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Bryce Harper is still dealing with soreness in his left thumb and may rest for a couple of days.

Speculation from my paperboy is he may have a broken thumb.

That explains why he is selling papers.

This news will push him down from 1.06 to 1.09

Nationals trainer Lee Kuntz is concerned enough with the swelling in Harper’s left thumb area that he will see Nationals medical director Wiemi Douoguih on Wednesday to determine the best course of action from there.

“If you get jammed enough, there’s inflammation in your thumb area from the trauma,” manager Davey Johnson said. “Rest does help it, I know. But the last couple days it hasn’t been swollen. Today it was swollen.”

What happened? Did it get hit with a newspaper?

The Mighty Men wrote:What happened? Did it get hit with a newspaper?

Did they mention he's been 9 for 9 since jamming the thumb last week. I saw him play Sun and Mon and he was smoking the ball.

Mon night he dropped a fly ball off his glove and maybe that aggravated it.

King of Queens wrote:

The Mighty Men wrote:What happened? Did it get hit with a newspaper?

I bet it was that stinkin' Strasburg throwing 98 mph paper-delivery heaters on that bike!!

mcomitch wrote:Mon night he dropped a fly ball off his glove and maybe that aggravated it.

if catching a flyball aggravated it, harper is in for some major DL time this year.

Harper will be fine. They plan to let him rest so the swelling goes down.

we need more threads like this one.

King of Queens wrote:

The Mighty Men wrote:What happened? Did it get hit with a newspaper?

Awesome!

I missed the first 2 HR. Is he swinging with one arm?

The Mighty Men wrote:I missed the first 2 HR. Is he swinging with one arm?

Yes, and he appeared to call his shot on the second one ... looks like he hit it right to a paperboy in right field!