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- Bryce Harper keeps posting images of himself wearing the uniforms of teams outside of MLB.
- This time he was wearing the uniform of the CTBC Brothers, a team in Taiwan.
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Just like everyone else who actually like baseball (i.e. not the owners or MLB commissioner Rob Manfred), Philadelphia Phillies star outfielder Bryce Harper is getting very irritated by the fact that he and others like him haven’t played in any games yet this year.
Last week, Harper shared a photo of himself wearing a Yomiuri Giants uniform, asking the Japanese baseball team to contact his agent Scott Boras.
Related: MLB Players Are Fed Up With Lockout; Bryce Harper Contacts Japan’s Yomiuri Giants
The Giants, sensing a golden opportunity, responded to Harper’s post.
What's the size of your jersey？🤣
▶ https://t.co/YgSUH0sEp5#BryceHarper #ブライス・ハーパー@bryceharper3 #不屈 #巨人 #ジャイアンツ #giants #東京 #tokyo #野球 #プロ野球 #tokyogiants pic.twitter.com/jJW2yNcULa— 読売巨人軍（ジャイアンツ） (@TokyoGiants) March 1, 2022
This week, with very little movement in the negotiations to end the Major League Baseball lockout, Bryce Harper was back at it again.
It is becoming increasingly apparent that we may not have a Major League season in 2022. Both sides believe they have made significant concessions to the other-each side points at the other as having not done nearly enough. As has been reported, the word of the day is deadlock.
— Karl Ravech (@karlravechespn) March 7, 2022
Only this time, Harper shared a photo of himself rocking a CTBC Brothers uniform of the Nippon League in Taiwan.
Harper also added a message to former Major League Baseball pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, the current pitching coach for the Brothers.
Bryce Harper wants former MLB pitcher Chien-Ming Wang to recruit him pic.twitter.com/YG8jFMufxg
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) March 5, 2022
Bryce Harper isn’t the only MLB star to have contact with foreign baseball teams
Harper, the 2021 National League MVP, isn’t the only big Major League Baseball star to flirt with teams outside the United States, looking for a place to play. Fernando Tatis Jr. was contacted by a team in the Mexican League, Toros De Tijuana.
Toros De Tijuana and other Mexican League teams have been going hard trying to lure MLB stars south of the border to actually play in some games this spring.
¡Déjenme! Sólo estoy viendo cómo les quedarían las gorras de mis equipos. Y sí, se ven guapos con ellas 😎 pic.twitter.com/KvaebbhfNA
— Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (@LigaMexBeis) March 4, 2022
Ya me vi 🙌#EmocionesImparables 😍⚾️ pic.twitter.com/7mydgowOpa
— Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (@LigaMexBeis) March 4, 2022
One can certainly dream.
Baseball fans, looking for a little ray of sunshine, have been having a lot of fun with these possible scenarios. (And they are possible, just very, very unlikely to happen.)
Get Kyle Schwarber down there, too, for a revenge home run derby.
Use the 2020 first half CPBL balls.
— Infield Fly Girl (@infieldflygrl) March 6, 2022
Imagine Vladdy, Shohei, Pete Alonso, Tatis, Juan Soto, Giancarlo, Bryce Harper, and Javy doing a HR Derby in Omaha/Williamsport to kick off College/Little League World Series festivities
— Ben Porter (@Ben13Porter) March 7, 2022
I would love to see Bryce play overseas.
— Eddie (@slice223) March 6, 2022
Fine fine fine, I’ll photoshop Bryce Harper on the NC Dinos. Please stop asking
— W̾e̾b̾s̾t̾e̾r̾ (@WallyEatsCats) March 6, 2022
let my man @bryceharper3 play ball
— scott dekay (@DekayScott) March 7, 2022