Colin Cowherd thinks Bryce Harper is like Donald Trump?
Hats with similar slogans aren’t the only things Bryce Harper and Donald Trump have in common, according to Colin Cowherd. The Fox Sports pundit drew parallels between the reigning National League MVP and the presumptive GOP nominee on Wednesday while discussing the record-setting, multi-year extension Harper signed with Under Armour.
“You don’t see any of these guys getting endorsements, because they’re not allowed to have any personality,” Cowherd said of major league players. “And if you have any personality like Bryce Harper, everybody tries to squash you. Bryce Harper signed the biggest endorsement deal for a major league baseball player ever from Under Armour and he refused to play by the rules. So the guy the players resent, who makes them uncomfortable, who they said was ruining the game, gets the biggest endorsement deal, is the most popular player in the sport.”
Cowherd then proceeded to describe, in rudimentary terms, how Harper’s MLB career has mirrored Trump’s rise to within one step of the presidency.
“He enters baseball,” Cowherd said of Harper. “It has a proud tradition, it has the oldest fan base. He refuses to play by the rules. Some call him a show-off. There’s a fight with teammates. Gains massive momentum. Fans love him. Wins big deal. Now I’m going to read you Donald Trump. Enters the GOP. Proud tradition, the oldest party. Refuses to play by the rules. Some call him crass. We’ve seen fights. Gains massive momentum. Many people love him. Gets the big win.”
There’s no doubt that the polarizing Harper and Trump have commanded attention with their respective “Make Baseball Fun Again” and “Make America Great Again” campaigns.
“One’s a politician, one’s a baseball player, but the one thing I see with both is when you’re an outsider – and I’m not voting for Trump – but if you’re an outsider, man do people come after you,” Cowherd continued. “I mean, Bryce Harper got into a fight with a teammate. [People said] ‘He’s bad for the game,’ people throwing at him because he made people uncomfortable and he was different and big and broad and loud and flashy. He is the only bona fide superstar baseball now has. Clayton Kershaw is great, [but] Bryce Harper is a superstar in America. The sport doesn’t have another one. He is unbelievable and he’s made people totally uncomfortable. He’s got flaws, he’s not for everybody. Some say he’s too showy and too cocky. But there’s a reason he just signed that deal.”
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