Ruh-roh! Bryce Harper: "‘Play me or trade me"
Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson had planned on resting outfielder Bryce Harper this weekend. According to Nationals’ beat reporter Mark Zuckerman, Harper wasn’t too keen on the idea of riding the bench this weekend.
Harper jokingly told Johnson “play me or trade me” in a text message in an attempt to dissuade Johnson from benching the 20-year-old. Harper had missed over a month with knee bursitis before returning to the lineup on Monday.
“Since trading him is out of the question, I guess I’m going to play him,” Johnson said in response to Harper’s demand.
Harper is just 1-for-19 since returning on Monday with the one hit being a home run on the second pitch he saw since his return from the disabled list. Despite struggling mightily at the plate, Harper is indeed in the lineup this weekend against the Padres.
http://tracking.si.com/2013/07/06/bryce-harper-nationals-forces-way-into-lineup/?sct=hp_t2_a10&eref=sihp
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He better STFU and get what he can out of his career. 
Hes made it very clear that he's happy here. But we have to keep the meme going that's he's a jerk right? Even though there was a wonderful story yesterday about his very nice interaction with a terminally ill child. But fuck the truth he's a douche right?
Nobody called him that. He's not the first kid to put his foot in his mouth trying to be funny and he won't be the last. 
My comment was fairly sympathetic - it sucks that he is developing (apparently) a chronic problem at such a young age. His joke wasn't funny, but trivial in the bigger scheme of things, as was my comment on it. And I would caution you on worshiping the cult of personality in sports - our idols often have feet of clay.
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Hernandez will influence more than a few on Friday afternoon when he’ll speak to 120 children and their parents at the Gardner Pilot Academy in Allston, where Hispanics make up 70 percent of the student body.
Hernandez wants to convey to the children that they should seek out someone they trust when they’re sad, frightened, or angry, they should learn to love themselves, and that taking care of their bodies and minds is very important.
“There are a lot of young kids that don’t have that guardian or role model to talk to or that person that they can go to and just lay everything out,’’ Hernandez said. “Sometimes the psychologist, when you have no one around you, can be there for you and be that person you let your feelings out to, the person that you can talk to and can give you guidance in making the right decisions when you really don’t have the right people there to help you with those big decisions in life.’’
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2011/04/24/hernandez_wraps_mind_around_charity_project/
It goes on and on about what a great guy Aaron Hernandez is. You just never know what is real, and what is done because their agent thinks it's good pr. And they probably are on board 100% with it at the time...
