The Bryce Harper Compendium (2014)

[Baseball is Life]

Williams quashes Harper-to-minors talk

http://natsinsider.com/2014/08/06/williams-quashes-harper-to-minors-talk/

Ooh, Williams sounds pissed at the media.

[mitlen]

And now she also has Parkinson's so she can't sing anymore.

You could make the argument that she had the best female rock singing voice of all time.

First time I heard her was with the Stone Poneys.      Indeed.

[PC]

Ooh, Williams sounds pissed at the media.

The video:

http://www.csnwashington.com/baseball-washington-nationals/talk/williams-quashes-harper-minors-possibility

[mitlen]

The video:

http://www.csnwashington.com/baseball-washington-nationals/talk/williams-quashes-harper-minors-possibility

The "Big Marine" sez, "You can't handle the truth."   

[tomterp]

First time I heard her was with the Stone Poneys.      Indeed.

My friend snuck in underage (Cellar Door?) to see a very young (<20) Jackson Browne, warmup singer was Linda Ronstandt.

[Baseball is Life]

My friend snuck in underage (Cellar Door?) to see a very young (<20) Jackson Browne, warmup singer was Linda Ronstandt.

I'm betting it might have been the other way around. Rondstadt was established way before Browne.

[mitlen]

I'm betting it might have been the other way around. Rondstadt was established way before Browne.

As solo acts, it could be close.   Jackson Browne started having hits as a solo artist before Ronstadt.   IIRC

[Slumpbuster]

As solo acts, it could be close.   Jackson Browne started having hits as a solo artist before Ronstadt.   IIRC

Both came from the So Ca. Folk rock scene. What a great little club the Cellar Door was! It held maybe 120 people counting the balcony. Saw a lot of great shows there....other fav. Old DC club was the Bayou.

[Slumpbuster]

And now she also has Parkinson's so she can't sing anymore.

You could make the argument that she had the best female rock singing voice of all time.
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Could and did sing any and every genre of music.

[mitlen]

Both came from the So Ca. Folk rock scene. What a great little club the Cellar Door was! It held maybe 120 people counting the balcony. Saw a lot of great shows there....other fav. Old DC club was the Bayou.

Oh the Cellar door was a classic club  ...   I saw Cheech and Chong, Jimmy Walker, Al Stewart and lots of solo musical acts.    Never made it to the Bayou under the Whitehurst.    Remember the little restaurant on the corner near the Cellar Door where you could get a pretty good meal for about two bucks?

[Slateman]

On baze twice tonight. I don't think the power comes back this season. But he's getting on base. Meanwhile Souza is 1-10

[tomterp]

As solo acts, it could be close.   Jackson Browne started having hits as a solo artist before Ronstadt.   IIRC

Could be, can't be sure now.

I found this in Browne's Wiki which helps none.

In 1971, Browne signed with his manager David Geffen's Asylum Records and released Jackson Browne (1972) produced and engineered by Richard Orshoff, which included the piano-driven "Doctor My Eyes", which entered the Top Ten in the US singles chart. "Rock Me On the Water", from the same album, also gained considerable radio airplay, while "Jamaica Say You Will" and "Song for Adam" (written about Saylor's death) helped establish Browne's reputation. Touring to promote the album, he shared the bill with Linda Ronstadt and Joni Mitchell.

[BH34Natural]

They're called up at 23-25 because that's when they're ready.

Harper, Trout, Fernandez, Machado, Xander Bogaerts, Teheran,  Simmons, Heyward, Bumgarner, Stanton . . . all called up early/young.

Harper was ready. He was called up. He proved he was ready by winning RoTY. He's going through struggles like all young players do (I guess we're forgetting Anythony Rendon went like 2-49 at one point this year). He's still working counts and getting on base. The power is slowly returning. In a month, y'all are going to be talking about how great he is.

...cause you've been so right about everything so far.

[BH34Natural]

It is healed. He's shown it's healed by hitting for power in the minors during his rehab games. This is simply adjusting to bigger ballparks and better pitching. DLing him does NOTHING for him. He's right back where he started two weeks prior.

It's simply something he has to work through. Just like Span at the beginning of the season. Just like Zimmerman when he came back. Just like Rendon during his slump. Just like Werth.

Harper homered four times in like 2 rehab games, but you insist his power is sapped? But that doesn't apply to Ramos? oh.

[whytev]

Harper homered four times in like 2 rehab games, but you insist his power is sapped? But that doesn't apply to Ramos? oh.

I gotta agree. Not power. Timing and swing. Unless that AAA park is tiny and they were all warning track shots that just went out.

[madj55]

The bombs he hit in the minors were legit. Two absolute goners to right and he hit a couple of lasers to straightaway CF.

[Slateman]

I gotta agree. Not power. Timing and swing. Unless that AAA park is tiny and they were all warning track shots that just went out.

Which is why sending him to Triple A is a waste of time. He can't work on timing MLB level pitching in the minors.

1 for 3 with a walk last night. Got on base twice.

BTW, Josh Hamilton is hitting .258/.321/.398 since coming back from the same injury. Striking out over 30% the time. And majority of his power has come in the last two and half weeks.

[Optics]

Harper already proved he can crush minor league pitching. We just gotta keep him in the lineup and hope he produces. Thankfully we do have a decent enough lineup that we can afford to have him hit in the bottom half of the order.

[imref]

he's probably not going to Syracuse anytime soon.

[Mr Clean]

The guy is a bust.

Ouch. That walkoff home run by Harper had to hurt.

[heeman82]

The Bryce is right nag

[whytev]

Ouch. That walkoff home run by Harper had to hurt.

Who is counting at bats? Was that #100?

I'm happy for the guy.

[spidernat]

He was at exactly 100 AB's going into today's game. 

[pazzo83]

He was at exactly 100 AB's going into today's game. 

 

[BigMeech]

That is such a great picture.  Hopefully this is a sign of Harper finally "breaking out" so to speak, and not just a blip of his potential that would be overshadowed by subpar play over the next two months.