Bryce Harper, catcher and Scott Boras advisee

https://instagram.com/p/8WWqhTgIZa/

23 years old today

http://i.imgur.com/XoCnlMF.png

MY EYES
HIS EYES
EVERYBODY'S EYES

that's a clown tweet, bro

https://vine.co/v/iujFXdbUbHU

meh-meh???

In Game 4 of the 2014 division series against the Giants, he stood on deck in the seventh inning with the (Giants leading 2-1. A fan in the sunken seats about 10 feet away, holding a glass of red wine, berated Harper with an intensity that couldn't be ignored.

"Hey, buddy," Harper said. "How's that glass of wine?"

Harper remembers that the fan sputtered before saying, "You're going to strike out."

"You know I love playing here, don't you, buddy?"

Seconds later, Harper drove a fastball into San Francisco Bay. As he touched home plate and turned for the dugout, Harper fixed his eyes on the fan, holding his stare a step or two longer than necessary.

"He was just devastated about life," Harper says.

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/14935765/washington-nationals-bryce-harper-wants-change-baseball-forever

doesn't get better than trashing a premium Giants fan, at least in NL

lol, well done

Harper 100% otm with pretty much all of this, great article

goose tho
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14943065/goose-gossage-rips-jose-bautista-toronto-blue-jays-nerds-ruining-baseball

what a potty mouth

that part aint new

"He was just devastated about life," Harper says, "not because of the home run really, but more because he had just kinda realized how empty his existence was. I think his work-home balance was off. His relationship with his kids was bad. His daughter had just graduated from Sarah Lawrence and I think he's worried she's about the direction she's taking with her life and he's not a fan of her current boyfriend either. I got a real sense of just how lonely he was in those seconds when I stared unblinkingly into his eyes. Also I think he was realizing that his glass of Pinor Noir was pretty shitty. I prefer Zins myself."

Bryce Harper is deep.

i knew it was a hoax when you said bryce harper drinks alcohol

get off his dick

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb-news/4701228-bryce-harper-home-run-walkup-song-jcole-gmod

100

and now tied with derek jeter in career grand slams

When Harper came up with the bases loaded I said "oh here it comes."

Way early, but up in Bonds-world right now.

.359/.458/.897, 250 OPS+.

4 Ks in 52 PAs

Grand slam tonight.

NL Player of the Month

good choice

(tho not w/out other options)

walked 6x and hit by a pitch today; first modern player to reach 7x in a game w/out an AB. (i think i have that right)

Cubs are no dummies

::placeholder post for "HEY FUCK YOU" gif::

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/bryce-harper-to-ump-who-ejected-him-fuck-you-1775674433

Lol that ump knew it was coming

@beckjason
Michael Fulmer is just the 3rd MLB pitcher younger than Bryce Harper to face him, joining Aaron Nola and Jacob Lindgren.

clown tweet bro

@AlexPutterman
Dusty Baker on Bryce Harper: "I like him as a young man. Now, will I have to spank him sometime? Maybe. I like my son, too."

one-game suspension!

worth it

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmzdHYgWEAAUfLM.jpg:small

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/man-amongst-boys-the-oral-history-of-bryce-harpers-record-setting-junior-college-season

oral history of his juco year

yeah sale is falling hard, keith law seems to think he projects as a reliever not a starter and maybe some teams have bought into that too

― ciderpress, Monday, June 7, 2010 8:06 PM (6 years ago)

lol btw

good read xp

meanwhile i have a west coast correspondent wondering aloud whether mike trout is the best player in the game.

i don't know whether to cry or wind my watch

― mookieproof, Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:41 PM (4 years ago)

also!

hah -- my west coast correspondent and i were discussing how much longer trout needs to play to become a hall of famer

i said possibly just the rest of this season

yeah i said basically the same thing in the HOF thread a few weeks ago, and morbs reminded me that there is a 10-year service requirement

he's hitting .235/.380/.443 now, yikes

Didn't see your post till right now, but I was looking at his stats this morning and was actually going to post something similar. If, based on last year, he was indeed pointing in the direction of an all-timer on the order of Aaron and such--or at least Griffey-level--has there ever been a player of that caliber have such a poor year heading into his prime? Nothing's coming to mind, I'd have to start checking.

not quite that caliber of player, but iirc cano had a truly awful year pretty early into his prime and rebounded pretty well

yeah ok i just checked that cano season and that was definitely before he'd established himself as a superstar

that's far from a bad line in the year 2016, that's more of a 'no one's giving him pitches to hit' line

that said, harper's still drawn a ton of walks and provides good value in the field. he's still going to end up a 4-5 win player this year -- not bad a for a down year

that's far from a bad line in the year 2016, that's more of a 'no one's giving him pitches to hit' line

― ciderpress, Tuesday, August 2, 2016 12:37 PM (1 minute ago

he's batting .235 man, for a 115 wRC+. it's pretty bad for a hitter of his level

couldn't sleep last night, so i also went back and re-read the harper vs trout thread. a couple of people were ready to hand harper the crown after last season -- likewise i think it's premature to write him off now, but it's hard to see him having a better career than trout at this point

(just going to keep posting instead of studying)

ESPN recently ran a poll of its experts ranking the best players in baseball history. harper came in at #85 or so, which i thought was a little high. trout was #40, which...honestly might be a little low

Harper's year was so phenomenal last year that I think the assumption for me and many others was that, even when you factor in the inevitable leveling off, he and Trout would still be at a comparable level for the next few years--Trout better some years, Harper better others. I don't think anyone expected this.

his strikeout rate isn't up so it's more likely just a long BABIP slump than a change in skill/ability