Bryce Harper, the 19-year-old rookie for the Washington Nationals has done it again. Harper smashed a monster home run against the Atlanta Braves Sunday night on national television. Check it out here:
Harper went 1-4 in helping his team beat the Braves 7-2. The rookie has been in the Bigs just one month (debut April 28) and already has 4 homers along with a .287 batting average. He’s also driven in 11 RBI.
And just in case you think he’s all bat and no field – take a look at this play he made to rob the Braves of an extra base hit:
The kid won’t even be 20 until October and already he’s becoming a force, helping the surprising Nationals to first place in the National League East. Just another reason to visit this great stadium next time you’re in D.C. — Nationals Park is truly a great place to see a ballgame.
Nationals Park
The $611 million publicly financed park features a 4,500-square-foot-high-definition scoreboard. It seats 41,888 and offers great views of the Capitol and Washington Monument, but it is the park’s “green” amenities that are truly inspiring.
The field is actually below street level, so fans can enter the park without using elevators, stairs or ramps, making it easy to get to the seats. But it’s the on-field entertainment that also makes Nationals Park so fun. Whereas Milwaukee has its wiener races, in Washington it’s the president who run around the track – in this case, small people dressed up in over-sized heads of the most popular presidents.
In this presidential race that Matt and I saw (below), Teddy Roosevelt won in a landslide over Abe Lincoln,
TR Wins The Race
who finished second and not third because he decked George Washington in the chops, sending the Father of Our Country flying to the turf, proving that politics is a full-contact sport – especially in Nationals Park.
