The Bryce Harper-Hunter Strickland beef went dormant for 3 years, then exploded into a famous brawl
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2020
- Baseball's unwritten rules leave a lot of room for beef. Pitchers have been known to get mad when batters celebrate. Pitchers punish batters for celebrating by throwing baseballs at them. It's a strange, ancient ritual, and it turns out it can take place over a matter of years.
In 2017, San Francisco Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland hit Washington Nationals superstar Bryce Harper with a pitch, igniting a pretty serious brawl. Why? Well, Strickland wouldn't say so at the time, but he was responding to an incident from 3 years prior. Three years! And the incident in question was Harper kiiinda gloating after he hit a couple home runs in a playoff series his team didn't even win.
This is a tale of a long-held grudge; of beef exploding after years of hibernation. It's also a story about starting a fight about which your teammates aren't entirely enthusiastic. Baseball's so weird.
Edited by Jiazhen Zhang
Written and produced by Seth Rosenthal
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Dear lord Harper’s helmet throw was less accurate than most celebrity first pitches
well it slipped out of his hands, didn’t have enough Pine Tar
I think he did it on purpose it made strickland’s feet in an awkward position so he managed to get a good punch
New pre-game ritual: the helmet toss.
Looking like 50 cent
Shoulda gripped it by the ear much more accurate
TIL: If you wanna win a world series, sign Strickland and have him give up a homer to Harper.
That's amazing since the Nats did get Strickland this year...
Dammit, why didn’t we think of that?!
Stefan Bayoumi - Yeah, AFTER the Nats traded Harper to Philly. Most of us Giants fan were not disappointed to see Strickland go. Great arm but the guy is immature and needs done counseling.
Harper wasn’t traded
Dan Myers my guy, he wasn’t traded he signed with the Phillies in free agency
The whole pitchers cheering at strike outs but getting mad over HR will always confuse half ass fans like myself.
It sounds like Harper was mouthy. I'm not endorsing the beaning, but I can maybe see why it would stick in the craw.
baseball is weird man
I played baseball in grade school, high school, the army, and it's still my favorite sport to this day. The reason is every pitcher is a prima donna who can't ever stand to have their feelings hurt.
pitchers are divas, just look at bumgarner
Nothing confusing here. When you realize that most pitchers are total head cases, it all comes into focus.
Baseball: Suspended for 6 out of 162 games for a fight.
Football: Suspended for 6 out of 16 games for taking epilepsy medications.
Do we really want to watch someone with epilepsy slam his head into other people's heads for a living?
Sean -Chesthole- Osman Are you suggesting he should be banned from football? Because that’s not what they did...
And that’s why I love the MLB.
@@chesthoIe There are different types of epilepsy. Luckily for some, concussions aren't really an aggravating factor.
Hockey: 5 minute penalties all around for a line brawl
They really had to do Bryce Harper like that with the thumbnail
This always makes me sad because of what happened to Morse, always liked the guy and it was tough for his career to end the way it did
Remember when a few games before he made his come back by tying the game with a Pinch Hit HR against the Dodgers? I was so happy for him and then... Strickland happened...
I didn't even know Morse got hurt from this thing.
Was it Jeff Samardzija who collided with him?
@@PhantomThiefOfSports yes it was, but it's not really his fault he arrived less than a second after Morse trying to do the same thing than him, and.. Shark is pretty big as well
@@Feanor026 always tough when a 6"4' pitcher who used to play football barrels in to you
Harper didn't even pimp the Home Run everybody was watching it to see if it was a fair Ball or not.
Also, Harper was only looking at Strickland because Strickland was yelling at him
This is the stupidest beef. Strickland was being super childish. Even Bumgarner, the angriest pitcher didn’t join the brawl
But we have to be pro pimping bombs 💣 as a pitcher that would gas the competitive fire (w/o targeting batters)
@@rolandoalvarez8154 For real. If this was an actual issue Bumgarner would have gotten involved. As a pitcher, you should probably know you're in the wrong when your catcher knows you're gonna throw at the guy and makes no effort to stop him charging you.
