Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 5, 2019 18:45:09 GMT
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/08/01/nats-trade-hunter-strickland-sets-table-spicy-showdowns-with-bryce-harper/
After trading for Blue Jays right-hander Daniel Hudson and Mariners lefty Roenis Elías, General Manager Mike Rizzo closed a deal for another Seattle reliever: Hunter Strickland, best known as the guy who drilled Bryce Harper with a 98-mph fastball on Memorial Day in 2017 because he was upset that Harper crushed a pair of home runs off him in the National League Division Series . . . three years earlier.
The plunking prompted Harper to charge the mound and fling his helmet in the general vicinity of Strickland, sparking a brawl that ended former Nationals fan favorite Mike Morse’s career. Morse, playing for the Giants at the time, suffered a concussion after stepping between Harper and onrushing teammate Jeff Samardzija. Post-concussion symptoms sidelined Morse for the remainder of the season, after which he retired.