Dan Patrick wasn’t a fan of how Bryce Harper dealt with himself with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, calling it “embarrassing” for the Phillies celebrity.
As The Put up reported Monday, Harper acquired right into a heated blowup final Monday when Manfred visited the Phillies’ clubhouse when the MLB commissioner began to wade into the waters of speaking wage cap.
Harper interrupted Manfred, with the previous utilizing profanity when he confronted the MLB head.
The sports activities speak host didn’t agree with how the Phillies’ first baseman addressed Manfred.
“The commissioner a minimum of got here in to speak to the gamers, and you then’re going to react that approach?” Patrick stated Tuesday on his eponymous sports activities radio present. “As an alternative of being mature, as a substitute of claiming to Rob Manfred, ‘You and me, let’s discuss this,’ or possibly the commissioner ought to’ve given Bryce Harper a heads up and stated, ‘Hey, I’m gonna convey this up. What do you assume?’
“After which Bryce Harper may’ve stated, ‘Don’t convey it up. Don’t convey that in right here. It’s not going to go nicely. However I give the commissioner credit score. He’s a minimum of making an attempt to speak to the gamers.”
The commissioner’s workplace is hoping to maneuver Main League Baseball in step with the opposite three massive leagues in North America — the NHL, NBA and NFL — which have wage caps, although MLB has not publicly acknowledged that’s one thing it needs in its subsequent collective bargaining settlement.
The incident between Harper and Manfred occurred amid the commissioner’s ongoing tour to go to the gamers of each staff.
“However, for Bryce Harper to behave that approach,” Patrick stated. “Like, who’re you? You bought your cash. You’re good. Perhaps you’re combating for everybody else. I perceive that. However that is the commissioner of the sport. He’s a minimum of speaking to you. Would you could have extra respect if he didn’t say one thing to you? If he hid? I used to be dissatisfied in Bryce Harper. I used to be embarrassed for him.”
Patrick did say he understood the gamers’ unhappiness with the thought of a possible wage cap.
