The Boston Globe wrote a piece today about a kid named Bryce Harper. He is 16 years old and lives out in Vegas. Last year, Harper batted .590 with 11 home runs and 67 RBIs in 38 games for Las Vegas High School. One game he hit a ball 570 feet...at 16 years old! He dreams of being the next Mickey Mantle, and what is scary is that he is currently 6 feet 3 inches 205 pounds, and he is still growing.
"By the time Harper was 3, he was playing Tee Ball with 7-year-olds. At age 5, he slept with his baseball uniform on. He still sleeps with his baseball equipment. "Like when I get a new glove or bat, I sleep with it," he says. "You've got to be good to it so it will be good back to you." At 7, he was playing with 10-year-olds and hitting 200-foot home runs. Opposing teams thought he was lying about his age (Boston Globe)."
Sounds like the movie "The Natural' doesn't it? Anyways, I am rooting for the kid, and I hope he is nasty. It is so hard to tell if he will blaze is way to the majors, but you never know we may see him in 2-3 years.
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