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nope, no arguing that
but to continue to praise a guy who cheated?
i'll never forget the joy and excitement he brought in 2008
but i can't forget the disappointment of how he fucked us thereafter either

 

true
but everyone who cheated is selfish imo

 

now you're being selfish lol

 

what a fucken douche
i understand his thoughts and don't necessarily disagree
and i'd have no problem with him voicing it to management
but airing it to the media not only undermines the manager, but shows what a selfish, immature, spoiled, coddled ckunt he really is
tell you what bryce... how about you stfu, do your job and let matt williams do his?
just my

Bryce Harper not happy about lineup
Updated: July 1, 2014, 10:37 PM PT
ESPN.com news services​

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Bryce Harper returned to the Washington Nationals' lineup Monday night, but he didn't agree with how manager Matt Williams filled it out.

Reinstated from the 15-day disabled list after missing the previous 59 games because of a torn ligament in his left thumb, Harper openly questioned Williams' decisions hours before the team's 7-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies in Washington.

The manager's lineup included Ryan Zimmerman at third base, Anthony Rendon at second base, Harper in left field and second baseman Danny Espinosa on the bench.

"I think [Zimmerman] should be playing left. Rendon's a good third baseman. He should be playing third. We've got one of the best second basemen in the league in Danny Espinosa," Harper told reporters. "Of course, we want the best-hitting lineup in there. [But] I think Rendon playing third and Zim playing left is something that would be good for this team. I think that should be what's happening."

Harper, 21, previously has said he "loves" playing center field and hoped to be there when he came off the DL. So playing in left in his first game back could have caused some of the apparent dissatisfaction.

"I haven't talked to nobody about anything, so I have no clue," he said. "I know I'm playing left tonight, via Twitter. So I guess that's where I'm going."

Williams, when told of Harper's comments before the game, took the high road.

"Happy to have him back," the first-year Nationals manager told reporters. "When he's out there, regardless of where he's at, we'd like him to catch it when it's hit to him and hit it when it's thrown to him. ... I don't have any comment other than that. ... Hopefully, I can write his name in there every single day the rest of the year. That would be very important."

Harper also batted sixth Monday night, a spot where he had seen part-time duty before the injury but also one outside the heart of the order.

"I'm in the lineup. That's all that matters," he told reporters. "If I had the lineup, it would maybe not be the same. He's got the lineup card. He's got the pen. That's what he's doing. So there's nothing I can do about it. I'm hitting sixth tonight."

Williams explained the move.

"Part of the thought process was, Bryce has been out a long time," Williams said. "We got three straight lefties, so we take a little bit off the expectation there, coming out first time against a lefty [Yohan Flande], and ease him back in there a little bit. That's today's lineup. It may change tomorrow. For today, he's going to be right in the thick of it. We hope to provide him an opportunity with guys on base today."

Williams previously acknowledged he would have to do some lineup shuffling when Harper returned.

Zimmerman, whose chronic shoulder problems had moved him off third base, had been playing in Harper's spot in left field.​

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wow, what a fucken douche
wish span would have gone miguel olivo on him

 

like i said, i have no problem with it either
but voicing it publicly, his first game back, is disrespectful to both williams and span and causes friction in the clubhouse
he should be fined and benched tbh

 

wow homo