If the battle surrounding The Wave and its place at Nationals Park were a movie, we've got our big plot twist: A group of Washington Nationals offensive players, including Bryce Harper, have voiced support for fans doing The Wave.
Act 1 of this film dates back to last season, when a number of Nats pitchers censured The Wave. It intensified this season when a group of fans actually made a flier trying to convince other fans not to participate in The Wave. Act 2 started this weekend when, according to DC Sports Bog, a scuffle between Wave lovers and Wave haters ended with a Wave lover getting escorted out of the park.
Now that our story has a martyr, it just needs people to fight for him. Cue Harper and Ian Desmond as our leading men:
Nats fans keep doing the wave, it's a beautiful thing! Keep the wave in Nats park! #baseball #keepthewave
— Bryce Harper (@Bharper3407) April 30, 2013
Wave on DC, wave on.
— Ian Desmond (@IanDesmond20) April 30, 2013
JW just said "Nothing cooler than seeing a packed house do the wave" #Nats
— Bryce Harper (@Bharper3407) April 30, 2013
Relief pitcher Ryan Mattheus is one of early objectors of The Wave. He is, in fact, quoted on the anti-Wave flier. But he complicated things with these tweets:
As a player I could care less if people do the wave. And I think it is ridiculous if fans are being ejected for doing the wave.
— Ryan Mattheus (@RyanMattheus) April 30, 2013
I just wrestled Bryce and I won #killthewave #stirthepot #desiisnxt
— Ryan Mattheus (@RyanMattheus) April 30, 2013
Now we await Act 3. What will the pro-Wavers do for revenge for the ejection? Which Washington Nationals player will speak up next? Will Jayson Werth vow to stop shaving until The Wave is saved? Errrr, scratch that. Will Jayson Werth chain himself to a beer cart? Will Stephen Strasburg even care? Has anybody asked Adam LaRoche's kid what he thinks?
And when, most importantly, will President Obama step in to arbitrate The Wave conflict?
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