The bench-clearing brawl between the Nationals and Giants on Monday had a couple of notable people who couldn’t participate. At this point you’ve seen the video of Bryce Harper charging the mound 100 times, but what about the people who said, “Nah, I’m good?”
Ranking the top 4 people who refused to get involved in the Bryce Harper fight
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
Poor Madison. The only bum left in the seats. This is like watching every kid run into the snow and starting play while you’re stuck home with a cold. He’s basically wistfully staring out a figurative window — watching his chance slip away.
2. Buster Posey
The beautiful thing about Buster Posey in all this is just how ho-hum he finds the whole thing. It’s the top of the eighth, there are two outs, it’s Memorial Day. He just wants to go home.
Posey is going to be a bystander for as long as possible, even when the benches clear. He runs into frame just about when the whole thing is over — and even then he just stands there.
3. This guy
It’s tough to tell precisely who this is, but they never leave the dugout either. Unlike Bumgarner, who seems upset he can’t go and play with his friends, this bystander just leans to get a better look.
4. First base coach Jose Alguacil (maybe).
This is another that’s tough to discern, but it comes 10 seconds into the fight. Both dugouts have cleared, everyone is a melee in the middle — some players have stopped fighting — but then from the right of frame, in saunters a figure who has a passing interest in showing support, but that’s it.
