Players You Love To Hate

[JudeBaldo]

Right now I Rafael Soriano and his stupid, "untuck my jersey" after making a save. I'm glad he blew his save chance today.

[wannabegriffey]

Can I pick a player agent?

[cool hand]

is there a sub-category for uniform disorder?
cause if so - rodney tops the charts on both hat skew and lack of tweak.

[Moonlight J]

Chris Davis...

[Erik]

I suspect most players are douchebags in real life, but Bryce Harper seems exceptionally so.

[The Dane]

I hate all pitchers. And minor leaguers. And catchers. First basemen and outfielders are usually okay.

[cavebird]

Melky Cabrera because he's a cheating douchebag.

I hated him before I knew he was roiding.

[Hornsby]

Any San Francisco Giant...

[Moonlight J]

I suspect most players are douchebags in real life, but Bryce Harper seems exceptionally so.

based on what, his haircut?

[Frank]

I hate all pitchers. And minor leaguers. And catchers. First basemen and outfielders are usually okay.

LMAO

Anyway - Delmon Young - Jose Reyes - Manny Ramirez...... with the exception of Vin Scully and Sandy Koufax.....anything Dogers

Sorry Eric.......I f'n love Bryce Harper and what he brings to the table on game day...kind of player I would love as a teammate or pay watch play......I just hope he doesn't become a POC like Carlos Gonzales or worse.

[Erik]

based on what, his haircut?

He seems arrogant and entitled. Like Sidney Crosby.

[Gregg]

James Loney. Enough said.

[Hornsby]

He seems arrogant and entitled. Like Sidney Crosby.

He IS entitled...hell, he's got more talent than any hitter in the game, and he's only 20. But most things that I read about him make him sound like he's a pretty kid overall.

WASHINGTON -- One day before making his much anticipated home debut, rookie Bryce Harper took his first swings in Washington on the National Mall.

The 19-year-old Harper was sightseeing in the nation's capital during a day off Monday when a few guys playing softball recognized the Washington Nationals rookie and asked him to take a couple of cuts.

"I hadn't seen the Lincoln Memorial before so I wanted to go over there and check that out," Harper said. "I was just walking through and they asked me if I'd take a few hacks."

After politely declining, Harper ultimately accepted the invitation and hit a few drives before chatting with curious onlookers.

"I was trying to interact with the community, the fans a little bit. I like doing that kind of stuff," Harper said Tuesday, hours before going 0-for-3 with a strikeout in his first game at Nationals Park.

Harper received four underhand pitches -- this was a slow-pitch softball game between the World Wildlife Fund Fighting Pandas and the Alliance to Save Energy Killer Watts with no umps, strikes or balls -- from Steven Marcus, the Washington Post reported. Harper swung and missed awkwardly on one and flew out to right on the last.

"That caught me off guard when he whiffed, that really did," Marcus told The Post. "It was just great to see him out at the Mall, and to be able to toss a couple pitches into him was certainly a personal highlight of my softball career."

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7878414/washington-nationals-bryce-harper-takes-swings-slow-pitch-softball-game-mall

[JudeBaldo]

He seems arrogant and entitled. Like Sidney Crosby.

I wish I was as professional and hardworking as Harper when I was 19. I'd also probably be a little arrogant and feel entitled if I was as good at my job at the age of 19 as he is. But he isn't showing anyone up out there. When Hamels plunked him he just took his base.

[The Dane]

He IS entitled...hell, he's got more talent than any hitter in the game, and he's only 20. But most things that I read about him make him sound like he's a pretty kid overall.

Yeah, it's doesn't really matter to me if he's a pretty kid or not. But that's okay if that's your thing.

I think that all ballplayers -with few exceptions- are entitled jerks who are completely and totally out of touch with the lives that their fans lead. Some (often the younger, most-talented ones, but not always) are worse than others. This pull from the article is great: "I was trying to interact with the community, the fans a little bit. I like doing that kind of stuff," Harper said Tuesday, hours before going 0-for-3 with a strikeout in his first game at Nationals Park." So, he really likes to "interact with the community" and "doing that kind of stuff."? You mean, like, "talking to people the way normal people talk to each other." Young, brash, dunderheaded prick.

I give him a mulligan because he's young and immensely talented, but winning the genetic lottery doesn't automatically grant you a Good Guy Card, in my opinion. Let's see how he reacts when challenged, when really hurt. Let's see how he "interacts with the community" when he experiences tragedy or loss. Perhaps, in these moments, he can show some strength that could then TRULY make him entitled to be considered anything more than just a spoiled rich kid.

And I don't think he's different from most players, by any means, just more visible.