Baseball's LeBron James?

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    http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1156215/1/index.htm

     
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    Holy...Fuck...

    HGH in his baby formula!
     
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    If not, imagine how good he'll be when he reaches the major leagues and starts using steroids.
     
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    I want this guy on my team when me and my friends play "Over the line" (like home run derby) on Thanksgiving mornings
     
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    What is steroids and HGH for 500.
     
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    Some footage of Harper, including the 502 foot homer in Tropicana Stadium.

    [video=youtube;liS3kGvQ9Bk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liS3kGvQ9Bk[/video]
     
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    ok...he hit the HR with a metal bat and DOES NOT throw out people from his knees
     
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    Repped.
     
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    That was mentioned in the article. It's still completely ridiculous for a 16 year old.

    How do you know? The video showed him doing drills with the Yankees. You don't throw from your knees in drills, you do it in games.
     
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    I thought this was an April Fool's article at first. The kid has unbelievable tools at a very young age.

    Of course, baseball requires so much more than just physical tools. Hopefully he can keep learning the game and be ready to make a splash in the bigs sometime soon.

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    Who was the George Plimpton creation? Was it Sid Finch or something like that?
     
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    I know. Harper seems a bit ridiculous, like a player generated by a cheat in a video game. "Okay, a catcher who throws out base-runners like Pudge Rodriguez, hits like Mickey Mantle, runs like Rickey Henderson and can play any position. Oh and just for fun, give him a mid-90s fastball."
     
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    Hehe. Yeah. Sidd Finch.

    168 mph fastball.

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    And he'll have a bad back and hurt knees after 4 years in the majors. Better got him out from behind the plate now.
     
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