Are you rooting for Bryce Harper to fail?

[Blade]

Whenever he plays the Phils I want him to flail like fish out of water, otherwise go nuts.

 

[Spidey]

I hope he succeeds douche bag or not. Should be fun to watch.

Admittedly the whole kiss thing kinda makes me want him to fail cause I think thats a bit over the top and immature. Hopefully he'll grow out of such nonsense.

The staring and strutting after a homer has never bothered me with anyone. The way I see it, if you hit a bomb, do your thing. Celebrate. Your earned it. But by the same token, don't be shocked if the other team gets angry and something is said or you get plunked later. Pretty much celebrate at your own risk. Every one of them knows if what they are doing could be upsetting. If it is and you choose to go ahead and do it, don't complain when there are consequences.

 

[dave]

With all the hype and him just looking like the biggest douche are you rooting for him to fail?

He sounds like an overly entitled Roger Clemens-level douchebag, so yes.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Pujols is the greatest hitter of our generation by a mile, best player of the last decade by a mile, and he isn't going to stop. Yes he should act like he's been there done that before because he has many times, but I think he's earned the right to look at his greatness during a walk off. At least he isn't blowing kisses to the pitcher like Harper did yesterday.

The problem I have with this (and it was touched on in the other thread), is if someone did this to the Cardinals, you'd have LaRussa, Carpenter, Molina, and the rest of the douche squad crying about "respectibg the game". They constantly get their panties twisted and talk about being classy, but they don't walk the walk.

 

[Berowsk]

The funny thing is that Pujols stared at his walk-off homerun against the Cubs with his bat in the air for 10 seconds and quick stepped his way to home plate. Granted, he didn't blow a kiss to the pitcher, but nobody is saying boo about it.

I don't care about either scenario but lets be consistent, especially because a Cardinals fan bumped the thread.

Really?
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Bryce Harper was intentionally trying to piss off the pitcher. Pujols was at first proud of his accomplishment of hitting back to back (I think) walk-offs and then high stepped to his teammates out of excitement. Pujols's celebration had nothing to do with sportsmanship.

These two hardly even relate. Bryce is a douche, Pujols just loves the game.

 

[Goober]

Really?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P0C8-SaYxY
Bryce Harper was intentionally trying to piss off the pitcher. Pujols was at first proud of his accomplishment of hitting back to back (I think) walk-offs and then high stepped to his teammates out of excitement. Pujols's celebration had nothing to do with sportsmanship.

These two hardly even relate. Bryce is a douche, Pujols just loves the game.

This is ridiculous. I'm sure Bryce Harper loves baseball too. Both players act like douche bags when they hit homeruns. But while Bryce Harper would probably just say fuck you to the other team when they showboat, staying consistent with his "ass hole" reputation; Pujols is known for crying like a fourteen year old girl on the rag whenever a team one ups the Cardinals.

As I said in the other thread, I'm fine with players showboating. It's entertaining unless it's against my team. However when the Cardinals get a piece of their own medicine they douche it up and cry about "respecting the game" whatever the fuck that means. Back in the day, pitchers would throw at hitters who show boated, so maybe the Cubs should respect the games past and bean Pujols the next time the teams meet. Of course if that actually happened, Tony La Russa would start a douche off that would destroy all of baseball...

 

[Berowsk]

This is ridiculous. I'm sure Bryce Harper loves baseball too. Both players act like douche bags when they hit homeruns. But while Bryce Harper would probably just say fuck you to the other team when they showboat, staying consistent with his "ass hole" reputation; Pujols is known for crying like a fourteen year old girl on the rag whenever a team one ups the Cardinals.

As I said in the other thread, I'm fine with players showboating. It's entertaining unless it's against my team. However when the Cardinals get a piece of their own medicine they douche it up and cry about "respecting the game" whatever the fuck that means. Back in the day, pitchers would throw at hitters who show boated, so maybe the Cubs should respect the games past and bean Pujols the next time the teams meet. Of course if that actually happened, Tony La Russa would start a douche off that would destroy all of baseball...

Pujols wasn't even taunting the other team. Watch the huge smile on his face after he rounds third and high steps in excitement to the other players. He's not looking at the pitcher, taunting him, he's celebrating with his teammates. When he hits the ball, he's watching the ball with his bat up, he's not looking at the pitcher.

His "taunts" weren't even taunts, they were just celebrations. He wasn't trying to show up anybody, he was smiling to his teammates and being giddy. Any time a player hits a walk off homerun, he's either gonna get excited running into the mob of his teammates, or jump into them, etc. Is that considered "taunting" to you, too, when a player jumps into his teammates after hitting a walk off?

And let it be known that I am neither a Pujols fan or a Harper hater, outside of him being on a same-division team (I refuse to call the Nationals a rival).

 

[Slateman]

This is ridiculous. I'm sure Bryce Harper loves baseball too. Both players act like douche bags when they hit homeruns. But while Bryce Harper would probably just say fuck you to the other team when they showboat, staying consistent with his "ass hole" reputation; Pujols is known for crying like a fourteen year old girl on the rag whenever a team one ups the Cardinals.

As I said in the other thread, I'm fine with players showboating. It's entertaining unless it's against my team. However when the Cardinals get a piece of their own medicine they douche it up and cry about "respecting the game" whatever the fuck that means. Back in the day, pitchers would throw at hitters who show boated, so maybe the Cubs should respect the games past and bean Pujols the next time the teams meet. Of course if that actually happened, Tony La Russa would start a douche off that would destroy all of baseball...

Agreed.

Harper's mistake was the kiss. It was juvenile and brash. Lots of players walk away from the plate and flip the bat. Pujols did in both homers, Ortiz did it the other night, it happens. If you don't like it as a pitcher, then stop throwing meatballs to the best hitter on the team.

Harper is young and stupid, just like most teenagers. I fail to see how he doesn't "love the game." He's played a lot of baseball. A lot more than most kids his age. At a certain point, he would have just quit. No, he's just a cocky teenager.