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Offline NatsDad14

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1225 on: May 06, 2011, 05:56:00 pm »
In the 13 games since Harper had contacts, he is batting .467/.556/1.022. If you put that into a MLE calculator, it would say that during that span, Harper would have batted .311/.373/.605 with 3 HR, 9 RBI in that span.

Offline Lintyfresh85

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1226 on: May 06, 2011, 06:05:18 pm »
I wonder how he got this far without having his vision corrected earlier.

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1227 on: May 06, 2011, 06:52:50 pm »
I wonder how he got this far without having his vision corrected earlier.

Yeah, seriously. On the other hand, think about how good he was when he couldn't see anything.

Also, better vision will be a bigger boost to his outfield D than it would be to catching D, right?

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1228 on: May 06, 2011, 06:59:59 pm »
Yeah, seriously. On the other hand, think about how good he was when he couldn't see anything.


that's what one of my buddies said the other day. 

i was like its amazing how good he is with the eyesight.  he countered with, it's amazing how good he was without it.

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1229 on: May 06, 2011, 09:02:10 pm »
Harper 2/3 with 2 Doubles, Run, Walk, and 2 outfield assists tonight in Hagerstown. :whip:

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1230 on: May 06, 2011, 10:39:25 pm »
Holy crap Bryce. Tearing crap up. My man!

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1231 on: May 06, 2011, 11:19:51 pm »
I wonder how he got this far without having his vision corrected earlier.


Seriously. He comes from a upper middle class family so you'd think that his vision would be good be it with or without glasses. How in the world has he done this well with vision that needed correcting? Does anyone have an idea of what his vision was prior to contacts?

Anything quicker than a September call up would be ridiculously premature, but at the same time, I'm really beginning to think that Bryce Harper might be the second coming of Mickey Mantle. This year might suck, but our future looks awesome.

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1232 on: May 07, 2011, 01:05:18 am »
Harper did wear contacts in HS, but he stopped because of the itch

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1233 on: May 07, 2011, 02:18:50 am »
Seriously. He comes from a upper middle class family so you'd think that his vision would be good be it with or without glasses. How in the world has he done this well with vision that needed correcting? Does anyone have an idea of what his vision was prior to contacts?

Anything quicker than a September call up would be ridiculously premature, but at the same time, I'm really beginning to think that Bryce Harper might be the second coming of Mickey Mantle. This year might suck, but our future looks awesome.

Vision that is good enough for the everyday is not the same as vision for hitting at the pro level. I remember when maxwell got glasses even though he was close to 20/20.

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1234 on: May 07, 2011, 04:23:44 am »
He comes from a upper middle class family

His dad's a construction worker - but still, his family is well off enough that they could afford those Walmart Eye Exams.

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1235 on: May 07, 2011, 10:43:17 am »
on the 7th day, harper rested.

Offline epic_phalanx

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1236 on: May 07, 2011, 11:28:21 am »
I think we should all pitch in for a group cryogenic freeze until the day Harper and Strasburg take the field at Nats Park on the same day. Shouldn't be too far away but the wait is awful.

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1237 on: May 07, 2011, 04:23:04 pm »
When does Harper move up a level? What else does he need to learn?

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1238 on: May 07, 2011, 04:41:43 pm »
Not too shabby I reckon:

.368/.466/.724/1.190   16/20 BB/K


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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1239 on: May 07, 2011, 11:04:52 pm »
I think we should all pitch in for a group cryogenic freeze until the day Harper and Strasburg take the field at Nats Park on the same day. Shouldn't be too far away but the wait is awful.
Throw in Zim and I'm in :)

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1240 on: May 07, 2011, 11:09:54 pm »
lol 2-for-5 tonight ... now batting .370 even.

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1241 on: May 07, 2011, 11:19:48 pm »
When does Harper move up a level? What else does he need to learn?

Within a couple days.

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1242 on: May 08, 2011, 12:17:48 am »
lol 2-for-5 tonight ... now batting .370 even.
I see 2-5 with him and I think "shiiiit" then remember that is still .400.

Beast.

