Not sure if this had been posted--Harper

Brett Keith said:

matfanofold said:

Yeah, I saw this yesterday and for what it is, if it were anyone else it would not be a big deal, but least we play the double edged sword game. Harper reaps the rewards of mega hype for what he does right, it's just the balance of the universe that he be exposed for his shortcomings with equal ferver. Clearly the ball was outside, but something you should not take with 2 strikes. All in all, its just another example of Harpers inablility to respect his peers and the game. He is playing horribly in AA, and I'm sure the frustration of clearly being inadaquate for perhaps the first time in his young life is adding to an alredy instable attitude. I wish him the best, he is good for baseball and the hobby, but I take this instable outbreak as just another detraction towards a ball player who is finally being challenged for the first time in his life and failing miserably.

Would suck to be sitting on a Harper stash right now....

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Playing horribly? Failing miserably? He's still 18 and in AA, started off slow, but is OPS'ing like .880 his last 10 or 11 games.

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matfanofold said:

Brett Keith said:

matfanofold said:

Yeah, I saw this yesterday and for what it is, if it were anyone else it would not be a big deal, but least we play the double edged sword game. Harper reaps the rewards of mega hype for what he does right, it's just the balance of the universe that he be exposed for his shortcomings with equal ferver. Clearly the ball was outside, but something you should not take with 2 strikes. All in all, its just another example of Harpers inablility to respect his peers and the game. He is playing horribly in AA, and I'm sure the frustration of clearly being inadaquate for perhaps the first time in his young life is adding to an alredy instable attitude. I wish him the best, he is good for baseball and the hobby, but I take this instable outbreak as just another detraction towards a ball player who is finally being challenged for the first time in his life and failing miserably.

Would suck to be sitting on a Harper stash right now....

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Playing horribly? Failing miserably? He's still 18 and in AA, started off slow, but is OPS'ing like .880 his last 10 or 11 games.

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As per the FCB experts, that tiny sample size is worthless, look at the production over his last 30. He may of had 1 or 2 bum pitchers to knock around the last 10, but nothing has changed. Failing miserably...

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matfanofold said:

Brett Keith said:

matfanofold said:

Yeah, I saw this yesterday and for what it is, if it were anyone else it would not be a big deal, but least we play the double edged sword game. Harper reaps the rewards of mega hype for what he does right, it's just the balance of the universe that he be exposed for his shortcomings with equal ferver. Clearly the ball was outside, but something you should not take with 2 strikes. All in all, its just another example of Harpers inablility to respect his peers and the game. He is playing horribly in AA, and I'm sure the frustration of clearly being inadaquate for perhaps the first time in his young life is adding to an alredy instable attitude. I wish him the best, he is good for baseball and the hobby, but I take this instable outbreak as just another detraction towards a ball player who is finally being challenged for the first time in his life and failing miserably.

Would suck to be sitting on a Harper stash right now....

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Playing horribly? Failing miserably? He's still 18 and in AA, started off slow, but is OPS'ing like .880 his last 10 or 11 games.

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As per the FCB experts, that tiny sample size is worthless, look at the production over his last 30. He may of had 1 or 2 bum pitchers to knock around the last 10, but nothing has changed. Failing miserably...

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Jaypers said:

I honestly thought this incident would pass without someone posting it. Wishful thinking, it seems.

If this was anyone else, would this thread even exist?

Everyone is intent on painting the bullseye on his back bigger and bigger. Enough, already.

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