{"id":841,"date":"2010-08-27T23:46:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-28T04:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=841"},"modified":"2010-08-28T01:36:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-28T06:36:43","slug":"bryce-harper-makes-nationals-park-look-like-south-williamsport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/841","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Harper Makes Nationals Park Look Like South Williamsport"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On Thursday evening, the Washington Nationals held a press conference to show off<\/span> introduce their 1st<\/sup> overall draft pick of 2010, Bryce Harper.\u00a0 Nearly a week and half ago, the Nationals and Harper came to terms on a 5-year, $9.9 million contract- not a bad payday for a 17 year-old.\u00a0 At the press conference, the young Harper donned a Washington Nationals cap and jersey for the first time, choosing #34 as a unique homage to his favorite baseball player, Mickey Mantle.\u00a0 Why 34 you ask?\u00a0 3+4=7.<\/p>\n

Absent from the press conference was the 4lbs. of eye black on Harper\u2019s face, however in it\u2019s place was 6lbs. of hair gel used to sculpt a stylish mohawk.\u00a0 It was a crime that they forced him to put on a Nationals\u2019 cap over such a finely crafted \u2018do, however I can sympathize with the general fear of being impaled by those stalagmites on Harper\u2019s head.<\/p>\n

When asked about the mohawk Harper chuckled before stating, ”My sister is a beautician, so she tries different things on me. The ladies like it.”<\/p>\n

It is only a matter of time until Bryce learns that while the chicks may like his mohawk, they dig the long ball even more.<\/p>\n

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After press conference and before their game against the visiting Cardinals, the Nationals had Harper on the field taking several rounds of batting practice.\u00a0 Everybody knew that Harper had some serious power, but seeing how far he could really hit the ball, at the Nationals\u2019 ballpark nonetheless, finally made it all a reality.\u00a0 He took six rounds of batting practice and according to The Washington Post<\/a>, it went like this:<\/p>\n

Round 1:\u00a0 Harper bunts first pitch, drives a bunch the opposite way and drives a ball into the upper-upper deck- a region visited by the likes of Adam Dunn.<\/p>\n

Round 2:\u00a0 Harper does nothing special, compared to the upper deck job of the previous round.<\/p>\n

Round 3:\u00a0 Harper goes yard once.<\/p>\n

Round 4:\u00a0 Harper goes off, dropping 4 bombs.<\/p>\n

Round 5:\u00a0 Once again, Harper drops a single bomb\u2026what\u2019s next?<\/p>\n

Round 6:\u00a0 Harper drops 3 straight bombs.<\/p>\n

You honestly have to see it to believe it.\u00a0 Although the complete video of his batting practice session is unavailable, several clips are shown within this interview from Thursday night:<\/p>\n

Bryce Harper visits booth \u2013 MLB.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Unfortunately the hype surrounding Bryce Harper\u2019s arrival was bittersweet, as on Friday morning the Nationals\u2019 learned that Stephen Strasburg needs Tommy John surgery and would more than likely not return until 2012.\u00a0 Despite his tragic injury, the Nationals\u2019 still have plenty to look forward to with the possibility of both players on the 2012 roster.
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On Thursday evening, the Washington Nationals held a press conference to show off introduce their 1st overall draft pick of 2010, Bryce Harper.\u00a0 Nearly a week and half ago, the Nationals and Harper came to terms on a 5-year, $9.9 million contract- not a bad payday for a 17 year-old.\u00a0 At the press conference, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,16,9,11,13,10,14],"tags":[26,716,42,151],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":844,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}