I was a Harper hater.
The hair flips and the beard were just the start of it. Bryce Harper connected himself to Scott Boras - unofficially as he pointed out at the press conference - at the age of 14. He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated at age 16. He decided from day one that the almighty dollar was the only thing that mattered - there would be no home town discounts for this blonde, bearded man.
That's why it was not even the slightest bit surprising when he rejected a $300 million pledge from the Washington Nationals (which turned out to be worth way less with payments stretching out until age 60, but I have a theme going here.