Hype machine begins - SportsIllustrated puts 16 yr old baseball kid on cover, calls him Chosen One

[put em up]

Originally Posted by cquan05

and runs so fast that he scored on wild pitches six times this season from second base.

 

[justhotkicks]

Aluminum or wooden...that bat speed is ridiculous.

And all these comments about the age has me thinking about:

 

[kicks off]

it's scary when you're that young, and haven't even hit your full potential.

 

[jaysfordays]

Strasburg/Harper battery. eek.

j/k, the Nats will be making serious strides by time this kid becomes draft eligible. so, they won't be able to draft him.

unless:

What the Harpers are considering...is having Bryce earn a GED credential this summer and enroll in a junior college this fall, which would expose him to more challenging baseball competition as well as make him eligible for next June's draft, in which he would likely be the first pick in the country. Under that scenario...Washington could wind up with Strasburg and Harper in the next 12 months-the baseball equivalent of the Cavaliers getting James and Dwight Howard in consecutive NBA drafts.
now that would be bananas!

 

[dland24]

Originally Posted by DaJoka004

Originally Posted by Osh Kosh Bosh

Originally Posted by Kiddin Like Jason

A video of a home run derby proves his legitimacy?

A home run with an aluminum bat at that...

People say this like aluminum bats mean nothing.

Wood sweet spot >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> aluminum sweet spot

Maybe true, but......

aluminum everywhereotherthanthe sweet spot>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wood everywhereotherthanthesweet spot

 

[cincoseisdos]

Originally Posted by Osh Kosh Bosh

Wow this is like Josh Hamilton all over again.

same thought I had

 

[pharelfor3]

man that Drew Henson hype was something fierce.

 

[you big dummy]

this 16year old is crazy

 

[fromthatown]

good looks NT.

 

[sidetrakkd]

16

STERIODS.... DAMN HE HUGE!!!.... (pause)

 

[RyGuy45]

Sports Illustrated's Many, Many Chosen Ones

By Tommy Craggs, Deadspin

Here's the cover of the new Sports Illustrated, in which 16-year-old Bryce Harper is declared the "Chosen One." Sound familiar? It should.
What follows is a lengthy, but far from exhaustive, look at Chosen Ones from the past quarter-century or so of Sports Illustrated. The list isn't restricted to covers or headlines; it includes athletes who've been declared Chosen Ones and athletes who've declared themselves Chosen Ones and athletes who've tattooed themselves Chosen Ones and athletes who've had the crappy luck to appear beneath a punning "Chosen One" headline (often fantasy- or draft-related). I didn't discriminate. Ladies and gentlemen, here, courtesy of Lexis-Nexis, is your sporting elect:

Bryce Harper (2009)
Tim Tebow (2009)
Paul Pierce (200
Chad Johnson (200
Russell Westbrook (200
O.J. Mayo (200
Jerryd Bayless (200
Eric Gordon (200
Brett Favre (2007)
LeBron James (2007, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002)
Tiger Woods (2007, 2006, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1996)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (2007)
Kellen Winslow Jr. (2007, 2004)
Mike Bell (2006)
Manu Ginobili (2005)
Johnny Damon (2004)
The Providence basketball team (2004)
Michelle Wie (2004)
Carmelo Anthony (2004)
Five guys who played the 2004 FBR Open on a sponsor's exemption (2004)
Bruce Jenner (2004)
Carl Lewis (2004)
Matt Biondi (2004)
Marion Jones (2004)
Michael Phelps (2004)
Vitali Klitschko (2003)
Ichiro Suzuki (2002)
Tara Dakides (2002)
Zab Judah (2001)
Santino Quaranta (2001)
Bobby Convey (2001)
Shaun King (1999)
Andre Wadsworth (199
Magic Johnson (1996)
Michael Jordan (1995)
Lew Alcindor (1995)
Danny Manning (1995)
Kyle Macy (1995)
Bobby Hurley (1995)
Patrick Ewing (1995)
Cazzie Russell (1995)
Steve Alford (1995)
Darrell Griffith (1995)
Sidney Moncrief (1995)
Larry Johnson (1995)
Anthony Epps (1994)
Dave Henderson (1991)
Jack Keefe (1987)
Isiah Thomas (1987)
Livingstone Bramble (1985)
Andrew Toney (1982)
Terry Cummings (1982)

 

[651akathepaul]

Horrible percentage they got going on there.

 

[CP1708]

RyGuy45 wrote:

It was after one of those player-for-hire trips that Sheri began to understand that her son was really special. Bryce, then 12, was playing in a tournament in Alabama on a field with 250-foot fences. It was a trip Sheri could not attend. When Bryce phoned home, Sheri asked him how he'd done. "I did all right," he replied.

Later one of the coaches called Sheri. "Did he say anything to you?" the coach asked.

"No, not really," Sheri said.

"He went 12 for 12. Eleven home runs and a double."



Whoever it was that held him to that double prolly went off the field on his teammates shoulders like he was Rudy or some sh*^.

 

[john ohh]

Its sad to think my cousin could be in this kids league if it wasn't for some stupid mistakes he made. He hit 370-400 foot shots when he was 12.

He is 6-3 and 215 pounds at age 15. Touching 90. Chose to pursue hockeyinstead.

 

[RyGuy45]

CP

Ball prob hit the top of the fence too

 

[jaysfordays]

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/48007317.html

brace yourselves for a Strasburg/Harper battery.

 

[651akathepaul]

He's quitting high school.

Talented or not, that's a dumb move.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...rt-Bryce-Harper-s-decision-to-?urn=mlb,170270

 

[651akathepaul]

^What do you know?


Glad to see things are panning out for Bryce. Given all the hype, it's nice to see him push through and make himself better everyday and doing the right things so that not only will he not fail, but truly be one of the better ballplayers in the game.

 

[fraij da 5 11]

I don't eem like baseball but I saw this SI when I was at the dentists when it was relatively new... I was definitely interested in the kid and can't imagine how much pressure hes under from all these enormous expectations.

Bryce is appreciated.

 

[finallyfamous]

The posts bashing him

Harper