OT: Harper

[sycks22]

Originally Posted by arc2q

I live in DC area and am a Nats fan, so maybe I am a little biased. I don't understand why there seems to be such animosity toward Bryce Harper across the league. He was previously voted most over-rated player, the umpires seem to really dislike him, etc. He seems like a pretty smart, humble person who has few vices. And he is just plain good. He's got a cannon from the outfield and a fantastic swing.

A lot of the lamenting last year about who will be the next big star now that Jeter is gone seems overblown. There are a lot of great young hitters in baseball right now. Can't wait to see Buxton in the bigs soon.

I don't know if humble and Bryce Harper should be in the same sentence. Before he hit the show he was talking about how great he was in high school and Juco. There's probably a reason why umps don't like him either, every borderline call he looks at blue and screams at him. I'm fine with disagreeing with a call, but you don't have to hurt your team by making your hitting zone a little bigger now.

[packs]

Why not humble?

When a beer company tried to capitalize on his "clown question bro" quote by releasing a "Clown Question" beer, he suggested they donate portions of their sales to a daughter of a police officer from Denver who was killed in the line of duty. The company agreed.

When cameras caught him wearing a customized fire dept. helmet during a club house celebration, he put the logo onto T-shirts and began selling them to raise money for the DC Fire Fighters Burn Foundation.

Just a few of his gestures in his early 20s that show he sees the world as bigger than himself.

[clydepepper]

Pause...just for a minute...and think about the type person you were at his age...