Thomas Alexander Totally. Who holds a grudge for three years an it’s a 100% Real that Harper it’s watching if it’s a fair ball or not he never do it to show off.
Important to note that Hunter Strickland punched a door in a fit after a game while he was still a Giant. He broke his hand and was out for a while, but during that time he realized that he had an anger issue and started going to therapy. By the time he was traded to the Nats, he was a very different person.
50 cent’s first pitch>Harper’s helmet toss
🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣
To be fair throwing a helmet is actually pretty tough, but yeah he could have done better
Could we have a "Weird Rules" over the unwritten rules of baseball?
1. dont have fun
2. dont celebrate
3.dont look at your home run
4. dont you DARE flip your bat
5. dont keep trying to score when winning
6. dont hurt my pitcher's feelings
7. run the bases at the "correct seed" after a home run
8. if you break a rule you get the appropriate punishment
9. No bunting to break up a no hitter.
@@jasondyrkacz8270 10. Don't throw breaking balls to the opposing pitcher when he is hitting
ubadman1 Those rules are dumb
@@ubadman1 pretty accurate, slight revisions.
1.Dont have fun, this is your job and life
2.Dont celebrate until you hit the lockers
3.Dont look at your homerun
4.Dont make a show out of your bat flip
5.Dont run up the score past 5 runs
6.Dont hurt the pitcher's feelings
7.Run the bases at the correct speed after a HR
8. No bunting to break up a no hitter.
9. Dont pitch to embarrass another pitcher at the plate (we all know they cant hit)
10.Break one of these rules and deal the appropriate punishment (generally a pitch to the hip, egregious violations may receive a true beamer)
You forgot that Strickland was released (or traded) to the Mariners the year Harper was a free agent. I think they did this because they were front runners in the Harper sweepstakes
They were the runner up, and harper likes sf more than philly! Came down yo money and better ballpark to hit in
Why is dis i think the giants offered him more money but oracle park is a terrible place to hit, especially for lefties
While this may be plausible, I can tell you as a Giants fan that Strickland was terrible. He had no control of a second pitch, and no movement whatsoever, so his fastball became batting practice to patient hitters. He was a homerun machine.
DaffyDuck yeah. I live in NorCal and am a Giants fan and I would say “its over” every time he pitched
@@akauf2282 i remember strickland being decent for the first two months of 2018 (before the door punching incident) but outside of that i always remember dreading the inning when he would come in to pitch
We need a collapse of the Phillies. From WS champs to runners up to successively lower placings until they were the worst in MLB
As a Phillies fan, this is sadly a feat video idea
Great
not that interesting, they just got old and didn't think the nationals would come on as quick as they did in 2012 and didn't have the firepower in the farm system to replenish.
Dude you could do this about plenty of one off ws winners tho.
As a Phillies fan, I don't think it would be very interested. The FO didn't know when to rebuild, held on to their players for too long until they lost all value. They had to start from scratch. Had a couple years of poor drafting. Pretty basic stuff
Even as a giants fan, I’m on Harper’s side for this
Everybody is it was 3 years ago and the giants still won
@@Chris14_ exactly which is why it made no sense for Strickland to hold a grudge for 965 days.
We need a rewinder of the 91 World Series
🤔👍
Oh yes please
just so we can see herbec cheat all over again? no thanks.
(I'm just being facetious I would love a video about an amazing world series)
I feel bad for the dude who got a career ending concussion during that fight.
We learned that Harper hitting homers off Strickland and he gets the rings. Lol
I love the fact that buster was so disappointed and was just kinda like “nah, I don’t care” plus bumgardner immediately walking into the dugout was great too. Nobody supported Strickland
Strickland told Posey he was gonna hit Harper and to not intervene if Harper charged the mound. As for Bumgarner, he was on the Disabled List. If he took one step on the field he would of been suspended.
