Author Topic: The Bryce Harper Compendium (2014) (Read 233070 times)

mitlen · « **Reply #1100 on:** July 01, 2014, 05:17:25 pm »

CF > gurney

Span plays everyday. Harper has missed half of the last 192 games (per Boz). How in the hell can you contribute if you aren't playing?

To be fair to Span, he never said he contributed more. That's on me.

nats2playoffs · « **Reply #1101 on:** July 01, 2014, 05:24:05 pm »

Quote from: blue911 on July 01, 2014, 12:03:49 pm

Span should have manned up and challenged Harper to a duel

vernon337 · « **Reply #1102 on:** July 01, 2014, 06:25:10 pm »

Zuckerman column this afternoon:
http://natsinsider.com/2014/07/01/williams-ive-got-bryces-back-in-every-way/

I wish Harper hadn't said what he did, but if the team gets on a tear, there will be no chemistry problems. And that is certainly a possibility right now.

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Teammates seem less concerned with what Harper says and more concerned with making sure he stays healthy and productive, as he was during Monday night’s win, in which he reached base twice, drove in a run and made two impressive throws from left field.

Baseball is Life · « **Reply #1103 on:** July 01, 2014, 06:42:16 pm »

Quote from: vernon337 on July 01, 2014, 06:25:10 pm

Zuckerman column this afternoon:
http://natsinsider.com/2014/07/01/williams-ive-got-bryces-back-in-every-way/

Williams is good. Very good.

Slateman · « **Reply #1104 on:** July 01, 2014, 06:45:12 pm »

Quote from: Jordanz Meatballz on July 01, 2014, 05:05:39 pm

The most pissed off person should be Espinosa about this. This will affect his career in mysterious ways

Yes, he'll sit the rest of the season and be the starter next season. Or get traded to a team that can teach him to hit.

tomterp · « **Reply #1105 on:** July 01, 2014, 06:53:20 pm »

Quote from: skippy1999 on July 01, 2014, 04:59:46 pm

lol man we are going round and round so much in this thread we can't remember who wants to play where lol

Maybe somebody should start a 'who wants to play where" thread, or position request tracker.

welch · « **Reply #1106 on:** July 01, 2014, 09:46:45 pm »

Just put me in, coach.

(And the Washington baseball link? That was the theme song at the "Crackerjack All-stars" old-timers game played at RFK back during "the 30 year road trip" when somebody tried to show the Lords of Baseball that Washington would back a baseball team. The outfield / 50-yard-line seats couldn't be moved. The track had rusted. They played the game with RFK in football configuration. And all Washington baseball fans gritted our teeth in frustration, but it was great to see Jim Lemon and Camilo Pascual play another one.)

varoadking · « **Reply #1107 on:** July 01, 2014, 10:16:18 pm »

Quote from: madj55 on July 01, 2014, 05:16:51 pm

Curious, what has Span done to rationalize saying he's contributed more than Harper by a wide margin? All I've seen from Span is a glove first CF with a weak throwing arm who might also be the worst leadoff hitter in all of baseball.

He showed a good arm last night...

madj55 · « **Reply #1108 on:** July 01, 2014, 10:26:40 pm »

Quote from: varoadking on July 01, 2014, 10:16:18 pm

He showed a good arm last night...

Ball was in very shallow CF and he had a full head of steam going and didn't get the ball there in the air. No bullcrap, I could've made that throw.

JMW IV · « **Reply #1109 on:** July 01, 2014, 10:41:33 pm »

I miss all the good stuff. Friggin work.

This forum has been begging for Span to be benchef or at least dropped in the lineup.

But now that Harper said something, we are all Spanimaniacs?

madj55 · « **Reply #1110 on:** July 01, 2014, 11:06:25 pm »

Quote from: JMW IV on July 01, 2014, 10:41:33 pm

I miss all the good stuff. Friggin work.

This forum has been begging for Span to be benchef or at least dropped in the lineup.

But now that Harper said something, we are all Spanimaniacs?

That's what I'm saying!

KingHarper · « **Reply #1111 on:** July 01, 2014, 11:11:46 pm »

Harper making me wish I picked a different username when I registered here in 2011. I could take it if he was producing at a superstar level but his production level hasn't been great enough to get away with these antics

Slateman · « **Reply #1112 on:** July 02, 2014, 06:51:28 am »

Where's the power Bryce

Mr Clean · « **Reply #1113 on:** July 02, 2014, 08:24:06 am »

Half Street Heart blog tweets: "Bryce may bat leadoff." --Matt Williams just now on 106.7 The Fan

Mathguy · « **Reply #1114 on:** July 02, 2014, 08:28:37 am »

But how many times did he strike out last night ?

