This Kid is a Freak

[jasont]

Incredible video, kids only 16.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Bryce-Harper-punches-his-ticket-to-Cooperstown-a?urn=mlb,167844

[Willie Bee]

Jason, was reading a little more about this kid and being the pessimistic old fart that I am, I'll believe it when I see it. What I was trying to find out is if that bit near the end of this piece about Scott Boras already being his 'advisor' was actually true or not. So far, have not been able to confirm that; he's not showing up yet on Boras' list of amateur clients.

[jasont]

I actually searched this earlier and came up with a few articles that confirmed that Boras was an advisor. I'm quite impressed with him and Wilmer Flores in particular. Baseball should see its share of phenoms, like LBJ in basketball, pretty soon.

[sweetjones55]

Yes, Boras is his advisor. The kid throws 96mph and hit a 507 foot HR at tropicana field, longest HR ever hit in the stadium. There is a clip of it in this video http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...&v=jQQ5cZD8PgU.
He was using a metal bat but it is very impressive.

[Willie Bee]

If the family was just dirt, bottom-dollar poor, I might understand this. But they're not. They've gotten his name out through the media and simply cashing in early, just can't think of any possible way I'd want my kid to just ditch high school to play ball.

By the way, what does it tell you about the entry standards of the College of Southern Nevada if they will enroll a kid BEFORE he even takes his GED?

LINK

Harper and his family told the Las Vegas Review-Journal yesterday that he's going to take his GED test this fall and has already enrolled at the College of Southern Nevada. These steps make Harper eligible for the 2010 Major League Baseball draft, greatly strengthening a rather average class.


The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Harper hit .626 with 14 home runs, 55 RBIs and 36 stolen bases this season for LVHS; he will play on the same CSN team as his older brother, Bryan, a left-handed pitcher transferring from Cal State Northridge for the 2010 season.

[Deuce]

I want to see Miggy Cabrera use a metal bat and see how far he hits it. Specifically at Yankee Stadium. Unreal.

[Deuce]

On a side note, the kids parents need to be shot. Letting your son quit HS to pursue a career in MLB. If he takes a bad beat off the knee or tears his rotator, he is done. Has no education to fall upon when he becomes homeless.

[jjgold]

Too early to tell especially for baseball talent, he can be a bust.

[jjgold]

LOL

I just saw video, ok he is a freak but with wooden bats

Lets see him with wood

It is unreal though

[bostonbruins]

got enough f*n ads in that vid

[Willie Bee]

On a side note, the kids parents need to be shot. Letting your son quit HS to pursue a career in MLB. If he takes a bad beat off the knee or tears his rotator, he is done. Has no education to fall upon when he becomes homeless.

Well he will have that Associate's degree from the College of Southern Nevada

[El Sol]

On a side note, the kids parents need to be shot. Letting your son quit HS to pursue a career in MLB. If he takes a bad beat off the knee or tears his rotator, he is done. Has no education to fall upon when he becomes homeless.

your comment is a little premature, If my kid was a sports prodigy, u better believe I would do everything i can to get him out there even if it meant sacrificing some school. You can get an education and a career at anytime, but with sports, you can only succeed when you're young.

[Deuce]

your comment is a little premature, If my kid was a sports prodigy, u better believe I would do everything i can to get him out there even if it meant sacrificing some school. You can get an education and a career at anytime, but with sports, you can only succeed when you're young.

Or you do what the educated citizen would do, find the best private school to place the kid in with the best ball program. Over achieving in said circumstances makes the kid look overall better than being a HS drop out.

[jjgold]

Or you do what the educated citizen would do, find the best private school to place the kid in with the best ball program. Over achieving in said circumstances makes the kid look overall better than being a HS drop out.

Deuce is correct here, most likely kid will be a bust, if he can do with wooden bats I might change my mind.

[Vikings2]

ditto what jjgold said.

[flyingillini]

Be bless his talents. Jesus Christ has blessed him with the ability to become a star. God bless his talents.

[El Sol]

you must be young, there are many paths to success. Life isnt as linear as you may think


edit.. responding to duece

[Deuce]

you must be young, there are many paths to success. Life isnt as linear as you may think


edit.. responding to duece

Yeah, you're right. Which is why so many HS drop outs are millionaires.

[El Sol]

I guess you were born with a silver dildo up your ass and have parents like mr and mrs brady . Some of us have to seize the oppurtunitys given to us, or spend the rest of our life regretting that we didnt.