Lol. Imagine leaving the team and then they win a Championship without you
With Hunter Strickland on that team.
Well he did say he would bring a championship to DC
I was at the game in DC after that incident. The whole thing kind of had an anticlimactic end when Harper grounded out but hey that's baseball most of the time. Kind of weird that out of the two Strickland was the one who went on to win the World Series with the Nats.
Kyle Shreve Strickland got the last laugh 2 rings before Harper.
StifMiesterG damn, that truth 😂😂
SB Nation: I'm a Philly native, and as a result, Harper fan. In addition, meaningfully missing baseball due to the coronavirus. So, just wanted to give a big THANK YOU for the video - it was VERY enjoyable, and helped me overcome some of my sadness surrounding baseball absence. Keep up the GOOD work, and THANK YOU once more!!!!
You have to respect Buster Posey for not entering that fight giving the OTHER injuries he’s had in his career
I love his body language in that wide shot. He's like a guy standing on the opposite sidewalk watching a McDonald's burn down. "Well, that's a damn shame, but it ain't my problem."
Loved the video, but I think you guys forgot something. After Harper hit the homer that the paddler makes the epic dive to get the ball, Strickland starts yelling at Harper for looking too long at the ball, which explains Harper staring down Strickland when he went around the bases.
Bro, this editing is so dope.
This beef ended Michael Morse’s Career when the brawl between the two happened
Love the uploads and content during quarantine. Keep em coming
Mike Morse in the brawl:
The people on the brawl: I’m about to end this man’s whole career
Beef History: Ty Cobb vs. Integration
Ty Cobb vs. pretty much everyone. Even his own teammates didn't like him.
Ty Cobb be every fan
Vs*
Ty Cobb was actually in favour of integration, one of the few stars back then who were. He publicly supported integration, said that Willie Mays was the only player he would pay to see play and thought Roy Campanella was one of the best catchers of all time.
Al Stump’s 1984 biography is notoriously falsified.
Ty Cobb vs the legs of enemy infielders
“A barstool podcast”
No free clout for Starting 9, I see
Love how Posey was like "Fck this, I just want to play baseball"
As jomboy said. I think Harper watched that homerun because he was unsure if it was foul or not
I'm a massive Giants fan, but glad we got rid of Strickland
Looks like your a San Francisco 49ers fan not a New York giants fan
Ya Strickland was good for like his first 3 outings after that he was ass
Remember when the Giants won the world series every other year 😭
Yeah, he has a really good arm but the guy is emotionally immature and needs counseling.
Morphicsk - New York who?
Beef History Chase Utley vs the entire Mets Team!!!
it was just the Syndegaard pitch after that, not much of a beef tbh
Beef History: John Rocker vs. the state of New York
Daniel Weiss And the Rueben Tejada slide that forced the MLB to change the rules on sliding to break up a double play
Sam Illes That would be a good video. John Rocker was a douchenozzle of epic proportions.
The Mets vs their own bullpen. 🤦🏿♂️ that definitely needs its own video
Spare a thought for Mike Morse here. Guy was never the same after the concussion from that day. Essentially ended his career.
Edit: sorry I should have watched entire video before commenting
Yeah, it's a real shame. Dude was a pretty good player. I actually have his bat from when he played for DC
God this was hilarious
Offfff, been waiting for this one
Always entertaining to watch a Beef History, even if I already knew most of the story from Jomboy and the Harper podcast.
Harper has that Don Mattingly timing when it comes to getting that ring.
Imagine being a Yankee legend and never winning a world series. That just boggles the mind. I feel bad for the guy...and I grew up in New England!
Lol I literally got that Gatorade ad with Harper in it right after the part where Harper was staring down Strickland
Thank you, Seth!
As a Nats fan, I'm getting tired of our "beef" with Bryce Harper. I don't really care that he left, it happens to most baseball players. If he wanted to get the most money possible by going to a division rival then fine. I think it's fun to have a rivalry sort of beef, but I've seen people that genuinely hate him and want to wish bad on him, and I wish that would stop. In a vacuum where I look at Bryce in a baseball sense, he was such a hype player that brought so much fun to Nats games. I still have respect for him.
