For Major League Baseball players, three teams are at the bottom of the standings on state taxes: the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. That’s because California is in a league of its own on personal income taxes. We’ve got by far the highest state rate in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The end offered more relief than joy. After 118 days of waiting, across a winter of alarming frostiness between baseball players and baseball owners, the free-agent saga of Bryce Harper has concluded. Harper has agreed to a 13-year, $300-million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, according... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
If the Dodgers were thinking they could pursue Nolan Arenado next winter if they fail to sign Bryce Harper this spring, they have to make new contingency plans. If they were counting on Arenado’s impending free agency to provide them with an excuse for not spending on Harper, they will have to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The timing was perfect and the symbolism entirely appropriate: a Brinks truck pulling into the parking lot of the Dodgers’ spring training facility soon after team executives returned from a meeting in Las Vegas with free agent Bryce Harper. The question the Dodgers have to answer isn’t whether... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last Saturday, a post appeared on Major League Baseball’s Instagram account featuring a photo of Bryce Harper and a question splashed across the bottom: Are the Dodgers the favorites for Bryce? It’s a possibility the baseball universe is pondering as the winter progresses without an obvious... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the Washington Nationals conducted a fire sale of veteran players, sending second baseman Daniel Murphy to the Cubs and first baseman Matt Adams to the Cardinals, the Dodgers put in a claim to to acquire the biggest star on Washington’s roster: Bryce Harper. “I think we claimed him,” manager... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Washington Nationals say Bryce Harper has a “significant” bone bruise in his left knee but no ligament damage, and general manager Mike Rizzo is hopeful the star outfielder will be back this season. Harper injured his knee when he slipped on first base in the first inning of a rain-delayed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The opening salvo seared through the Orange County evening. Five minutes into Tuesday’s series opener between the Angels and Washington Nationals at Angel Stadium, Bryce Harper crushed an opposite-field homer over Mike Trout’s head. Thirteen minutes later, Trout announced his response by slamming... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pitcher Hunter Strickland of the San Francisco Giants began serving a six-game suspension for brawling with Bryce Harper after his appeal was denied by Major League Baseball. The penalty stemmed from a May 29 benches-clearing incident between the Giants and Washington Nationals. Strickland... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper agreed to drop his appeal of a four-game suspension and had one game shaved from the punishment. Harper reached the agreement Wednesday with Major League Baseball and begin serving the suspension immediately. The punishment stemmed from a bench-clearing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
San Francisco Giants reliever Hunter Strickland received a six-game suspension Tuesday and Washington’s Bryce Harper was penalized four games for their roles in a benches-clearing brawl a day earlier. Each also was fined an undisclosed amount, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday. Both players... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hunter Greene is joining an elite group of athletes that includes LeBron James, Bryce Harper and Kevin Garnett. All were featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated as high school athletes. The Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High School baseball player will be only the 13th high school athlete ever... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The anticipation at Nationals Park was audible when Bryce Harper stepped into the batter's box Saturday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The request makes its way to Vin Scully every now and then, the major league baseball player asking for a moment to meet the greatest broadcaster in baseball history. Giancarlo Stanton asked. Brandon McCarthy asked. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Dodger Stadium video board flashed to a commercial, and there were the All Stars - Mike Trout, Bryce Harper . . and Clayton Kershaw. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]