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Bryce Harper SUPER nice today at the Marlins/Nats game with Pics

Mdube16Mdube16 Posts: 744 ✭✭
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Went to the Marlins - Nationals game today at Marlins Park with my son. We had great seats for autographs and wanted to share. Got a few nice autographs aside from these also. Gio Gonzalez (who is from Miami) went into the stands and had a line formed and signed and posed for pictures with anyone who waited. Ian Desmond and Edwin Jackson also signed. Strasburg signed in another area but didnt stop for us BUT........Bryce Harper came and signed for everyone in the section. Adults, kids, balls, pics, hats....you name it. Probably signed 15-20. Posed for pics too as you can see. Nice full autographs on the sweetspot. Super friendly and accommodating. Pretty amazing stuff. Love the look of awe on my son's face when he is sighing his ball. We have been ripping boxes looking for Harpers for months now and to "meet" was awesome.


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  • pmcollectourpmcollectour Posts: 1,211 ✭
    Those are awesome pics. Your son has a memory of a lifetime. Thanks for sharing.
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AWESOME story!

    Glad to see he realizes how much this stuff means to the fans. Tell your son to put those in a ball display case and keep them for life.


    Thanks for sharing I love to hear about moments like this!

  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Very nice. Seems like you guys had a fun time together. I hope your son keeps the ball for a long time as a remembrance of some father/son time.
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  • pmcollectourpmcollectour Posts: 1,211 ✭
    I'm sure you'll save the ticket stubs to verify that you have a rookie season signed ball from harper.
    Get the pics on some kind of back up disc too.
  • TonyCTonyC Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭
    Good to hear Bryce was personable!
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  • Mdube16Mdube16 Posts: 744 ✭✭
    One ball goes into my display here in the home office and the other is on his shelf. I was blown away with how great Harper was with all of the fans AND that my son was so impressed to meet him. I am an autograph collector so he has been in plenty of situations with famous people since he was very young and most players dont impress him. Harper really got him excited and that was great for me to watch. Usually it takes a big time WWE superstar to get him this fired up!
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,912 ✭✭✭
    Very nice - I hope you do what you want with the auto's...

    you will always have the pics and the memory...

    Did he have personal security?



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  • miconelegacymiconelegacy Posts: 3,052 ✭
    Glad you had a blast!!!

    Bryce is something fresh to baseball this year, and he's been playing great. Glad you had a great time, and you and your son spending a day at a game is perfect IMO.

    Thanks for sharing. image
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  • Mdube16Mdube16 Posts: 744 ✭✭


    << <i>Very nice - I hope you do what you want with the auto's...

    you will always have the pics and the memory...

    Did he have personal security? >>



    No personal security...just the ballpark guys who come over any time a player signs.

    No PMs as they arent for sale!
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great stuff! Thanks for sharing the pics--very sharp photos btw, nice job!


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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Glad to see he is watching WWE!!


  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,745 ✭✭✭
    Great story. Thanks for sharing. Your son must have been super excited.


    Thanks,

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good stuff, its nice to see Harper act like a gentleman.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    and yet, still technically a teenager.

    how much better than that does it get for a young baseball fan?
  • jay0791jay0791 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭✭
    just awesome !!!!!!!!!!!

    I hope your son remembers that day forever...and harper continues to be that way. Kudus for him.
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  • dennis07dennis07 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭
    Too bad you have no proof it's a real Harper!! Just kidding. Congrats for the memories-- they last a lifetime.
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  • sportscardtheorysportscardtheory Posts: 1,786 ✭✭✭
    That is awesome. Man, that Harper is such a huge arrogant jerk, isn't he. lol ; )
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  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    That is FANTASTIC!!!
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  • StoogeStooge Posts: 4,668 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Your son seems very happy and that is really what its all about. What a great day for him to hang with his Dad and get to meet a star like Harper.

    Those are certainly memories for life!

    Thanks for sharing...

    Paul.

    Later, Paul.
  • brianwintersfanbrianwintersfan Posts: 3,626 ✭✭
    That is very cool. One of my best memories of being a kid was going to Bucks games in the late 70's and early 80's with my dad, and being able to go down to the locker rooms after the game and get autographs. Nice to see some of the current stars understand what a big deal it is to the younger fans.
  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Good stuff, its nice to see Harper act like a gentleman. >>



    Cole Hamels could learn a thing or 2 from him.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    there's more to that statement than meets the eye, read: act........

    quite a bit of pressure on Bryce Harper just being Bryce Harper.

    an organization which is absolutely desperate to achieve will hang their hopes on these new guys they've brought in, so it's up to those same guys to keep every baseball fan interested in them.

    their veteran teammates have high expectations, as do their managers, coaches and ownership.

    society will ask Bryce Harper, in particular, to represent the very best of his game by being polite and devoted to those people who help pay his bills.

    then, those same people will expect him to go out and perform with a look of determination and a desire to beat the crap out of any opponent who tries to defeat him.

    it's nice that kids love autographed baseballs, and some may one day appreciate how remarkable Bryce Harper has been so far just trying to be himself.
  • WaltWalt Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭
    When did he get his ears fixed?
  • scmavlscmavl Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭
    Great story, glad your son got that memory. Seems like Bryce has grown up a lot in the past month.
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  • GB5HOFGB5HOF Posts: 590 ✭
    Harper is quickly becoming my favorite player to watch. I'm in Detroit...and have seen 4-5 of his games on TV. Once he went first to third on a single, and then stole home. This weekend he turned an everyday single into a double when Jason Heyward lazily played a ground ball in RF. I hope he keeps playing this way...reminds me of my all time favorite player, George Brett.

    Your pics and experience with him makes me like him even more.
  • CollectorAtWorkCollectorAtWork Posts: 859 ✭✭✭
    Great story. You might want to send your ball into PSA/DNA to get certified as a "Rookie" ball, e.g., ball autographed during player's rookie year.
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  • 123Slider123Slider Posts: 851 ✭✭
    Great pics!!!!

    I will say that I am impressed with how Harper is handling himself in the bigs.

    He had more than a little baggage from college and the minors and it is great to see him playing as he does and seeing the interaction as in the OP.

    Kudos to whoever told the kid how to do it the right way. I hope he runs all balls out, like he has been and takes pictures with kids his whole career and not just to put on a show during his first year.

    Many other players should take note as stated in a previous post.
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  • GarabaldiGarabaldi Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭
    Awesome, those are memories that both of you will cherish.
  • 1960toppsguy1960toppsguy Posts: 1,127 ✭✭
    That's what it's all about!
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