@@stefanbayoumi2399 At least Bryce Harper brought a WS ring to the team. All he had to do was be on a division rival that was repeatedly driving itself off the cliff all season long.
I was going to request this on the next Beef History but I guess THIS is the next Beef History.
Harper's helmet throw resembles his team's in the playoffs!
I always felt he was going to throw it at him then realized it was a bad idea and pulled off last second.
Roy Jones vs Antonio Tarver or Bernard Hopkins beef history please! Love this channel & beef history!
You guys should do a video series talking about the history of rivalries from different sports. I think that would be pretty cool.
I remember exactly where I was when this happened. In line for Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters at Disney’s California Adventure
YESSSSS FINALLY BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
What did Bryce Harper do to get this much attention lately.
Ikr? First Foolish Baseball uploaded a video about Bryce Harper and now SB Nation.
Pull a John Tavares
Coincidences happen.
Oh shut up jeremy
He’s a star player why wouldn’t he
I have some ideas for hockey content:
Collapse:
Mid 2000s leafs
2010s San Jose sharks (in a few years)
Rewinder:
Brendan Morrow 4ot playoff goal vs sharks
Easter epic: 4ot game 7 Islanders capitals
Kris kunitz' 2ot game 7 goal to send the pens to the cup finals over Ottawa
Beef history:
Ryan Reaves vs evander Kane? Maybe?
As a Sharks fan, that one hurt to read
Super excited for this one. I was at the game for the brawl and almost missed it because I went to get a couple beers.
Interesting video as always
Hunter Strickland kinda look like that weird uncle at the cookout
Good episode
That fight was one of my best birthday gifts ever
Old-school tradition is honestly kinda dumb, let the player celebrate when they've done something good, those moments are iconic
Can you do Beef History: Terrell Owens vs the NFL...may need to be broken up into multiple videos😬
The beautiful ending to that would be him being released from his contract.... With the Edmonton Eskimos.
@@181cameronHe signed a ten day contract, he worked out for them, the contract expired, and they took him off of their negotiation list. That's a lot different than being released. The beautiful ending would be him inducted into Canton. ;)
@@tombstonejones9581 he who has the last laugh, laughs best
Multiple videos? You could do an entire series on this one.
This channel is sooo good
Morse's head got injured from SLAMMING into Jeff Samardjiza's head. That pretty much ended his career.
Beef history idea: Jackson Ellis vs mynba2k14 myplayer
As I’m watching this video. I get a Gatorade ad with Bryce Harper.
Guys who still get pissed about batters “showing them up” are losing that war.
Can you guys do a rewinder on game 7 0f the 1991 world series?
1:44 That suit makes Harper look like he should be singing for Fall Out Boy
I was standing on top of the right field arcade at AT &T Park when Harper hit that second home run. The ball flew right over my head so high I was flabbergasted that someone could hit a ball so hard and high. In all my outfield experience in Little League and Pony League, I had never come close to seeing anything like that moon shot. I was on top of the arcade and it still went so far over my head I got dizzy trying to track it. I was so lost in tracking the ball into McCovey Cove that I never saw the whole Harper-Strickland interaction.
There's also Bryce vs Johnathan Papelbon
I got j pap all day.
Oh god, what a horrible choice to have to make.
My opinion of Harper has changed drastically over the past few years. Sure, I'm a diehard Phillies fan but even the season before we signed him, Harper started to grow on me. I used to despise him because he was easy to hate playing for a division rival and being as hyped up as he was entering the league... BUT especially since he's been in Philly, the dude is genuinely a good dude who plays every game as if it's his last. He cares about nothing but winning and has been saying all the right things to win over the fanbase here. If you're not from Philly you really can't understand how misunderstood our fanbase is. We care about our teams and want the players on our teams to care about winning as much as we do and Harper absolutely does and unlike a lot of today's athletes, he's not a phoney.
for your next video, consider “the baseball community vs. the houston astros”
Now do Nyjer Morgan vs literally everyone
Nyjer Morgan vs. The Entire Florida Marlins squad.
