LOOK: Bryce Harper wears Trump-esque 'Make Baseball Fun Again' hat
After homering in an Opening Day win over the Braves, Harper wore a hat the communicated his message about the present and future of baseball.
Nationals outfielder/thunderclap Bryce Harper on Monday homered in his first at-bat of the 2016 season. His team went on the defeat the Braves in extras (WAS 4, ATL 3), and then Harper, when facing the clubhouse scrum of reporters, wore a hat that declared his ethos to the world.
One dispatch from the front lines ...
Bryce Harper conducted his postgame interview in a hat reading "Make baseball fun again."
— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) April 5, 2016
And another ...
Bryce Harper was sporting a Trump-esque "Make Baseball Fun Again" cap postgame.
— Mark Zuckerman (@MarkZuckerman) April 5, 2016
"Trump-esque," the man says! Via @misterschafer, here's a look at Harper in his call-to-action lid ...
Excelsior!
This, of course, invokes Harper's recent lament that baseball -- because of its unwritten rules and fetishizing of humility -- is a "tired sport." Harper's comments, of course, received some spirited pushback for his comments, but the hat you see above suggests he's undaunted in his opinions.
