inner bad guy. It’d be great fun for baseball."
― clemenza, Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
i would loooove that
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
not sure how davey johnson feels about that
last night vin informed me that harper is a mormon???? not a terribly devout one, it would seem
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
well let's hope that harper isn't a virulent racist who purposefully spikes black players
― karl kony (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.holyfetch.com/sports/bryce_harper.html
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
wonder when he'll go on his mission
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
If he ever comes up with a line as brilliant as Reggie's "The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play," I'll be his biggest fan.
― clemenza, Sunday, 29 April 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ53Q0At6FM
― Andy K, Monday, 30 April 2012 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
"Look for this athlete to begin getting more and more headlines and becoming a very famous Mormon."
― Andy K, Monday, 30 April 2012 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i'm hoping he doesn't flame out for the very reason that he might fully embrace the villain role. a 19 year old kid trolling other teams on the field, in the media, and on twitter would be pretty special.
― sanskrit, Monday, 30 April 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
exactly, baseball has enough "good guys"
― you can expect punches, kicks and even worse (frogbs), Monday, 30 April 2012 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7128/6977167718_b5001aae9e_o.gif
― sanskrit, Monday, 30 April 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
dude has a fucking LASER
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=21073869&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_21073869&v=3
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
he hit the snot outta that double, I don't think anyone's gonna regret the callup.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 May 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ harper missing 1st base and called out on appeal
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/DOtEt.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
all the pieces are coming together
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:23 (twelve years ago) link