Selected reactions to 'Bryce Harper, conservative hero'

By Adam Cancryn

Selected responses to the what might be the worst thing ever written about sports and/or politics.

There are still some things that, even within our hyper-polarized climate, the vast majority of people can agree on. This is one of them.

The Daily Caller's Mark Judge published written material on June 15 under the title, "Bryce Harper, conservative hero." You should read the whole thing to get the full blunt force trauma of it all, but here are some choice passages:

Heyward’s bungle showed a complacency, if not indolence, that Harper threatens to destroy, but it also could be a metaphor for the collapse of the old liberal order. Heyward was like one of those public school teachers who, because they are a union member, can’t be fired and so are relegated to the “rubber room” to sit and read the paper and gather a check for the rest of their lives. Or even Obama, who went from Hawaii to Harvard to the White House and never seems to have had to slide head-first into a base his entire life.

Then there was Harper’s recent retort, which went viral, to an idiot question asked by a member of the media: “That’s a clown question, bro.” Chris Matthews’ career in five words.

Manager Davey Johnson tries to bench him for being hurt, and Harper confronts him and says, like a person with enough dignity to refuse welfare: Let me work. Then he wins the game with a crucial hit.

(In a strange way, conservatives are not only like Bryce Harper, but have become like the do-it-yourself punk rockers of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Don’t have a record label? Start your own. Are the old rock groups bloated and sloppy? Boot them off the stage.)

Needless to say, his 993 words on the subject formed a piece of such poorly thought-out, massively misguided and ignorant trolling that it managed to unite readers of all political backgrounds in one beautiful and harmonious rebuke. For at least one moment, it wasn't about politics. It wasn't about partisan point scoring. It was about common sense, baseball and ensuring that this was recognized as the worst thing composed about America's pastime in recent memory, and perhaps ever.

More could be said about this written thing, but many have already managed to say it best. Take it away, America.

From The Daily Caller's comment section:

MikeTorrez

This is a clown article, bro.

Chris

So hears the funny thing. The Nationals picked Harper first overall because they had the worst record in baseball. They didn't earn that pick through hard work, in fact they worked the least and were rewarded for it. That sounds like income redistribution to me. Bryce Harper is a socialist hero.

David

Excellent point Chris!  Judge....this article is just worthless.  Did you write this in crayon?

Confused

Mr. Judge, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have
ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you
even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought.
Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award
you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Jesus

Just because you CAN type words doesn't mean you should.  

Joe_Palooka

This is a shameful use of the English language.

neugenes

This is, without a doubt, one of the dumbest things I have ever read. It represents a level of hackery that I had never before thought possible.

Greg

why dont you marry him?

rayallen43

Shouldn't this mention somewhere that in that Braves series Harper tried three times to take an extra base and was thrown out on two of those (one of them by Heyward). That's counterproductive baserunning.

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