Man Crush

Man, I love watching Bryce Harper play baseball. He attacks the game the way I attack buffets. If you missed it last night, Harper was once again fearless and aggressive on the base paths, scoring from third on a weak ground ball pack to the pitcher. You have to wonder how sustainable his style is, but we'll worry about the future in the future. For now, I'm buying my son a Washington Nationals Harper 34 jersey. And maybe one for me, too.

I can't embed the video, but you can see the play at this link.

Adam Kilgore of The Washington Post penned a great description of Harper's Thursday night base running prowess:

"Ryan Zimmerman followed and tapped a dribbler to the left of the mound, which [Justin] Germano fielded. Just off third base, Harper froze as Germano looked him back. Germano, satisfied Harper would behave like the other 99 percent of major league baserunners, turned his back and threw to first. Harper did not behave like other major league baserunners. He did not take two quiet steps back to third base. He ran like the fastest kid in Little League, the one who runs until he is tagged out and makes other parents want to look at his birth certificate. He ran like someone dared him to. Harper darted, hell-bent for home."