I was hoping to find more pitcher v hitter beefs. As a lifelong baseball fan there are some reallllllly good beefs you could explore.
Got a Gatorade commercial w/ Harper before this video
Do a rewind episode of Norwood's missed field goal in that Super Bowl against the Giants!
As I have gotten older baseball has become much more fun to watch as you get a discerning eye for pitches and learn the game within the game.
"On uhhhh Barstool podcast" lmao okay dude
Huh?
you guys should do a beef history between favre and rodgers!
Baseball bits now sb nation... I’m all harpered out
Yall should do a beef history with the Canucks and Blackhawks from 2008 onwards
You guys should do a beef history of the Leafs and Canadiens or Oilers and Flames
Bryce Harper and Hunter Strickland both look like people named Bryce and Hunter
I have never followed baseball, but i am watching because of how amazing Seth is!
That helmet throw always gets me
2:43 shoutouts to the founder of facebook, greatest sportswriter ever
I was at that game!!! Great brawl 👍🏼
My god Strickland's reasoning for why he hates showmanship is so dumb, and really does illustrate why baseball is dying. This bizarre deference to a mythologised past is just so restrictive.
Literally got a Bryce Harper commercial lol
Baseball players are petty AF
You guys should do Roy Keane - Sir Alex Ferguson beef. The ultimate duo who fell out and the beef that keeps on giving to this day! 😂
Video idea: okc thunder and Seattle beef history
Have you done one on revis vs sherman
Request for beef history, Patrick Vieira vs Roy Keane
I don’t know how to explain it, but if you were to bet which players would’ve become cops if baseball didn’t work out, pitchers would always be at the top of that list.
anyone else notice how a beef history and baseball bits about harper came out in the same week?
This literally got both players moved off their teams.
nah strickland is straight up ass now don’t need him on the trash ass giants
Ptscaj Odtsvak - Do you mean the 3 time WS champion Giants? Your jealousy is hilarious. Are you are Lost Again Dodgers fan?
It literally didn’t
LMFAO Had zero to do with Harper leaving. Washington's FO just did the smart thing by spending the money on several key FA's instead of bringing Harper back on a deferred deal and it paid off.
Running Bearski I know. I’m just saying both have left since them
The last time I was this early Brice Harper was still on the Nationals
You forgot hunter yelling at Harper after a home run when the ball was almost foul and no one knew if it was fair or foul.
The order of Harper-Strickland's brawl could be called as a basketball plays.
Helmet Thrown at Casper=Pump Fake
Punches while running=Jab Steps
Do a rewinder of david bote’s walk off grand slam
Basketball is my favorite sport. I like the way they dribble up and down the court.
I like Ice Hockey, I like how they smash each other
"Hey Kurtis Blow, what's your favorite sport?"
"Basketball is my favorite sport!"
"Yeah right. I've never even seen you play basketball. I bet you know nothing about it! What's your favorite thing about basketball?"
"I like the way they dribble up and down the court."
"This guy knows his stuff!! I'm sorry I doubted you!!"
can you please do kevin pieterson and andrew strauss beef history next?
as a cricket fan, I would love to see that?
It's almost precious how innocent Strickland probably thinks he sounds when he's answering questions
"Oh I wanted to go inside, that's all"
"Oh yeah I *guess* I could see how people think I might have done that for revenge"
His quivering voice just makes me feel certain he rehearsed it all before.
Michael Morse now works for the Nationals’ broadcasting station!
He sometimes does work as an SF Giants commentator/analyst guy as well. Looks totally different these days! He's a damned smart guy too -- one of the more insightful analysts the NBC Sports Bay Area crew ever had.
Hey that would make for a cool list.
Top 10 MLB players that missed getting a ring by 1 year.