"But there's the Bryce Harper you don't know. This Bryce Harper isn't all that interesting. He signs autographs. He runs out ground balls. He declines interviews because he doesn't want to give off the vibe that he's better than his teammates..."
"What if Harper you think you know isn't the real Bryce Harper?" - Gregg Doyel CBSSports.com National Columnist"I’ll tell you this, I talked to a few players and I talked to Mike Rizzo at length, and the players and Davey Johnson, they’re pretty pleased," [Kevin] Kennedy said. "There is no question [Jim Riggleman] had lost the clubhouse way before this."
via: Washington Post D.C. Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg • You can hear the audio HERE via @MLBNetworkradio.Rizzo: Jim Riggleman unsatisfied with contract situation, has resigned effective the end of this game.
Post-game news conferenceEdwin Rodriguez resigned this morning. It will be interesting to see if they again go after Bo porter, who they almost hired last fall.
Buster Olney via Twitter"...it seems like [Ryan] Zimmerman simply suffers from a lack of national exposure. Longoria has played in the World Series and had the national spotlight shined upon him in the process, while Zimmerman has spent his career playing for losing teams in Washington."
The Criminally Underrated Ryan Zimmerman by Dave CameronWith the game tied at 2, Morgan almost single-handedly put the Brewers back ahead. With one out in the second, Morgan doubled, stole third - getting such a good jump that there wasn't a throw - and then took off for home on a grounder by George Kottaras. Morgan barreled into catcher Brian McCann, who lost the ball, and Morgan doubled back to step on home plate before McCann got the ball back. The run gave Milwaukee a 3-2 lead. It was the latest impressive moment as a Brewer for Morgan, acquired in a trade with Washington just before the start of the season. He came into Thursday's game batting .556, and also made an impressive diving catch in the sixth.
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brewers/119406159.html"I saw Bryce Harper go 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. I saw him take a batting practice where he failed to hit a single home run. And I can say, unequivocally, that Harper is the best player I saw in Arizona, and one of the two best prospects in baseball. Swings this mature, with the balance, the extension, the load and the transfer, don’t find themselves with teenagers often. But there I go, telling you something you’ve already read again."
"My Bryce Harper Experience- Fangraphs""Certainly the excitement around Stephen Strasburg helped draw attention to the Nationals this season," said MASN spokesman Todd Webster. "But considering that he started only 12 games between June 8 and August 21, it's clear that excitement about the franchise is much broader and deeper than any one player."
MASN announced in a press release on Wednesday that the Washington Nationals doubled their viewing audience between '09 and 2010. Sorry, not going to mention the area's other team...Full MASN Press Release.