First off, a playful “fuck you” for making me defend Papelbon...

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Dude. That guy seems loaded most of the time.

He did not like Matt Williams. Despite the media narrative, Harper is pretty professional and said the right things...as, you will note, he is doing with all of this Papelbon stuff.

Rizzo (the GM) did not want Papelbon. The ownership did. This does point to some of the dysfunction you’re talking about, however, it…