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Washington closer Jonathan Papelbon will miss the remainder of the season after initiating a physical altercation with teammate Bryce Harper in the dugout Sunday during the Nationals’ 12-5 loss to Philadelphia.
Sept. 28, 2015
The Washington Nationals traded for closer Jonathan Papelbon on Monday, even though they already had a perfectly capable ninth-inning pitcher in Drew Storen.
July 29, 2015
Outfielder Bryce Harper and Washington Nationals teammate Jonathan Papelbon got into a fight in the dugout during a game Sunday.
Sept. 27, 2015
Nationals teammates Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon got into a fight in the dugout during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies and were separated by others on the bench.
Nationals closer Jonathan Papelbon was suspended for three games and fined by Major League Baseball on Friday for throwing a pitch in the “head area” of Baltimore’s Manny Machado.
Sept. 25, 2015
This is hard to imagine now, but there was a time when Mike Trout’s teammates thought the phenom needed to be taken down a peg.
Jonathan Papelbon lost the lead and then lost his cool.
Sept. 14, 2014
Washington Nationals closer Jonathan Papelbon will be out the rest of the season after his dugout fight with teammate Bryce Harper — four games because of a team suspension for that episode and three games because he dropped his appeal of a Major League Baseball ban for throwing at an opponent’s head last week.
Suspend the ump?
Sept. 17, 2014
WASHINGTON The Washington Nationals season began to unravel around the time they acquired closer Jonathan Papelbon from the Phillies and pushed Drew Storen to the setup role.