“One day after leading a dugouts-emptying dust-up over what he perceived as over-the-top taunting by an opposing pitcher, Bryce Harper took his familiar No. 3 spot in the Phillies’ lineup Monday night.
“Was it a sign that Harper won’t be suspended by MLB?
“”I hope so,” said Phillies manager Rob Thomson, who noted that he had not heard Monday from the commissioner’s office. “Boys will boys. No punches were thrown. I hope everything comes out clean and nobody gets suspended for it.”
“Harper stormed the field in the seventh inning of a 4-0 loss Sunday at Coors Field in Colorado after Rockies reliever Jake Bird slapped his mitt, shouted, and smiled at the Phillies’ dugout, even appearing at one point to stick out his tongue, after getting out of a jam.”
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