Bryce Harper...

[UtahDan]

Point out that he's Mormon as a human interest story?

I guess my problem with it is it shines a spotlight on an aspect of his life that has a lot of potential to change at least for a time. Will it be anyone's business when at some point a picture surfaces of him enjoying a beer? How will that affect him as a young player? It's one thing to be on the front page because you have a DUI, quite another because someone takes a picture of your girlfriend leaving the next morning. As a fan of him as a player I would just as soon not see him carrying the weight of those expectations around as well as the potential of problems occurring. It's one thing for an older guy like Tebow, or pretty much any BYU guy who goes to the NFL, but Harper is a baby. I don't know. Just seems like one pressure too many.

[MarkGrace]

He did lose the ball, but badly.

If he did lose the ball AND runners advanced an extra base, would it be an error? I assume so.

Yeah, that's possible. Say for instance he loses the ball, and then it lands right in front of him and takes a routine bounce toward him that he whiffs on, allowing the runner to advance to second. That could potentially be ruled an error. And the hitter wouldn't get credit for a double. It's just recored as a single and then advancement on error.

[Commando]

Harper, whose favorite breakfast spot is the Breakfast Club, in Scottsdale, Ariz., is starting to cook for himself.

Bryce and I have something in common it seems! :rockon1:

[CJF]

He did lose the ball, but badly.

If he did lose the ball AND runners advanced an extra base, would it be an error? I assume so.

Typically the outfielder has to touch the ball to get charged with an error, but that is not the written rule. Just traditional score keeping. I think the official rule states something along the lines of a misjudgment is not an error. So losing the ball in the lights should not be charged as an error.

[DU Ute]

Point out that he's Mormon as a human interest story?

It sounds like they had to force the info out of him. Horrible.

[Commando]

I wish they wouldn't do this to him.

Point out that he's Mormon as a human interest story?

[DU Ute]

He did lose the ball, but badly.

If he did lose the ball AND runners advanced an extra base, would it be an error? I assume so.

Losing a flyball is not considered an error.

[TripletDaddy]

I didn't see it so I couldn't tell you. Did he lose the ball? If so, typically not an error. Did the runner get an extra base? If not, typically not an error.

He did lose the ball, but badly.

If he did lose the ball AND runners advanced an extra base, would it be an error? I assume so.

[UtahDan]

The Mo thing really starting to get more traction.


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...ame/56108740/1


http://www.nesn.com/2012/07/tim-tebo....html#comments

I wish they wouldn't do this to him.

[Surfah]

I didn't see it so I couldn't tell you. Did he lose the ball? If so, typically not an error. Did the runner get an extra base? If not, typically not an error.

This. He lost the ball. Started straight up and it landed ten feet behind him, no extra base.

[MarkGrace]

Did anyone post Harper's boneheaded fielding error in last nights game? Also, why wasn't it ruled an error?

I didn't see it so I couldn't tell you. Did he lose the ball? If so, typically not an error. Did the runner get an extra base? If not, typically not an error.

[TripletDaddy]

Did anyone post Harper's boneheaded fielding error in last nights game? Also, why wasn't it ruled an error?

[MarkGrace]

The Mo thing really starting to get more traction.

Harper, a Mormon who doesn't drink and insists he'll never touch a drop of alcohol in his life, can't go out with most of his teammates at night. Even if he's not drinking, he's not old enough to enter a nightclub. He lives alone, and if not listening to country music or watching sports, will study the Food Channel, determining which restaurants to visit on the road.

"I can't really go out at night or anything," he says, "but breakfast is my thing. I love breakfast, especially pancakes. So I try to go out and find get best breakfast and lunch spots. That's my thing."

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...ame/56108740/1

Harper's ascent to the major leagues, where he now plays for the Washington Nationals, was full of awe, but it also had some hiccups. Harper has never been shy about showing his talent, and as he conquered each stage of the game, he started showing people up, too. He's blown kisses at a pitcher, drawn lines in the dirt to show umpires where he thought strikes were balls and, overall, been pretty cocky.

That's why a lot of people do a double-take when they find out Harper is Mormon -- and not just check-a-box Mormon, but follow-the-book Mormon. Harper famously doesn't drink (the source of "that's a clown question, bro"), but he also doesn't party or get into much mischief off the field.

It's difficult to imagine the impetuous Harper as a devout anything, but by all reports, he's serious about his faith. And as he becomes a larger figure in American consciousness, he hasn't been shy about acknowledging what he believes and explaining how it fits in with his everyday life.

http://www.nesn.com/2012/07/tim-tebo....html#comments

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That car is bad ass.

[Art Vandelay]

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