I love these Blue Sparkle parallels. I picked up this Brian Roberts off of Ebay for a couple bucks several weeks ago and am just now getting around to showing it. Roberts didn't play but 17 games last season so I was able to almost figure out which game this photo came from. It had to be either June 23 or 24, 2012 when the Nationals visited Baltimore. You can see Bryce Harper behind Roberts, who seems to be in shock at a call. Harper went 0-4 in the first game of the series (June 22). In the second game, Harper went 1-3 and stole second off of Wei-Yin Chen/Matt Weiters. That one could very well be the play we are seeing here. Unless, they took the shot during the June 24 game where Harper went 2-4 with a double and you are seeing that play.
I really think this photo was taken during Harper's stolen base on June 23 because if this was from Harper hitting a double and a throw was coming to Roberts from the outfield, then he would be positioned differently and I don't think you would be able to see the advertisement on the outfield wall. I believe this shot was taken as Roberts received a throw from Wieters and was shocked that the call didn't go in the O's favor. You know, because Wieters is money when it comes to throwing out baserunners.
What do you guys think?
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