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Buster Posey wanted no part in stopping Bryce Harper go after his pitcher.

Think he realized how ridiculous that act was- pettiness over getting rocked for a HR 3 years ago?
I think Posey just figured, correctly, that Harper couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag. Yeesh... If it were me, I'd have given Harper another 4 games just for looking like a flailing douche.. and... let's be honest, that helmet throw would have been worth 5 games had it landed... instead, I'm thinking 10 games is appropriate in this case.
 
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http://www.post-gazette.com/local/c...te-bridge-jumper-pirates/stories/201706280194

MLB umpire saves woman from edge of Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh
STEPHEN J. NESBITT AND STEPH CHAMBERS
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

As a Major League Baseball umpire, John Tumpane often has to defuse tense situations at the ballpark.

None compared to the scene he came upon Wednesday as he walked across the Roberto Clemente Bridge around 3 p.m. on his way back from a run and lunch: A few hundred yards from PNC Park, he saw a woman climb over a railing and look toward the Allegheny River below.

“Obviously, that grabbed my attention,” Tumpane said prior to the Pirates game against the Tampa Bay Rays, in which the 34-year-old Chicago native was the home-plate umpire. “I asked a couple in front of me, ‘What’s this lady trying to do?’ and they said, ‘I don’t know.’ ”

The bridge was mostly empty at that time of day. Tumpane rushed toward the woman, who appeared calm, and asking what was going on.

“I just wanted to get a better look of the city from this side,” she replied, according to the umpire’s recollection.

“Oh no,” Tumpane said, hooking his arm around hers. “You don’t want to do that. It’s just as good over here. Let’s go grab some lunch and talk.”

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