WASHINGTON - There is addition through subtraction and apparently there can be subtraction from addition.
High-maintenance closer Jonathan Papelbon appears to represent both.
Yesterday, Papelbon, who was traded from the Phillies to the Washington Nationals on July 28, continued a tumultuous tenure in D.C. by starting a shouting match with teammate Bryce Harper that escalated to him putting a two-handed chokehold around the neck of the MVP candidate.
Papelbon apparently got irritated that Harper did not run out a pop fly to leftfield with the score 4-4 in the eighth inning, and let him know about it as he came off the field.