It is a Thursday. It is March 12 and Bryce Harper repeatedly fails to disappoint.
He is the former 1st overall pick that got fans invested and currently, now. Harper is having the worst time of his career.
He has batted 3-for-14 and hit .214 in the World Baseball Classic through 3 games. Phillies teammates Christopher Sanchez and Aaron Nola are thriving and Harper is not. This is the narrative that has stuck with Harper since the news leaked about the linked connection between Dave Dombrowski and Harper.
Dombrowski claimed early into the ‘run it back’ process that Harper was not a proven leader or elite player. It goes on.
Harper recently stated in an interview that the World Baseball Classic was not like the grand Olympics. So much for the parading of Central America and Team Italy defeating USA.
Harper risks the odds, his weak performance comes back to haunt him or, not. (We remember Mike Trout).
FOX ratings are thriving and Harper is making a complete mockery of himself. It is not too late to return to prominence, but Harper has not proven to be ‘elite’ anywhere close in the WBC.
The WBC is about defeating Team Italy’s wine glasses, Central America going haywire, and the Tokyo Dome dropping crazy. The essence of this tournament is to not appear in back-to-back interviews with Bussin’ With The Boys and say baseball is the hardest sport to play.
It is to play a simple game of baseball and have fun. It is so telling Harper is not having fun and who can blame him.
The Phillies general manager speaks out early into the process of the season, media has gone ablaze. What is interesting enough is the smirk on Harper’s face.
He needs to take a step back and now might not be the time, but very soon something has to give and humble the former 1st overall pick.
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