Bryce Harper Surprisingly Wasn’t Ejected for His Angry Reaction to Ump's Bad Call

Andy Nesbitt | Jul 20, 2025

Bryce Harper was rightfully not happy after being called out on strikes. / @MLB

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper was the latest player to vent his frustrations at an umpire after some very questionable calls but somehow he was able to avoid being ejected for his actions on Sunday.

With the Phillies trailing the Angels by six runs, Harper worked a 3–0 count in the bottom of the eighth inning. A pitch that seemed to be out of the strike zone made it a 3–1 count and then a few moments later a similar pitch was called for strike three by Steven Jaschinski.

Instead of earning a walk, Harper headed to the dugout. But before he did that he shrugged his shoulders and waved his hand in disgust at Jaschinski two times.

This is often enough to get you tossed from the game:

Bryce Harper couldn't believe that neither of these pitches were called ball four. Instead he struck out after being up 3-0 pic.twitter.com/AV991j9ja5

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) July 20, 2025

The Phillies would go on to lose the game, 8–2.

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