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PHILADELPHIA — Sure, Bryce Harper is quite appreciative that commissioner Rob Manfred personally selected him to be in the All-Star Game in his home ballpark, but to think that his gesture would even remotely soften his opinion on whether the players should accept a salary cap, sorry, he's not budging.
When asked Monday if he could foresee any scenario that the players union accepts a cap, Harper looking straight ahead, forcefully said: "No."
Harper, who shouted and swore at Manfred a year ago when he visited the Phillies clubhouse, telling him that he should leave if he even mentions a salary cap, insisted it's up to the players to stick together and remind each other of previous generations that fought for them.
"I think the opportunity for players to get paid is what this is all about,'' Harper said. "You know, that's why we have no cap, and what we we've done for so long, starting with Curt Flood. So, we owe it to the guys that have come before us to do the same thing, and all the young guys that are going to go through everything else.
PHILADELPHIA — Sure, Bryce Harper is quite appreciative that commissioner Rob Manfred personally selected him to be in the All-Star Game in his home ballpark, but to think that his gesture would even remotely soften his opinion on whether the players should accept a salary cap, sorry, he's not budging.
When asked Monday if he could foresee any scenario that the players union accepts a cap, Harper looking straight ahead, forcefully said: "No."
Harper, who shouted and swore at Manfred a year ago when he visited the Phillies clubhouse, telling him that he should leave if he even mentions a salary cap, insisted it's up to the players to stick together and remind each other of previous generations that fought for them.
"I think the opportunity for players to get paid is what this is all about,'' Harper said. "You know, that's why we have no cap, and what we we've done for so long, starting with Curt Flood. So, we owe it to the guys that have come before us to do the same thing, and all the young guys that are going to go through everything else.
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