Not a good look, Paps.
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Yep. I wish he would've landed one on Harper.
If paps wants out of Washington, he succeeded. Nats gonna have to eat a lot of money
Maybe, but he's arguably the best baseball player on the planet now. If the options or Paps or Harper, Paps will be shown the door.
No argument that Harper is going to get the backing of the clubhouse, but Harper can't call out teammates and then confront them the next day when they get angry he didn't run it out. He responded to Paps telling him "run it out" by telling him to do something about it.
I've watched the video a couple of times and it looked like he got a stomach shot.
Either way, Paps remained on the mound after that happened (giving up a homer).
Obviously the Braves will look to aquire him this offseason. If they don't I'll be pissed, for entertainment purposes only.
I've watched the video a couple of times and it looked like he got a stomach shot.
Either way, Paps remained on the mound after that happened (giving up a homer).
Obviously the Braves will look to aquire him this offseason. If they don't I'll be pissed, for entertainment purposes only.
This all started earlier this week. Harper got asked about Paps hitting someone earlier and he said something like "I dunno, I'll probably get beamed because of it".
As he should. Papelbon is a circus clown. And what's worse, he's a terrible teammate.
And apparently Paps is 'likes to fight guy' in the words of Jim Rome. Saw this from someone he played with before I'm assuming..
@SPHSwarden: Bet next time Harper runs it out... Paps ain't playing, small list of folks that have barked up that tree... none of us went twice
@SPHSwarden: Bet next time Harper runs it out... Paps ain't playing, small list of folks that have barked up that tree... none of us went twice
If Harper said something negative in the press about anything papelbon did, then it is common sense to expect papelbon's reaction.
Papelbon could have horns and a tail, but he isn't the bad guy in this particular situation.
Papelbon could have horns and a tail, but he isn't the bad guy in this particular situation.
Actually he is. If somebody mouthed off every time a player didn't run out a pop fly in the Big Leagues, there would be a fight every game.
Exactly. But if harper doesn't make comments publicly, papelbon probably doesn't say anything about the pop up.
I consider myself somewhat of a lip reading specialist...
Harper was in the middle of saying "Let's ******* go, I'll ******* go right now" when Paps choke slammed him into the wall. Which is hilarious.
Harper was in the middle of saying "Let's ******* go, I'll ******* go right now" when Paps choke slammed him into the wall. Which is hilarious.
I like how:
Harper full sprints to 1st on pop outs = tool.
Harler jogs to 1st on pop out = tool.
Harper full sprints to 1st on pop outs = tool.
Harler jogs to 1st on pop out = tool.
Closer syndrome?...
Seems like the closer position tends to generate more than its share of tools. Think of Rob Dibble, John Rocker, Paps, others. I suppose the attributes required for success in such a role, cocky, aggressive, fearless, self-assured tends to develop personalities that do not get along well with others.
Seems like the closer position tends to generate more than its share of tools. Think of Rob Dibble, John Rocker, Paps, others. I suppose the attributes required for success in such a role, cocky, aggressive, fearless, self-assured tends to develop personalities that do not get along well with others.
Interesting take here...and looks like several MLB players (current & former) side with Paps.
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a...ayers-support-pitcher-long-time-coming-092715
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a...ayers-support-pitcher-long-time-coming-092715
I assume you were like everyone else that thinks he's "a tool" because he either runs too hard to first or, now apparently, doesn't run hard enough.
Please state your reasons if they are something different.
Please state your reasons if they are something different.
Paps now suspended rest of the season
Washington suspended him four games for fighting Harper, and he already had the three game suspension for beaning Machado last week. Since there are only seven games left, he's done for the year.
Washington suspended him four games for fighting Harper, and he already had the three game suspension for beaning Machado last week. Since there are only seven games left, he's done for the year.
Harper should have kept his mouth shut to the press. That's being an awful teammate. I don't know anything about Paps, but you don't talk bad about your teammate to the media. Harper sounds like a D bag in this situation.
I think he's a tool
because he acts like a child whenever he doesn't blast a 450' bomb each at bat, personally. I'm not sure where you came up w the other part.
because he acts like a child whenever he doesn't blast a 450' bomb each at bat, personally. I'm not sure where you came up w the other part.
Mariano Rivera, & John Smoltz disagree.
Pedro Martinez, to me at least, was a cocky little coward. Sure he used his mouth a lot, but other than attacking Don Zimmer, he seemed to shy away from fisticuffs unlike Rocker/Dibble types.
Bob Gibson wasn't a closer & he was one of the meanest SOB's to toe the mound. Granted it was a different era.
Pedro Martinez, to me at least, was a cocky little coward. Sure he used his mouth a lot, but other than attacking Don Zimmer, he seemed to shy away from fisticuffs unlike Rocker/Dibble types.
Bob Gibson wasn't a closer & he was one of the meanest SOB's to toe the mound. Granted it was a different era.
I'm guessing you are a simple homer you know a lot about "Paps". But based on your attempt to defend him, you probably didn't know about this:
"I don't know if I got a bad rap here or whatever, but I can promise you I was by far (from) the bad guy on this team. I was one of the few that wanted to actually win and I was one of the few that competed and posted up every day. Other than that, that's all I view an athlete or a baseball player. I don't have any regrets, no."
That's a bit like Delonte West screwing Lebron James's mom.
Guess who is going to lose their roster spot when that issue becomes an internal team issue? It ain't Lebron, and it ain't Harper in this case. Maybe Paps just wanted out of Washington.
Blue, I guess you are just a narcissist that loves to argue or something. No one is saying that Papelbon is or isn't an *** or is or isn't a good teammate. Most people are saying that in this particular instance, Harper shouldn't have talked in the media and should have run out the fly ball. If you look for them, there are at least two articles and probably more that cite professional players siding with Papelbon in this whole thing. Harper broke two 17ing cardinal rules of baseball but you insist that it is all Papelbon's fault b/c he is an ******* and a bad teammate. He might be, but that is beside the point in this instance.
I'm guessing you are just a dumbass nerd who never played any sport past high school. Some of us actually know how things work when you get past little league baseball. You don't have to take my word for it. Take the word of the overwhelming majority of current and former players who defended Paps in the fox article. Harper is a ****.
Im glad you know how things work beyond Little League and kudos on your post HS career. Do you have a blog so we can keep up with your progress?
Your argument seemed to be that Harper shouldn't talk about a teammate to the media. I provided a quote from Papelbon about his former Phillies teammates from two weeks ago. But since you seem to be president of the Camp Shelby "Paps" fan club, you ignored that.
i saw where a writer cheery picked some comments from current and former players. I didn't know that 15-20 constituted an "overwhelming majority" of the thousands of current and former players.
I guess the Nats ignored the overwhelming majority and proceeded with their no-Paps agenda.
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