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Ozzie Guillen has it out with Bryce Harper over pine tar

Toronto Blue Jays v Miami Marlins

MIAMI, FL - JUNE 23: Manager Ozzie Guillen #13 of the Miami Marlins shouts from the dugout during the interleague game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Marlins Park on June 23, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

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Since Pine Tar Incident is already taken, I’m not quite sure what to call this one. The Pine Tar Episode? The Pine Tar Happening?

Miami manager Ozzie Guillen sent multiple F-bombs Bryce Harper’s way during the fourth inning of Sunday’s Nationals-Marlins game. Nationals manager Davey Johnson said afterwards that Guillen was calling out Harper for having too much pine tar on his bat and trying to intimidate the 19-year-old.

“It got on the umpire’s nerves and it got on my nerves,” Johnson said of Guillen’s profanity. “He was trying to intimidate my player.”

Guillen called Harper “unprofessional” after the game, adding: “I was just telling him how cute he was,” according to Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post.

Harper refused to take the bait, saying simply that Guillen was a “great manager,” CSNWashington’s Mark Zuckerman reports.

The Nats Enquirer has a nice rundown of the proceedings, along with screenshots.