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There’s nothing like a good basebrawl, and we got one in Monday’s game between the San Francisco Giants and the Washington Nationals. Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland threw a fastball that drilled Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper right in the hip. Harper and Strickland started jawing right after this happened, and a split second later, it was on.
The brawl started with Harper busting out one of the worst helmet throws we’ve ever seen. Either he wasn’t trying to hit Strickland, the helmet slipped out of his hand, or Harper is just not especially great at using a baseball helmet at a weapon.
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I think it dawned on Harper at the very last second that he was about to use a weapon (his helmet) and he threw it away at the last second. This would be a very different discussion if Bryce Harper beat the shit out of someone with his batting helmet.
The last second. Thank you.
I agree with this take. Also, Maybe harper should lower his dose of Deca and Test..
I’d think so too except the way his hand/arm is still aiming at Strickland in the follow-through. Maybe he had last second reservations, but it looks like a slip to me.
Helmet definitely slipped. He was clearly trying to throw it at Strickland but clearly sucks at helmet-throwing.
I hate baseball snowflakes. We need more stare downs and bat flipping
Thats a clown helmet throw bro.
If you think any of those shots were decent, stick with writing about anything but boxing and mma
while harper seems like an ass since the minors. [www.youtube.com] there’s more of these videos. I think in that playoff game he was more watching to see if it was fair or foul.
How was this a “massive brawl”, though? Each guy connected with only one punch each, and neither was hard enough to drop the guy on the receiving end. None of other players who left the dugouts started fighting. At best, this was a minor dust-up.
You want to see a massive brawl, Google ‘Russia vs. Canada World Junior bench clearing brawl’