Congratulations on your narrow view of things. Get outside of your daddys penthouse and experience the real world. Not everyone is or even wants to join the ranks of uptight snobby ph.ucks like yourself.

[j0hnnyv]

this kid is a stud. is there anything he cant do??

[Deuce]

I guess you were born with a silver dildo up your ass and have parents like mr and mrs brady . Some of us have to seize the oppurtunitys given to us, or spend the rest of our life regretting that we didnt.

Congratulations on your narrow view of things. Get outside of your daddys penthouse and experience the real world. Not everyone is or even wants to join the ranks of uptight snobby ph.ucks like yourself.

I work 60 hours a week, put myself through college, and live in the real world. Thanks for the advice you hard nosed dunce.

[Willie Bee]

I'm just happy to hear you wern't born with a silver dildo up your ass, Deuce. That's got to be uncomfortable at the least.

[L2Gunz]

[raydog]

big kid with more moving parts than a fukking transformer. guy has big swing speed, but who the fukk doesnt when they try to kill every ball coming at them??? looks good hitting 60mph balls out of the park with aluminum, but hasnt even seen college level pitches, so i dont see what all the hype is. his parents are money hungry and dont care if their kid is a dumbass or not. good luck to him, he will need it

[VegasDave]

I know where you he-should-finish-high-school people are coming from, but honestly, this kid was put on the planet to play baseball. I don't doubt that he may end up dumb as a bag of rocks and socially awkward to boot, but this kid is arguably the greatest baseball prospect of all time. His first contract alone in the $50-$75 million range will set him up for life much much more comfortably than all of us here on the board with our high school and/or college degrees.

I wish I was so naturally gifted at something that there was a crystal clear multi-million dollar career laid out for me, too. Honestly, fvck high school.

[element1286]

I know where you he-should-finish-high-school people are coming from, but honestly, this kid was put on the planet to play baseball. I don't doubt that he may end up dumb as a bag of rocks and socially awkward to boot, but this kid is arguably the greatest baseball prospect of all time. His first contract alone in the $50-$75 million range will set him up for life much much more comfortably than all of us here on the board with our high school and/or college degrees.

I wish I was so naturally gifted at something that there was a crystal clear multi-million dollar career laid out for me, too. Honestly, fvck high school.

I agree.

[L2Gunz]

I know where you he-should-finish-high-school people are coming from, but honestly, this kid was put on the planet to play baseball. I don't doubt that he may end up dumb as a bag of rocks and socially awkward to boot, but this kid is arguably the greatest baseball prospect of all time. His first contract alone in the $50-$75 million range will set him up for life much much more comfortably than all of us here on the board with our high school and/or college degrees.

I wish I was so naturally gifted at something that there was a crystal clear multi-million dollar career laid out for me, too. Honestly, fvck high school.

I agree too...if the opportunity presents itself...
run with it...

[AMBlai01]

I am already sick of this little shit...

[Deuce]

[gryfyn1]

Deuce is correct here, most likely kid will be a bust, if he can do with wooden bats I might change my mind.

He Can do it with wooden bats - he's playing in JuCo where they use only wooden bats --

His stats --

-- 66g 215 AB, 29 HR, 22 2B, 4 3B, 18 SB 89 RBI; batting 442/524/986 --

-- Yes a .981 slugging -

His last Play-off game he went 6-6 4HR, 2B, 3B, 10RBI

[gryfyn1]

On the note of leaving school - why do people get an education? to get the best job possible and earn the most money - Harper is already guaranteed to make more than 95% of people - seems the level of schooling he got did its job.

[mikemca]

Deuce is correct here, most likely kid will be a bust, if he can do with wooden bats I might change my mind.

He was live on MLB channel tonight after he got drafted and he said he has been hitting with wooden bats since he was 7.He hit .443 with 31 home runs and 98 RBIs in his first college season in a wood bat league after skipping his final two years of high school and getting his GED.

[mikemca]

However being a Phillies fan I remember the hype on J.D Drew.He was to be the next Mickey Mantle but kinda just average.BTW I hate J.D. Drew.

[HustleGetPaid]

However being a Phillies fan I remember the hype on J.D Drew.He was to be the next Mickey Mantle but kinda just average.BTW I hate J.D. Drew.

J.D. Drew or Scott Boras?

[mikemca]

I dislike them both but JD Drew is the little dikhead who would rather play for the ST Paul Saints instead of the Phillies.Guess it was for the best though being we are doing just fine without his ego in the clubhouse.