Author Topic: The Bryce Harper Compendium (2015) (Read 117534 times)

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #1475:** July 02, 2015, 12:44:01 PM »

Nevada test site clay.

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on July 02, 2015, 12:04:47 PM

union dirt

PC · « **Reply #1476:** July 02, 2015, 12:52:10 PM »

The funny part...well one of the funny parts of this is the second time there's been some sort of media/advertising thing about how hard he works that has come out just after he didn't run something out.

When Matt took him out of the game, I think it was a MASN ad that had just started running.

monkeyhit · « **Reply #1477:** July 02, 2015, 01:23:44 PM »

Dirt Harper it shall be.

wj73 · « **Reply #1478:** July 02, 2015, 02:50:10 PM »

As Annie Savoy in Bull Durham would say, "Ohhhh myyyyyy!"

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #1479:** July 02, 2015, 06:44:09 PM »

It's almost certainly manually applied dirt, but it's not photoshopped onto him. Lighting techniques highlight it.

Slateman · « **Reply #1480:** July 03, 2015, 12:12:11 PM »

He's no Dreamboat

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #1481:** July 03, 2015, 12:22:06 PM »

From Bryce's SI interview. I recognized that he looked lighter, but 32 pounds...:

"I'm about 8 percent body fat right now. I think the lowest I'd been was 13, so it's pretty special. I'm down to 208 from 240 -- actually back where I was in college. I sat down with [Nationals shortstop] Ian Desmond at the end of the year, and he told me: "You don't need to be that big. Be as limber as you can. Be as flexible as you can." And that's the way Ian is -- he's like a boxer. Ripped as can be, works hard, but doesn't pick up that many weights. It's more body-weight stuff. So I really listened to him; I'm right where I need to be, and I'm excited."

Ray D · « **Reply #1482:** July 03, 2015, 02:24:44 PM »

Quote

actually back where I was in college.

College ... that's a stretch.

Slateman · « **Reply #1483:** July 03, 2015, 02:58:05 PM »

I would prefer him not to take professional advice from Ian Desmond

tomterp · « **Reply #1484:** July 03, 2015, 03:05:13 PM »

Quote from: Slateman on July 03, 2015, 02:58:05 PM

I would prefer him not to take professional advice from Ian Desmond

In this case though, he's spot on.

Kevrock · « **Reply #1485:** July 03, 2015, 03:05:43 PM »

Slatey Hot Takes

welch · « **Reply #1486:** July 03, 2015, 03:07:59 PM »

Limber: yes. Best hitter I ever saw in person: Ted Williams ("The Splendid Splinter"). Hit home runs in old Griffith Stadium, and that was a feat.

Best I saw on TV: Hank Aaron. Story our Frank Howard tells about a discussion at an All-Star game:

Hondo: "Hamerin' Hank, can I see that bat you use?"

Aaron: "Sure, Hondo. I admire the power you've got"

Howard says that Aaron's bat had one mark, about the size of a quarter, square in the center of the barrel. "My bat had dirt marks all over the place. That's why Hank Aaron hit more home runs than anyone and why he's in the Hall of Fame. Aaron hit everything perfectly".

I loved watching, and hearing, Frank Howard smash a line-drive into the upper deck at DC Stadium, but if the new-model limber Bryce Harper hits .325 with 40 or more home runs, then he will have become the sort of hitter baseball has rarely seen since Frank Robinson.

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #1487:** July 03, 2015, 03:46:40 PM »

If he's aiming for Desi-like durability, maybe it's the right sort of advice to follow.

Quote from: Slateman on July 03, 2015, 02:58:05 PM

I would prefer him not to take professional advice from Ian Desmond

whytev · « **Reply #1488:** July 03, 2015, 03:58:28 PM »

Quote from: GburgNatsFan on July 03, 2015, 03:46:40 PM

If he's aiming for Desi-like durability, maybe it's the right sort of advice to follow.

Damned straight.

Slateman · « **Reply #1489:** July 03, 2015, 04:01:31 PM »

Quote from: GburgNatsFan on July 03, 2015, 03:46:40 PM

If he's aiming for Desi-like durability, maybe it's the right sort of advice to follow.

Comes with Desi like performance?

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #1490:** July 03, 2015, 04:08:54 PM »

Lord. I hope not. Harper's performance has improved, so no reason to expect that.

Hey, I know you like swole, but maybe it's not the best way to be a professional athlete.

Quote from: Slateman on July 03, 2015, 04:01:31 PM

Comes with Desi like performance?

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #1491:** July 03, 2015, 04:24:28 PM »

Quote from: Slateman on July 03, 2015, 04:01:31 PM

Comes with Desi like performance?

Have you seen a Desi-like performance?

Slateman · « **Reply #1492:** July 03, 2015, 07:13:00 PM »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on July 03, 2015, 04:24:28 PM

Have you seen a Desi-like performance?

Very true

NatsGirl · « **Reply #1493:** July 04, 2015, 05:54:53 PM »

Quote from: Slateman on July 03, 2015, 12:12:11 PM

He's no Dreamboat

I would totally buy a T-Mo body issue magazine! Bryce is cute, but not in these pics. He looks way too surly.

Honestly though, who is the intended audience for this magazine? Is it straight men? Women? Gay men?

When I went to the Mormon Temple's visitor center, I noticed a lot of the paintings of Adam and God and whomever else, were these very buff and not very clothed dudes. Seems Bryce is channeling that.

madj55 · « **Reply #1494:** July 04, 2015, 06:04:21 PM »

#HARPGOD

Slateman · « **Reply #1495:** July 04, 2015, 06:17:29 PM »

^ Pretty sure Harper is a surley kind of guy. I also get the feeling that he isn't that religious.

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #1496:** July 04, 2015, 07:02:47 PM »

It was mint chew earlier this year, and he doesn't drink. Mormon-y.

But he drops F-bombs like a rapper, and (mindfact) he's beast mode with that model in the All-Star hat commercial.

Quote from: Slateman on July 04, 2015, 06:17:29 PM

^ Pretty sure Harper is a surley kind of guy. I also get the feeling that he isn't that religious.

mitlen · « **Reply #1497:** July 04, 2015, 07:37:07 PM »

Quote from: madj55 on July 04, 2015, 06:04:21 PM

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#HARPGOD

Great picture madj55.

MorseTheHorse · « **Reply #1498:** July 04, 2015, 08:14:15 PM »

I'm just sitting back in awe at the season he's putting together right now. This is something really special, and it's just freaking cool to have him here.

welch · « **Reply #1499:** July 04, 2015, 08:40:47 PM »

For comparison, on July 4, 1959, Harmon Killebrew hit his 27th home run and had 3 RBI's, giving him 67 on the year.

Conclusion? Harper is tracking pretty closely to the break-out season of a Hall of Fame player who signed with the old Nats at 17. Killer was about 23 that season, so the ages are close, too.