Red Sox leftfielder Masataka Yoshida, the Japanese star who signed with Boston before this season, has talked openly about his admiration for Harper. “I’m going to enjoy that for a second,” he said with a sly grin.įinally, it was a neat reminder that even the best players in the game, the kind who get standing ovations, can have players who make them a little starry-eyed. So he impishly suggested he would savor his reception just a little more than he would have otherwise. Second, it gave Harper a chance to tweak MLB a bit for a minor kerfuffle that emerged Wednesday at Dodger Stadium when the umpires refused to give him extra time to put on the brace he wears to protect his surgically-repaired elbow. First, and most obviously, it gave the home fans a chance to express their appreciation for a player came back from Tommy John elbow surgery in record time. The moment was significant on several levels.
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So the clock was turned off while Harper basked in the appreciate applause and chants of “MVP! MVP!” for a full 36 seconds. Anticipating that the two-time MVP would receive a standing ovation in his first home plate appearance since Game 5 of the World Series last November, the Phillies petitioned Major League baseball for permission to suspend the speed-the-game clock that has done so much to carve the dead space from the times of games so far this season.
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