Quote from: varoadking on July 01, 2014, 10:16:18 pm

He showed a good arm last night...

varoadking · « **Reply #1115 on:** July 02, 2014, 08:38:20 am »

Quote from: Mathguy on July 02, 2014, 08:28:37 am

But how many times did he strike out last night ?

None...went 1-3 with 2 walks and scored 2 runs...

Mathguy · « **Reply #1116 on:** July 02, 2014, 08:44:34 am »

That's not true - last night (Tuesday), Harper struck out 3 times

Quote from: varoadking on July 02, 2014, 08:38:20 am

None...went 1-3 with 2 walks and scored 2 runs...

varoadking · « **Reply #1117 on:** July 02, 2014, 08:46:52 am »

Quote from: Mathguy on July 02, 2014, 08:44:34 am

That's not true - last night (Tuesday), Harper struck out 3 times

I was referring to Span in each of my posts...

mitlen · « **Reply #1118 on:** July 02, 2014, 10:01:38 am »

Quote from: Mr Clean on July 02, 2014, 08:24:06 am

Half Street Heart blog tweets: "Bryce may bat leadoff." --Matt Williams just now on 106.7 The Fan

I listened to the interview. In context, it was nothing. Not saying he won't lead off but Matt Williams was replying to a comment by one of the junkies about Harper playing 3rd and leading off.

mdnatsfan · « **Reply #1119 on:** July 02, 2014, 11:35:40 am »

Quote from: Mathguy on July 02, 2014, 08:44:34 am

That's not true - last night (Tuesday), Harper struck out 3 times

One of the Ks was actually a walk. In fact, the pitch wasn't even close...

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #1120 on:** July 02, 2014, 11:37:20 am »

Quote from: ChiliPalmer14 on July 01, 2014, 03:49:41 pm

Yeah, that comment from Harper might have forced Williams to do the opposite. Espi's numbers right handed are good, but the sample size isn't huge, 74 PA. And his numbers combined for the last month are VERY pitcher-like. I can't complain about him being out of the line-up.

Chili - true this season is a small number, but it is right in line with his career norms v. LHP (abotu 450+ PAs). There's nothing flukey in it to make you suspect it isn't a reasonable expectation going forward.

Ray D · « **Reply #1121 on:** July 02, 2014, 12:03:03 pm »

Quote from: mdnatsfan on July 02, 2014, 11:35:40 am

One of the Ks was actually a walk. In fact, the pitch wasn't even close...

From where I was sitting, it was close enough to swing with two strikes. (If you were watching on tv you may have had a better view.)

What I really hate (and it isn't just Harper - Werth is notorious, and Zimmerman and Desmond do it too) with a 3-2 count and a close pitch that could go either way, the batter immediately tosses the bat and heads for first, in effect saying, I am reserving the right to be pissed off if you dare call that a strike. And more often than not, the umpire calls a strike, with the batter a third of the way to first, when about half of those times it might have been called a ball if the batter had waited for the call. And of course, Harper got angry, and pouted all the way to the dugout.

PC · « **Reply #1122 on:** July 02, 2014, 12:10:53 pm »

Quote from: Ray D on July 02, 2014, 12:03:03 pm

From where I was sitting, it was close enough to swing with two strikes. (If you were watching on tv you may have had a better view.)

I don't know where you were sitting but that ball wasn't close. It was close to a foot off the plate.

tomterp · « **Reply #1123 on:** July 02, 2014, 12:17:51 pm »

Quote from: Ray D on July 02, 2014, 12:03:03 pm

From where I was sitting, it was close enough to swing with two strikes. (If you were watching on tv you may have had a better view.)

What I really hate (and it isn't just Harper - Werth is notorious, and Zimmerman and Desmond do it too) with a 3-2 count and a close pitch that could go either way, the batter immediately tosses the bat and heads for first, in effect saying, I am reserving the right to be pissed off if you dare call that a strike. And more often than not, the umpire calls a strike, with the batter a third of the way to first, when about half of those times it might have been called a ball if the batter had waited for the call. And of course, Harper got angry, and pouted all the way to the dugout.

It was a ridiculous called strike, way off the plate. If a batter is forced to swing at a ball out of reach outside then we don't have a reasonable basis for conducting the game of baseball.

He should have been pissed off, anybody would have been.

Ray D · « **Reply #1124 on:** July 02, 2014, 12:30:48 pm »

Quote from: PC on July 02, 2014, 12:10:53 pm

It was close to a foot off the plate.

If it was a foot off, then my second point holds: stand there, wait for the call (which would have been a ball) then go to first.