Bryce Harper, catcher and Scott Boras advisee

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.

that steal of home was amazing though

a 19 year old kid has the balls to do that?

that answer was straight out of the lebron school of diplomacy

eh everyone sounds like that these days, they're all coached to say bloodless bullshit like that

it would be more entertaining for the public if a 19-year old was already involved in a headline beef within a week of being called up, but probably not a good idea in terms of him actually being able to concentrate on baseball.

stretching out his eighth or ninth inning bloop into a double had shades of charlie hustle

would pete rose intentionally knock off his helmet, y/n?

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m384kxrmfG1r9kk3io3_250.gif

Head first

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R8fvYZBQxzg/S2HrdJsi3cI/AAAAAAAAAaw/u9Sq2M3V5dU/s400/Pete+Rose.jpg

well neither have/had grownuop haircuts; thing is, Pete still had his at 50

why is cole hamels trying to make me like bryce harper

still really hard for me to root for someone named bryce

aaaand Hamels suspended for five.

this guy doesn't know what the Gatorade machine is for

The only downside was an ill-advised swing by their frustrated 19-year-old outfielder. Bryce Harper had a rough night, going 0 for 5 with three strikeouts. After one of the outs, he returned to the dugout and took a frustrated whack at one of the walls in the tunnel to the clubhouse.

Johnson said the barrel of the bat bounced off the wall and hit Harper next to the left eye, causing a gash that, according to the Washington Times, required 10 stitches to close and a welt. He stayed in the game with it bandaged, but was sent for treatment afterward because it was bleeding.

lol, hope this guy stays in the majors forever

Mark DeRosa’s progress returning from a strained left oblique muscle was stunted in an odd way, [manager Davey] Johnson said. As Bryce Harper came into the dugout Sunday night after he stole home against the Phillies, DeRosa aggravated his oblique when Harper gave him a forceful high-five.

"I don’t know if that set back the rehab or not," Johnson said. "But I said, ‘Why didn’t use your right hand?’ He said it was spur of the moment."

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Hopefully Bryce Harper's bat doesn't admit that it hit him on purpose and get suspended that would be unfortunate

tater #1 off Tim Stauffer

#2

eyeblack is in effect

Hamels took 5 extra pitches to put him on first tonight

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/bryce-harper-is-making-history/

I knew Mel Ott would figure prominently in that story.

but Oyster Burns and Buttercup Dickerson!

Lindbergh has a premium article at BP about how Harper is seeing fewer fastballs than ANY hitter in the majors, and has learned to hit curveballs in 6 weeks.

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@davidortiz
That kid bryce Harper is the real deal....god bless him.....34

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22221483&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_22221483&v=3

be bold

wau he creamed that

Tonight brings his batting average for the year up to .307, he's 15 for 37 in June so far.

he is for real

meanwhile i have a west coast correspondent wondering aloud whether mike trout is the best player in the game.

i don't know whether to cry or wind my watch

Trout is amazing tbh

Yeah these guys are incredible. Feel a little bad for Trout. Under normal circumstances people would be talking about his season constantly, but with Harper doing this @ 19 (and being Harper) it almost feels like Trout's amazingness is being under-hyped.

totally OTM, but Harper is hitting .307/.390/.553 which is like, Ryan Braun/Joey Votto type numbers. I'm guessing he'll regress this year but I really don't feel like anything's out of the realm of possibility by the time he turns 23 (in 2016!!!)

that said, Trout is hitting even better this year (.345/.406/.552) and I think Trout vs. Harper is a legitimate debate. But what Harper's doing at 19 is pretty much unprecedented and he has all the hype behind him so of course he's the more interesting story.

(unrelated note: Stephen Strasburg is hitting .350/.381/.650, making him 7th on his team in batting WAR even though he's only gotten 21 plate appearances)

harper is def getting more mainstream press but stathead/roto/sabr ppl are prob being more over the moon re: trout right now

well yeah the nats offense is garbage, no idea how they're winning games with the morse-desmond-espinosa-ankiel gauntlet of doom in the back half of the lineup

trout also is an incredibly good base stealer and plays premium defense in CF. harper has the flashy power but if trout keeps hitting decently he's going to be the one at the top of the WAR charts

"That's a clown question, bro."

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

Nats pitching has still been incredible

he *should* have a beer.

Thread title reminds me that Harper used to be a catcher. Seems like the transition from catcher to CF is kinda rare but maybe more frequent amongst 18 year olds..

I forget, what was the impetus for his transition away from catcher? Just to reduce the chances of his knees exploding when he's 28 or something?

yeah lower injury risk plus it gets his bat in the lineup 160 games instead of 120 or whatever

he's a RF not a CF. it's not that rare to go from catcher to corner position

did Dale Murphy go from C to CF then a corner?