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1243 on: May 08, 2011, 12:23:15 am »
Harper 2/3 with 2 Doubles, Run, Walk, and 2 outfield assists tonight in Hagerstown. :whip:

I was there last night with some family.  We were in the 4th row, halfway between directly behind home plate and the Suns dugout.  A few observations.  First, one of the doubles was just a soaring fly ball to left center, and probably would have been a HR a lot of places, including major league parks, but it bounced off a really high sign (ad) that serves as the wall in that part of the park.  Harper played under control, confident, and looked loose with his teammates the whole night.  My favorite play by him was a defensive one, though.  A ball was hit down the right field line and Harper ran over to pick it up.  The runner was flying around second and heading for third. So I was hoping to see Harper field it cleanly and and maybe make a strong throw.  Suddenly, this bullet comes in from the right field corner, bounces once, and lands in the third baseman's glove.  The runner is out.  It was a perfect throw  :shock: (which I was so excited about I yelled "That was a perfect throw!" about 5 times).  He certainly has the tools and I'm sure the work ethic to be a fine defensive outfielder in the majors, given enough seasoning in the minors.

Another thing I remember is once in the later innings, there were two outs, the Suns were up, and Harper was the 3rd or 4th batter scheduled after the player batting.  I saw Harper, literally about 15 feet away from me on the top step of the dugout, with his batting helmet on and his bat in his hands, eager to bat.  I think two guys got on base, but the next batter made the last out.  Before Harper headed out to the field, I thought I saw a grimace of disappointment on his face, like he was really wanting to bat.  It seems like Harper's always eager, he just exudes that love of the game.  It's great to see that.


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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1244 on: May 08, 2011, 09:24:30 am »
I was there last night with some family.  We were in the 4th row, halfway between directly behind home plate and the Suns dugout.  A few observations.  First, one of the doubles was just a soaring fly ball to left center, and probably would have been a HR a lot of places, including major league parks, but it bounced off a really high sign (ad) that serves as the wall in that part of the park.  Harper played under control, confident, and looked loose with his teammates the whole night.  My favorite play by him was a defensive one, though.  A ball was hit down the right field line and Harper ran over to pick it up.  The runner was flying around second and heading for third. So I was hoping to see Harper field it cleanly and and maybe make a strong throw.  Suddenly, this bullet comes in from the right field corner, bounces once, and lands in the third baseman's glove.  The runner is out.  It was a perfect throw  :shock: (which I was so excited about I yelled "That was a perfect throw!" about 5 times).  He certainly has the tools and I'm sure the work ethic to be a fine defensive outfielder in the majors, given enough seasoning in the minors.

Another thing I remember is once in the later innings, there were two outs, the Suns were up, and Harper was the 3rd or 4th batter scheduled after the player batting.  I saw Harper, literally about 15 feet away from me on the top step of the dugout, with his batting helmet on and his bat in his hands, eager to bat.  I think two guys got on base, but the next batter made the last out.  Before Harper headed out to the field, I thought I saw a grimace of disappointment on his face, like he was really wanting to bat.  It seems like Harper's always eager, he just exudes that love of the game.  It's great to see that.



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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1245 on: May 08, 2011, 09:41:42 am »
he's feeling hitterish.

Offline natstime

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1246 on: May 08, 2011, 10:12:31 am »
How have the crowds at Hagerstown been?  Have they been selling out every game?

Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1247 on: May 08, 2011, 01:02:20 pm »
Harper is sporting a Cary Elwes 'Princess Bride' stache. For the life of me I can't find any recent photos of him wearing it, but I assure you he has it. I'm shocked at the small amount of recent pics of him.


Offline Lintyfresh85

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1248 on: May 08, 2011, 06:51:02 pm »
Did you see the tweet pic he posted of him breaking the bat over his knee? Pretty awesome.


Offline NeedaNewNick

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Re: The Bryce Harper Watch
« Reply #1249 on: May 08, 2011, 08:43:17 pm »
When does Harper move up a level? What else does he need to learn?

He needs to learn that he is part of an org. that wants to save $ by keeping him in the minors until the 2012 super 2 deadline.