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Sport Specific Training Discussion => Sports Discussion => Baseball => Topic started by: adarqui on June 07, 2010, 10:45:13 pm

Title: Bryce Harper
Post by: adarqui on June 07, 2010, 10:45:13 pm

rip told me about this kid, apparently he's a phenom.. he's got a pretty sick swing/power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gr23DWu97Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gr23DWu97Y

Title: Re: Bryce Harper
Post by: nba8340 on June 08, 2010, 10:41:15 am

crazy, why forego high school and go that college though?

Title: Re: Bryce Harper
Post by: LBSS on June 08, 2010, 01:35:57 pm

Quote from: nba8340 on June 08, 2010, 10:41:15 am

crazy, why forego high school and go that college though?

To play against competition closer to his level. You can't get better if you're a shark in a garden pond full of goldfish. See: all American soccer "stars" before the current crop of Howard, Altidore, Dempsey, etc. An international-level American player would be wasting his time on a college team or in the MLS (ahem, Donovan, ahem) because he'd be too far superior to everyone else. Same reason someone like John Wall has no business playing in college. What's the point?

Title: Re: Bryce Harper
Post by: nba8340 on June 08, 2010, 02:27:33 pm

true, if i'm not mistaken i heard on tv today the nationals drafted harper. they are gonna bring him up slowly like they did with strasburg