Bryce Harper, catcher and Scott Boras advisee

that ball was hit hard

Probably not the first to notice a resemblance to Jason Mewes...

liked him tossing off the helmet before he pulled into second on the double

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."

i would loooove that

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

well let's hope that harper isn't a virulent racist who purposefully spikes black players

http://www.holyfetch.com/sports/bryce_harper.html

wonder when he'll go on his mission

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ53Q0At6FM

http://www.holyfetch.com/sports/bryce_harper.html

"Look for this athlete to begin getting more and more headlines and becoming a very famous Mormon."

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.

exactly, baseball has enough "good guys"

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7128/6977167718_b5001aae9e_o.gif

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

he hit the snot outta that double, I don't think anyone's gonna regret the callup.

lol @ harper missing 1st base and called out on appeal

http://i.imgur.com/DOtEt.jpg

all the pieces are coming together

lol at that #04 in the background in the gif a few posts above. everyone was probably like 'did you see harper's double? you're so lucky you got to be there to see it!' and he's like 'uh...yeah...uh"

they were doing the wave, actually

fuckin californians amirite

Bryce's dad is scary.

hbp, goes 1st to 3rd on a hit to lf, scores on a pickoff attempt to 1st

technically he stole home

on espn

kid knows how to market himself

soon we will all have that haircut

After his suspension, would love to see Hamels suffer a career-ending injury:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7899287/philadelphia-phillies-cole-hamels-plunks-bryce-harper-admits-aiming-him

Maybe one of Hamels' future opponents will "continue the old baseball" with a spikes-high slide into home on a passed ball or wild pitch.

If you're going to be honest, why not just come out and say "I hit him because I think he's a prick"? "I hit him because the umpires aren't calling the game unfairly for him" makes so little sense

man, Bryce Harper's dad is going to kick Cole Hamels' ass

Harper brushed off Hamels' comments on the purpose pitch.

"Hamels threw a great game tonight," he said.

pretty mature response tbh

This might be a close second in dumbassedness to Hamel's postseason "can't wait for it to end" comment

bryce harper is a lil punk http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9627011/photos/userArmsCrossed.gif

http://i.imgur.com/DOtEt.jpg

WHAT DID YOU SAY DAYO

my dad can beat up your dad

holy shit, I love this family

wait, he wears stirrups? that's pretty awesome

if I were a baseball player I would totally wear stirrups

Cole Hamels is a tall preppy punk c**t

really hoping that Harper, despite the magic underwear and teenage antics, turns out to be a decent dude (which seems like it might be true thus far)
he's a generational talent, it would be nice to want to root or him

yeah most of the stories about him being a dick are ones where people needlessly provoke him, it's like he's a once-in-a-generation talent who's cruising to the majors and he's only a freakin teenager, what do you expect

Harper brushed off Hamels' comments on the purpose pitch.

"Hamels threw a great game tonight," he said.

pretty mature response tbh

― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Monday, May 7, 2012 9:25 AM (2 hours ago)

zzzzzzz

already fucking up this villian routine eh

villain

there's no WWE in MLB

Harper brushed off Hamels' comments on the purpose pitch.

"Hamels threw a great game tonight," "I guarantee that the next pitch that Hamels throws to me near the strikezone will be a homerun. In fact, I'm willing to bet my 2012 salary on that", he said.

There we go

In that situation, I don't think I could have resisted taunting Hamels after stealing home.

he might've not have been convinced at the time that hamels hit him on purpose

maybe the Nats have a good prospect diplomacy teacher.