GIF: Bryce Harper, u mad bro? #Mets #Nationals http://t.co/udbVNjhexv
— #ImWithTowels (@MetsKevin11) August 6, 2014
From the Washington Post’s Game Thread:
- “I think Gio is moving towards 5th starter status.”
- “If the Nats pitchers start pitching like the Barfs pitchers, it’s going to be a long 2 months.”
- “legit question: Does Gio start in the postseason for Nationals, presuming they get there? “
- “Werth needs to sit down”
- “dios mio gio”
- “I wish orlando bloom’s punch would have landed flush on justin bieber’s jaw..knocked him out”
- “The great Otis Campbell strikes out.”
- “Please tell me this isn’t going to be one of these games where we get a million baserunners and zero big hits. They’re the most frustrating games of all.”
- “On the plus side, Wheeler is up to 65 pitches. Do we want him out of there or not? How’s the Mets’ pen?”
- “a joke.”
- “When was the last time that Bryce hit a ball hard? I can’t remember that far back.”
- “How long are we supposed to be patient with Harper? He strikes out about once every three at bats and he doesn’t drive in runs”
- “This home plate umpire totally sucks, but at least he totally sucks both ways.”
- “What would it take to send Harper to the minors? He is terrible and does not know how to play the game at this level. And stop making excuses for him. He simply isn’t that good”
- “The Nats have 2 actual hits.”
- “All I can say is, if you can’t win a game on a night when you give away the greatest gnome in the history of Major League Baseball, then this country is doomed.”
- “We have awesome warning track power. Face it peeps. This team is not as good as we wish it was. “
- “At what point do the Nationals decide they can’t afford the lack of production from Harper and sit him for awhile? He’s been a black hole in the lineup pretty much all season.”
- “It’s almost like everyone is afraid to acknowledge that he can’t hit.”
- “Look at Murphy’s stroke and compare it to a guy like Desmond. Murphy’s just trying to make contact in this situation, which is the right approach.”
- “Imagine they have to face the Braves in a few days”
- “How come other teams can string hits together? “
- “The Nats are slumping. There is no leader on this club, it’s not really a team. And Harper is an over hyped joke. Even the umpires laugh at this guy. what a crying shame.”
- “The difference between the Nats of today and the Nats of two years ago is no Natitude……, there is just no fight in them.”
- “Back to Shark Tank”
- “The Nats are a talented group of individuals who don’t know what it takes to be a championship-caliber team.”
- “Pathetic effort at home the last two nights in front of sellout crowds. “
- “We always give Bryce a hard time for breaking bats and throwing helmets, but frankly, I’m growing a little worried that he’s not.”
- “Harper to the minors. He stinks. He is nothing. Bye Bryce. U r killing this team.”
- “They should put Gio in the bullpen and start Ross.”
- “Why is Bryce Harper off-limits to Nats beat reporters? He has not had a clutch hit this season and is wasting a spot in the batting order. With five or six reporters covering this team one of them has to have the balls to ask Williams or Rizzo why Harper is not residing in AAA rather than making an automatic out every three innings.”
