Harper gets ejected from the dugout after his at-bat, a breakdown
What Happened
Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies steps up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning with his team trailing the New York Mets 6-0. On the first pitch, Harper believes it is outside the strike zone, but the umpire calls it a strike. Harper calmly but firmly disagrees, stating "That's not a strike, that's a ball. It's my opinion, just throwing it out there." The next pitch is fouled off by Harper, putting him in an 0-2 count. He again expresses his disagreement with the umpire's call, saying "Now it should be 1-1, and I'm just like, come on dude, quit it, just let it go." Harper then fouls off another pitch before taking an inside pitch, clapping his hands in approval. On the next pitch, Harper flies out to center field for the first out of the inning. As he returns to the dugout, he is visibly frustrated, and the bat boy comes to place his bat, apologizing and saying he hopes Harper doesn't mind. Harper remains upset, and the umpire then ejects him from the game. Phillies manager Joe Girardi rushes out to argue the ejection, asking why the umpire didn't give Harper a warning first. The umpire responds that he had already given Harper two warnings. Girardi acknowledges that Harper probably shouldn't have continued arguing, but still defends his player, saying he had to come out and "protect him a little bit." As Harper walks away, the crowd erupts in a cheer, showing their support for their frustrated star player. The Phillies go on to lose the game 6-0, but Harper's passionate response to the umpire's calls has left a lasting impression on the fans and the baseball community.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentbryce harper reaches down touches some
dirt bangs the right toe bangs the left
toe with the bat steps into the box digs
that left foot in nice and secure
touches behind inside outside he is
ready to go his team is down six nothing
bottom of the ninth first pitch he
thinks it's outside umpire says strike
this oh what the hell is that
he's got the fans on his side bryce says
that's off the plate
should be 1-0 that's not a strike
that's a ball
i love how matter-of-factly he says that
he says that's not a strike
that's a ball it's my opinion just
throwing it out there take it for what
it is you threw yours out there i
disagree with it yours holds a lot more
weight than mine that's why i'm so upset
steps in for the next pitch oh hi mom hi
mom made it down to the closed seats
fouled back now it's owen two and bryce
says now it should be one and one and
i'm just like come on dude
quit it just let it go price says why
would i let it go
i'm not going to let that go o2 pitch in
the zone fouled back and then he takes
the inside pitch and claps
claps okay we like that we like that one
two
flies out to center field for the first
out of the inning and now he's just
going to be thinking about that first
pitch the whole time and the bat boy is
going to come be like sorry bryce but i
got to put this bat here hope you don't
mind i know you're upset and he's fuming
he's mad he's not happy real muto the
next batter he flies out the center
field as well and in between
his fly out the umpire is going to throw
bryce out while he's sitting the dog you
you're gone get out of here
and bryce has to walk away and he says
are you that petty
[ __ ] terrible
now joe girardi is going to run out and
he's like what happened he's like well
he was talking
why didn't you give him a warning why
don't you give him a warning i gave him
two warnings already now he's keeps
going come on joe joe's like all right i
guess i mean i don't know but
it looked bad if i didn't come out here
and protect him a little bit so i have
to but yeah i guess that's fair i guess
i'm bryce shouldn't have done that there
he is
oh
sexy oh wow