Nationals' Bryce Harper & Jonathan Papelbon Start Brawling In Dugout

Harper: Leads NL in AVG, HRs, R, OBP, OPS

Papelbon: 14th in the NL in Saves, 10th in MLB in Blown Saves



Papelbon can STFU until he helps the team half as much as Harper has.

tough love from the vet? Come the frick on. I can get behind Paps telling him to run it out, but grabbing his fricking throat and jugular? frick papelbon.

Just a little tough love from a vet to the kid...
that's all, nothing to see here.

Bet he'll run it out next time

Pap has always been a bitch.

Harper is the franchise. Pap smear about to be gone. Again.

See ya Papelbon. Don't let the door hit you in the arse on your way out. Douchebag.

This is about the twelfth time Bryce Harper has been called out for not running to first.

Guy needs a choke slam. Run it out damn.
War of 10.8!

And can't set an example of how to play the game.

I loved watching that. Vets gotta keep the youngins' heads on straight sometimes

Don't give me this vet vs "youngin" bullshite. Harper ain't no rookie. Pap crossed the line.

Favored to win the World Series and not making the post season... Wonder why?

A washed up closer that plays in about 1/4th of of the games for one inning telling the NL MVP how to play... right after he blows the game giving up 5 runs........Paplebon seems mad. Maybe he should have tried this before the Nats blew their season.

See ya later, Pappelsmear.

Papelbon was about to deliver a South Louisiana beat down to that young lad.

thatsG, I don't recall saying that Papelbon had a right to grab Harper by the throat. I said that Harper got his feelings hurt because somebody that's been in the major leagues longer than Harper called him out for being a spoiled lazy arse punk by not hustling down the line. Feel better now?

"Gets mouthy after hearing about it from a vet"
Doesn't justify Papelbon's actions one bit. First of all despite Harper's age, he is a vet himself at this point. What's he already been to 3 all star games in 3 years? Come on man. Going for the throat after calling him out for not hustiling through a pop up is absolutely absurd.

Doesn't hustle down the base line, gets mouthy after hearing about it from a vet.. Harper's lucky he had team mates in the dugout to break up that little scuffle. Paplebon was about to teach that little shite to respect his elders and the game.

Love Pap. Bryce is a brat and got bitched.