I mean, what do you envision going wrong? That the players that people want to see play in the game aren’t thrown out because of some temporary display of frustration?

Yeah, genius. Read the comment to that rule. The rule does NOT say that anyone arguing balls and strikes has to get ejected. It says that anyone who LEAVES THEIR POSITION to argue can be ejected. Harper did not leave the dugout to argue balls and strikes. He was yelling from the dugout.

Huh? It is still one of the best offensive seasons in recent history. No, it doesn’t come close to some of the best seasons of arguably the best hitter of all time. It was still historically great, and teams are certainly justified in not wanting to pitch to Harper, especially when he’s the most dangerous hitter on…

Your comment may be definitive proof that with enough words you can frame anything to seem almost sensible.

Yeah, but he didn’t get K’d on that pitch.

Sorry, you’re a fucking referee. Part of the job is taking criticism.

Arguing balls and strikes is actually not against the rules. If it was, no game would end up with 9 players on each team.

No, these are good points. That is Harper acting like a “toddler” and not acting like a normal baseball player. Expressing frustration is definitely a trait unique to Harper.

It is not a rulebook mandated ejection.

Good point. Nothing speeds up the game like an extended argument between the player and the ump who gets ejected, and then another argument between the ump and the manager of the player who got ejected.

So? Harper may have been wrong about that particular pitch. That doesn’t justify him getting tossed out of the game.

No, what’s relevant is you said Bryce got “revenge” on the ump because the Nats won the game. No, he didn’t, because the ump isn’t supposed to care who won the game.

He didn’t earn shit. You’re allowed to yell from the dugout. The ump needs to realize he’s not the fucking center of attention, and just fucking deal with it. He’s going to hear it from the fans...he’s going to hear it from the dugout. Throwing out a team’s best player in the 9th inning of a tie ball game is fucking…

How is victory “revenge” against an impartial umpire?

That was great and hilarious.

My favorite part is how, after looking at the replay where Ozuna clearly went back to first base after Realmuto was 20 feet past first, and then started to run again while Realmuto stood there, the announcer goes “Whoa, that’s close!” No, it’s not! Realmuto was clearly in front of Ozuna!

Please. If you don’t think Schilling could find a way to drag Moss through the mud, you’re nuts.

Every part of the response is reasonable, and every part of your response is unreasonable bullshit.

I think it’s part “lefty-lefty,” which is dumb. I also think there is some inclination to see if Zimmerman can regain his form (which is doubtful) and probably some sense that Murphy’s hot streak is unsustainable (which is probably true).

Stop. You’re embarrassing yourself. There is little worse than when an Internet commenter plays the “I’m just asking questions...” card, and then when they receive perfectly reasonable responses continuing to argue. It makes you look like a horrible combination of combative and willfully ignorant. It’s a bad look.