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Bryce Harper (Buckeyes Fan, Philadelphia Phillies)

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osugrad21;1494356; said:
Not many playing on the grass there eh? The scary thing is the bats would also likely be mandated to be heavier...HS used to be -4 and had to change back to a -3 ratio. The only problem in MLB is these guys are strong enough to swing that much weight...
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Edge of the OF grass maybe.

We all know metal bats in MLB = dead MLB players but I'd pay money to watch them used in a HR derby.
 
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MaxBuck;1490152; said:
Does this person live in Narnia?
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What are you getting at? You wanna watch Hamilton swing high on crack? Actually on second thought...

AmeriBuck007;1494354; said:
Gary Sheffield swings harder than anyone in baseball, outside of maybe Vlad Guerrero. You try playin 3B with one of those two up at the plate with a metal bat.
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Natural lefty, so I'd be playing first base. It'd probably be out of the infield anyway. Look, I'm not arguing that Gary Sheffield isn't a decent pick, or someone I'd want to watch; more that I'd prefer to see other players than Sheffield. I'd like to see MLB players swing metal bats in a Home Run Derby, or some exhibition event only. Never in the real game. It's bad enough college players are using them.
 
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Regardless of all this Harper has a sweet, sweet swing. A 110+ mph swing with an aluminum bat as a 15 year old still equates to a pretty damn fast swing with a wooden bat. Baseball is just the hardest sport to be able to project someone as a superstar, and getting drafted shortly after he gets his drivers license probably wont turn out too well. Which means that we should look for the Indians to take him with the 1st pick of the 2010 draft.
 
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AmeriBuck007;1494373; said:
Regardless of all this Harper has a sweet, sweet swing. A 110+ mph swing with an aluminum bat as a 15 year old still equates to a pretty damn fast swing with a wooden bat. Baseball is just the hardest sport to be able to project someone as a superstar, and getting drafted shortly after he gets his drivers license probably wont turn out too well. Which means that we should look for the Indians to take him with the 1st pick of the 2010 draft.
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Agree completely. Time will tell how this player develops mentally, emotionally, and physically from adolescence to young adulthood while being in such a spotlight, much less his playing ability.
 
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Man this kid is talented...but I can't stand him simply because of the media hype. Every time he gets a hit it's all over twitter, and commentators and highlight shows act like even the most mediocre defensive plays are Maysesque. I guess the media decided MLB needed their own Tebow. Don't get me wrong, I realize how fast he's progressing and that he's having a killer season...but even if he is is obviously outperformed by Trout or Frazier at the end of the year hes going to be voted ROY. Whenever I even see Nats highlights I change the channel because its become absolutely nauseating. I even have to avoid some of my favorite non-team specific baseball forums because its gotten so bad. But damn the kid has a hell of a swing.
 
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