Bryce Harper gets ejected after telling ump to be a professional, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tightly contested game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets, Bryce Harper finds himself at the center of a controversial moment in the bottom of the fourth inning. With the Mets leading 2-1, Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper allows a routine fly ball to drop, allowing the Mets' Todd Frazier to score and extend the lead. Phillies manager Joe Girardi looks on in frustration as Harper appears to misjudge the play. In the next inning, Bryce Harper steps up to the plate with two outs. He rips a ball down the line, but the umpire calls it foul, a decision that Harper vehemently disagrees with. Phillies pitcher Seth Lugo fields the grounder and completes the out with the help of Frazier, ending the inning. Between innings, a visibly frustrated Bryce Harper approaches the umpire and says, "I just want to talk to you about it. Hey, ump, I'm just trying to talk to you about it. Be a professional." The umpire responds, "I'm not talking to you," prompting Harper to say, "Why? Come on, I'm just trying to talk to you about it. That's all I'm trying to do, be a professional." The umpire then ejects Harper from the game, much to Harper's disbelief. "Are you f***ing kidding me?" Harper exclaims. "Now you can hear him here. I really like the little to Neil Walker right here when he goes like, 'No, seriously dude, I got this. Let me go.'" Harper then approaches the umpire again, saying, "How do you throw me out right now? I'm just asking about the play one time. Be a professional." The umpire stands firm and Harper returns to the dugout, pleading his case to his teammates. "I didn't say one cuss word," Harper explains. "I said, 'Be a professional and talk to me, please.' That's all I said. He said, 'I'm not gonna talk to you.' That's no, that's really bad. I said nothing. I might have talked back, but I did not bait him to that. I did nothing bad." This heated exchange between Bryce Harper and the umpire is just the latest chapter in the ongoing rivalry between the Phillies and the Mets, as both teams continue to jockey for position in the highly competitive National League East division.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentbryce harper had a pretty eventful night
over the weekend
playing the mets the mets are up two to
one
philly trying to keep it right there
bottom fourth neal walker going back
waiting for bryce to call him off
because now the runner can tag
up todd frazier scores extends the lead
by one little jersey fist pump for the
boys
i mean look at bryce bryce is just
chilling back there never once had like
a moment of i should charge this
and catch it so he doesn't if he catches
this todd frazier doesn't run
and that's just kind of obvious because
now neil catches it
on his heels while bryce is just hanging
out in the background
and then he's got to throw it completely
off balance can't get anything on that
neil looks back at him like
dude what the hell where were you
that's your ball not mine shaking his
head
joe girardi slowly dies inside because
that's not his style of baseball bryce
harper it looks like what happened i
don't know
and then kneeling the dugout after the
inning looks around and he's like yeah i
mean come on now i'm going back on the
ball you need to come in
he's talking about it we all know that
harper comes up with two outs
in the next inning and he rocks this one
down the line fair ball no ump says that
was foul
real hard call i mean yeah it looks like
it could have gone over the base depths
reception is kind of hard with this
camera angle so
maybe maybe not you would need a lot
more angles and a lot more replays and
the umpire doesn't get any of that
but he calls it foul bryce harper says
oh my god
and then he grounds out to lugo who
punches it to frazier and they
tag team him for the old one five three
now in between innings bryce harper goes
to the ump and he says i just want to
talk to you about it
hey um says i'm not talking to you he
says why
come on i'm just trying to talk to you
about it that's all i'm trying to do
be a professional and that's when the
ump
tosses him out and he says are you
[ __ ] kidding me
now you can hear him here
i really like the the little the little
to neil walker right here
when he goes like no seriously dude i'm
i got this let me go
then he goes up to the ump and he says
how do you throw me out right now
i'm just asking about the play one time
be a professional oh i just wanted to
talk to you um says yeah i told you i
didn't want to talk and you kept talking
and bryce harper says that's not
professional now he's going to go to the
dugout and he's going to tell everyone
what happened
and plead his case to his teammates
don't seem that interested
i didn't say one cuss word i said be a
professional and talk to me please
that's all i said he said i'm not gonna
talk to you
that's that's no that's really bad
i said nothing i might have talked back
but i did not bait him to that
i did nothing bad
that's so bad right there
i did not i didn't say anything i didn't
cuss at him
i didn't say a bad word to him just
talk to me that's all i wanted him to
talk to me
so bad and then bryce goes on his way
and that's kind of it
not a fun night for bryce harper
just wanted the ump to be a professional
as neil walker wanted him to be oh
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