Phillies’ Bryce Harper Trashes Rockies With Epic NSFW Insult

The Philadelphia slugger’s fiery passion for the game was on full display Sunday.
Phillies’ Bryce Harper Trashes Rockies With Epic NSFW Insult
Phillies’ Bryce Harper Trashes Rockies With Epic NSFW Insult /

After getting a late start to the 2023 season, Phillies slugger Bryce Harper appears to be making up for lost time.

That goes for his scorching bat—the two-time MVP has slashed .361/.439/.611 through his first nine games—and his trademark fiery passion for the game. He demonstrated the latter in Philadelphia’s 4-0 loss to the Rockies on Sunday afternoon.

After hurling a scoreless, hitless seventh inning of relief for Colorado, pitcher Jake Bird fixed his eyes on the Phillies’ dugout. He clapped his glove and nodded, drawing the ire of Harper, who charged out of the dugout as Bird egged him on.

Seemingly looking to engage Bird, Harper was stopped and restrained by Rockies catcher Elías Diaz.

Later, lip-readers suggested Harper called Colorado “a loser f—ing organization” during the confrontation.

After cooler heads prevailed, the Rockies went on to finish off their shutout of Philadelphia—a team struggling to find its footing a year after winning the National League pennant—to improve to 17-24 on the year. The Phillies dropped to 20-20.


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Patrick Andres
PATRICK ANDRES

Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .