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With Bryce Harper all but certain to be the Washington Nationals' first pick on Monday when Major League Baseball kicks off its amateur draft, questions about his character still linger. He's certainly not helping on that front at all. He was ejected from a Junior College World Series game Wednesday night for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Don Gilmore.
Harper will be suspended for two games (this is his second ejection, under NJCAA rules each ejection is followed by a suspension corresponding the number of times a player has been ejected, so the first ejection is a one-game suspension, the second ejection is a two-game suspension, and so on), which means that his season could be over if his College of Southern Nevada team can't find a way to keep winning without him on the field.
Luckily, we have video of the incident preserved on YouTube. Below you can see the pitch (which looked outside, though it's hard to say without being able to see the plate), Harper using his bat to draw a line where he thought the pitch crossed, and the quick ejection by Gilmore.
Should that have been enough to earn Harper an ejection in a big game? It wasn't a huge tantrum, but it was an obvious gesture and every player knows that arguing balls and strikes is a quick route to the showers. Harper also turns right to Gilmore to either say something or make sure that the umpire knew he was upset with the call.
It seems pretty unlikely this will keep the Nationals from drafting Harper, but there's already plenty of evidence out there that Harper is difficult to get along with (check this piece by Baseball Prospectus's Kevin Goldstein for more on that front). This is just another little incident to file away that supports that conclusion.
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