Bryce Harper

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Show Name: I-95 Rundown

Episode Title: Bryce Harper

You are listening to I-95 Rundown the podcast with your host Charlie.

In this episode of I-95 Rundown the Podcast we discuss: The Phillies and many different players who play for the team today.

Segment 1: Bryce Harper’s Early life

Bryce Aron Max Harper was born on October 16, 1992. In Las Vegas, Nevada
Harper attended Las Vegas High School.
His Dad was a steelworker and a Paralegal.
Touted as the next big thing in baseball when he was 16 years old.
He played T-Ball when he was 3 against kids twice his age.
His Dad threw Sunflower Seeds, Bottle Tops, and Dried Red Beans to improve his hand eye coordination with the ball.
Before Harper’s 10th birthday he was competing on travel teams, over the next seven years playing in 80 to 130 games a year.
When he was 16 he hit a ball 502 feet at Tropicana Field. This is the longest homerun ever hit. in this park.
He also played football and snowboarded.
Bryce Harper’s role models were Pete Rose and Mickey Mantle

Sports Illustrated put Harper on it’s cover with the headline Baseball's Chosen One
He was called Baseball’s LeBron
The Washington Nationals drafted him number overall in 2010.
Harper’s first contract was when he signed a 9.9 million dollar contract with the Washington Nationals.
The Nationals called him up when he had just played 21 games in the minors.
Harper made his Major league debut at the Dodger Stadium on April 28 at age 19.
That season he hit .270 and 22 Home runs. He won the NL Rookie of the year.
In 2015, He hit .330 and 42 Home Runs and won NL MVP as an unanimous choice.
In his last season with the Nationals he won the home run derby in front of his fans in Washington, DC.

In the next off season, Harper signed a 13 year, 330 million dollar contract with the rival Philadelphia Philles.
Harper went up against his former team early in his first season with the Phillies and faced heavy Boos. He responded with a second deck home run helping the Phillies win.
During his seven seasons in Washington, the team was never able to advance past the division series, but they were able to win the world series in the first year without him.
Two years later, in 2021, he won his second NL MVP award, hitting .309, with 35 homers.
In the 2022 playoffs Harper hit five home runs in the first three rounds, helping the Phillies to a trip to the World Series, which they lost to the Houston Astros.
In the following off season, Harper underwent Tommy John Surgery to repair his right elbow.
He was able to recover and lead the team into a deep run in the 2023 playoffs
Most recently Harper hit .285, 30 Home runs and 87 RBI’s throughout the 2024 season. Leading the team to the best record in the majors.
Despite the Phillies losing earlier than they expected to, Harper did his part hitting .333, 1 Home run and 4 RBI’s against the New York Mets.
Trea Vance Turner was born in Boynton Beach, Florida, June 30, 1993
Turner played College Baseball at North Carolina State.
Turner previously played for the Washington Nationals and
The Los Angeles Dodgers.
Turner attended Park Vista Community High School in Lake Worth,
Florida.

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Works Cited:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bryce-Harper