If you’re a star slugger like Bryce Harper, you’re looking for any motivation to get you to win a playoff game.
Harper got it and then some with the reported comments from Atlanta Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia after Game 2 of the NLDS, when Arcia said in the clubhouse, “Ha-ha, atta boy, Harper!”
That led to two home runs from Harper in Game 3, with a staredown of Arcia each time.
The Braves’ radio booth was not a fan — they called out the throat slash gesture, perhaps suggesting that now was not the time given horrifying things happening in the world.
But then weirdly called out Harper turning the Arcia comments “into something it was never meant to be,” whatever that means. Then?
“So they enjoyed the fact that they doubled up Harper to end the ballgame. Heaven forbid they show joy in doing that.”
The Braves radio booth does not approve of Bryce Harper's home run celebrations tonight
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— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) October 12, 2023
Isn’t Harper showing joy in his own way by celebrating and responding? Just saying.