Sunday, May 05, 2013
WaPo: Bryce Harper ejected in first inning arguing check swing
(www.washingtonpost.com)
posted on May 05, 2013 at 07:12 PM by Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' to nationals, umpires, washington
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The latest Rohrshach test the swiftly emerging Umps Behaving Badly narrative:
Read More...Bryce Harper was ejected in the first inning of the Nationals’ 6-2 victory over the Pirates Sunday afternoon after he drew the ire of umpiring crew chief John Hirschbeck with his reaction to a check-swing third strike. The incident left the Nationals without their best player and, owing to behavior from Hirschbeck that Manager Davey Johnson deemed overaggressive, raised the issue of contentious relations between ...
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1. KT's Pot Arb posted on September 13, 2012 at 01:07 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Which is fine cause Davy would never be tempted to use Strasburg in a high leverage spot when his bullpen is toast in a critical playoff game.
Never.
I kind of assumed Johnson meant he might PH him sometime this month, not in the playoffs.
Carpenter- "Nats trail 4-3 with one man on, two out, bottom of the 18th. The Series on the line. Davey has no one to use but Strasburg! Here he comes to pinch hit against Jim Johnson. It's a long drive to center!! It has a chance!! It's gone! Strasburg throws away his bat wildly in triumph..OH NO!!".
Dale Sams: Nitpicking ass
Poetic license. (You can probably substitute Joe Buck and Darren O'Day).
Chris Davis would be pitching.
(...and if the opponent were the Dodgers, a rested Josh Beckett would not come into the game, forcing them to lose the game with Tony Gwynn Jr giving up the losing runs)
LAD Jerry Hairston
WAS Jason Werth
CIN Willie Harris
TEX Brandon Snyder
NYY Darnell McDonald (of course)
They cut him.
Buck - "The Nationals down to their final out here, and Stephen Strasburg is pinch-hitting. He hits the ball deep to center field. Home run. Nationals win. On behalf of all of us at FOX, thanks for watching, and don't forget to tune into this week's Ben and Kate. You won't believe what kind of trouble Ben gets into this week."
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