Bryce Harper: A star in the making for the Washington Nationals - Part 1
As young as a deer, as belligerent as a soldier and as enthusiastic as a fan, Bryce Harper finally puts his feet in the Major League. A son of an iron worker with hardly a college degree in hand, Harper kicks off a new life, one promising so much on the
menu, fame, glory, glamour and just about everything that a kid like him can easily find overwhelming, exorbitant and downright counter-product at worst.
Some of the guys are made for a single thing in life. Their whole life they exploit it to perfection, never are betrayed by it and easily leave one wondering whether they will even see a decline. As soon as they take their first breath, it seems that it
serves only to disillusion their proclivities, their sole expedition and just what they have to be rest of their life. Nothing bares them from reaching the pinnacle of their potential.
Here we see a guy, receiving his General Educational Development from high school just in 2009, at the age of 16 and within a span of three years he makes a Major League debut. His flamboyance overwhelms him, his penchant for perfection inspires and his
doubtless prodigy re-enforces the kind of player he is going to be.
As if being born for Baseball, Bryce Harper will pass through a flurry of laurels right at the start of his career. He will become a first pick of the Washington Nationals in 2010 Major League Baseball Draft and will fetch distinction of playing All-Star
Futures Game.
So much so, an immediate jump from Double A to Triple A was nothing short of giving an impression that a supernatural force is keeping him above an altitude of the earth.
Then in 2011, an optometrist was literally perplexed to know how on earth Harper can connect cleanly on the plate with such weak eyesight he had. Homers he slammed and stunning plays he can make while standing in the outfield forfeited therefore, if one
goes by the examination of optometrist Dr. Keith Smithson.
Forfeited in a sense that, at-least he possesses something others don’t, is supported by something standing only with him. It is a kind of force, which is destined for him and pushes him every time even when he himself has no control over his ability.
All the distinctions he has crowned on his head thus far have now taken him to a place where their replication will matter the most. A stage has reached where even a fraction of what he has achieved so far can make him beloved and chased after personality
for the fans.
Stood in the outfield, watched not just by a sell-out crowd at Dodger Stadium, but also by his family members, his movements were tantalising. He will jump up to bring his gloves into play during the game. He will stand on the plate as composed as a cat
and will slam a hit, much to a fascination of all the gazes, being pinned at him during the moment.
Adding to the fascination of the fans is the high aims he sets for himself. He would on-purpose select the number 34 shirt, in a desire to feel like a former New York Yankees centre-fielder, Mickey Mantle by creating his own analogy of three plus four resulting
seven, which was actually the number Mantle’s shirt bore. The way Mantle ruled baseball for 18 Major League seasons, he aims to follow suit.
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Continued in part 2
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