NFL Network's Ian Rapoport could not help himself and had to chime in on the big story from the Phillies-Braves story, as Atlanta is apparently unhappy the media let Orlando Arcia's 'atta boy Bryce Harper' comment get out to the public.
“The locker room is not a private place," Rapoport said on the NFL Network on Thursday. "It is a place of work. The thought that a locker room is private is fake…Reporters are there to do their jobs.”
Bryce Harper was doubled off of first base to end Game 2 in Atlanta on Monday, giving the Braves a 5-4 win and after the game Arcia mocked him saying, "Atta boy Harper!"
Braves catcher Travis d'Arnaud said after their Game 3 loss on Wednesday night, "A clubhouse is a sanctuary and when things like that get out, you don't want to talk to the media at all."
With the series tied 1-1, Harper responded in a big way as many expected he would in Wednesday's Game 3 at Citizens Bank Park. Harper hit two home runs and knocked in four runs, staring at Arcia while rounding second base both times and after the game admitting the comments motivated him.