“I watched my bat against the Padres,” he admitted. He said Thursday that when he kicked back this winter, he watched one at-bat from that postseason. It was his Bedlam at the Bank NLCS moment, a magical swing of the bat that propelled his team into a World Series nobody saw coming. And then there was this - an epic baseball moment, a memory for a lifetime. He reminded us last October that he is a special member of the baseball species, rising to one gigantic moment after another and firing off the first six-homer, 13-extra-base-hit, 1.100 OPS postseason by any National League player in postseason history. “Good for baseball,” Harper said at one point, when the subject of those monster contracts came up.īut you know what else is good for baseball? That dude, Bryce Harper. … That game he plays is swirling in rule changes that will significantly impact Harper himself - whenever his right elbow is healthy enough for him to play again. … His sport is suddenly awash in dollars, and it has led to a flurry of free-agent deals that dwarf his. His team now overflows with big names and big dreams. Then think about how much the world has spun in so many different ways since the last time Bryce Harper was spotted at a ballpark, in Game 6 of the World Series. Take a ride with us now beyond the upper deck, to the view from 30,000 feet. It all looked so familiar, but only if you were viewing this scene from the front row.
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