Aw, seems like only yesterday Bryce Harper was glued to his buddy Chipper Jones' side at the 2012 All Star game like a kid with his grandpa.
Last night, Chipper went on Twitter to rip Harper after Harper sparked that benches-clearing incident in the 5th inning after being plunked by Julio Teheran. This, of course, after the Braves thought Harper had admired his third inning home run just a little too much. Here's Chipper Jones being a huge douchebag on Twitter last night:
Don't walk off homers and u won't get hit!
— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) August 7, 2013
Apparently some one didn't appreciate it. Win with class, lose with class.
— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) August 7, 2013
Many diff takes on tonites action. It's part of the game that I wish didn't exist, but it does. Respect the other team, respect the game!
— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) August 7, 2013
Wednesday morning, Chipper quit Twitter. Thank you:
No more twitter for me. Said I'd do it for one year and the time is up. Too much hate and too many trolls. Much love to Braves country! Xo
— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) August 7, 2013
And here's Harper's home run that started everything off. That's a slowwww trot.
(Screencap via FOX/TV)
I wonder if Grampa Chipper felt the same way about Justin Upton's eerily similar home run trot on Monday night?
Posted by: Matt D | August 07, 2013 at 08:52 AM
Matt D, read Chippers tweets, he said if that was what Nats felt then hit Justin.. a 20 year old kid prior to the series coming out saying stuff, then wants to prance around the bags like hes a 400 HR hitter..You get hit. Thats been in the game for a long time..I think all this frustration from Nats fans is the fact they were picked to go to the World Series.. and fell flat. Blame your Management for benching Strasburg when you had a chance at it last year.
Posted by: Tyler | August 07, 2013 at 10:06 AM
I tweeted to Chipper about Upton doing it the night before and he actually tweeted me back. Said he wouldn't have had a problem with Upton getting hit and that "I don't like showboating, period!"
Posted by: Loren | August 07, 2013 at 10:27 AM
You're letting your Nats bias show. There is nothing particularly douchy about his posts and he didn't exactly rip anyone.
Posted by: yesok? | August 07, 2013 at 03:07 PM