Via Nats Enquirer, here’s Bryce Harper making his Washington debut. While playing softball in front of the Washington Monument.
Note how selective he is with the pitches. I see stardom in this kid’s future.
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- randygnyc - May 1, 2012 at 8:58 AM
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During a game this weekend, Vin Scully’s said on his broadcast that when Bryce was 12 he was in a baseball tournament. He was playing on a field with fences 290 feet away (reminder, he’s 12 and playing with older kids). So Harper goes 12 for 12, with 11 homeruns. It’s amazing how this kid has survived/thrived under microscopic scrutiny for his entire life.
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- Gobias Industries - May 1, 2012 at 9:01 AM
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It’s going to be fun when 19-year-old Bryce Harper faces 49-year-old Jamie Moyer for the first time. Until Harper catches Moyer’s 43 MPH fastball and tosses it back to him. Then it’s gonna get awkward.
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- Jonny 5 - May 1, 2012 at 9:08 AM
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Who needs a catcher?
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- rooney24 - May 1, 2012 at 9:59 AM
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Pretty horrible results, if that is indeed Harper.
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- natstowngreg - May 1, 2012 at 1:27 PM
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Seen once in a slow-pitch softball game for charity, featuring MLB players. Rod Carew could hit a Major League fastball pretty much at will, but the softball messed up his timing so much he barely got his bat on it.
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- Lukehart80 - May 1, 2012 at 10:35 AM
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Craig, are you trying to portray Harper as a likeable young man? Get with the previously approved narrative, man!
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- akismet-e6748cca3a16ea6e8283008d25583adc - May 1, 2012 at 1:32 PM
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Hear hear! I’m so tired of the lazy narrative that Harper is some evil arrogant pr*ck. He got booed during his debut at-bat! If “hustle” and “talent” translates to “arrogant” and “entitled” by sportswriters who never bother to interview or see the kid play himself, then (as a Nats fan) I’ll take it 7 days a week and twice sunday. You want to denigrate the kid? Fine; be fair to him and go interview him. Don’t just regurgitate what other uninformed writers day.
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- yankeesfanlen - May 1, 2012 at 11:07 AM
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Did he get his Dad’s 70s designer jeans? Might have another Rasmus on our hands.
