Bryce Harper Should Send Kody Clemens a Gift Basket for Covering Up Another Non-Hustle Blunder

Kody Clemens walked it off for the Phils:

THE KID CAN RAKE!!!!! pic.twitter.com/xZdL0SjKYh

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) September 10, 2024

Fairytale ending, but it probably should not have gotten to this point in the first place.

The Phils couldn’t muster much offense, but got on the board with a solo Schwarbomb in the 6th. Then Carlos Estevez came in to try to close it out and this happened:

Johan Rojas made one hell of an effort. Just couldn’t hold on. pic.twitter.com/HsRHgkyUiR

— Luke Arcaini (@ArcainiLuke) September 10, 2024

Super close play. He had it and just barely lost it. But the biggest thing people will talk about on Tuesday morning is Bryce Harper deciding not to run out a fly ball in the bottom of the ninth:

G- damn it Harper!! #Phillies pic.twitter.com/s678zg2A1d

— AC  (@ACinPhilly) September 10, 2024

He should have been on second base there, giving Nick Castellanos a chance to knock in the winning run with one out. Instead, Castellanos struck out, Bryson Stott reached on an infield single, and Harper eventually made his way to third after Buddy Kennedy drew a walk, loading the bases for Clemens. But you can see a visibly annoyed Rob Thomson in the video above, who later told reporters that Harper apologized for not running out that play. That’s all good and well, but we don’t need apologies, we need Bryce to just do this already. Just run it out. It’s one thing if it happens once or twice, but it’s been a recurring thing with him, enough to the point where the scrutiny isn’t going to go away until he simply does what he should be doing. You’re the highest-paid player on the team. This is not too much to ask.

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