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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
16 Years Old and Baseball's Chosen One?
In a recent article in Sports Illustrated they did a cover story on a 16 year old prodigy Bryce Harper. Harper is a catcher at Las Vegas High School and he has hit a 570 foot Home Run and can throw a 96 MPH fastball. They are going as far as saying that he is Baseball's LeBron. Also his parents are considering taking him out of high school a year early so he can enter next years draft and not the 2011 draft. Now if the kid is good the kid is good but arent we putting a little to much pressure on someone who is just 16 years of age. Also is there a reason to rush him a year if Harper is as good as everyone says does it matter if he gets drafted in 2010 or 2011? We are seeing the same kind of hype and pressure on a certain catcher here in Baltimore. It has gone so far that a fan site for Matt Wieters has his Hall of Fame plaque and it says that he led the Orioles to 20 World Championships. Now i do believe Wieters will be a great player but putting him in the Hall of Fame is a little premature, though i understand why O's fans are putting all their hopes on this kid after 12 straight losing seasons. For Wieters and Harpers sake i just hope the pressure doesnt get to both of them. In Harpers case if you are already being called the Chosen One what do you have to do to not be a bust. How many records do you have to break? How many Championships do you have to win? Can Harper ever live up to the hype of being baseball's chosen one? only time will tell.
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