PHILADELPHIA – Bryce Harper is about to take one other swing at fatherhood — and he did it with a blue bat.
The Philadelphia Phillies slugger used a blue bat in his first plate look of Monday evening’s recreation towards San Francisco as a part of a gender reveal for his fourth youngster.
A two-time NL MVP, Harper introduced in a group assembly that his household was set to develop. He later asked All-Star shortstop Trea Turner for an assist with a most uncommon reveal.
Harper had ordered two custom-made bats from Victus Sports activities — one of many bat producers that produced the torpedo bat — in pink for a woman and blue for a boy.
“He is a fairly artistic man,” Turner mentioned. “He was good sufficient to ask me to do it and I believed it was a pleasant second for him and his household.”
Harper and his spouse, Kayla, have already got three younger kids collectively. The Harpers have a son named named Krew and two daughters, Brooklyn and Kamryn. Harper was not instantly obtainable for remark after the Phillies lost 10-4.
“Any time you may have a child, I do know it is a fourth, however nonetheless, it is fairly cool,” Turner mentioned.
Turner had the pink and blue bats within the dugout earlier than the Phillies hit within the first inning. Turner teased Harper with the pink bat earlier than pulling it again and buying and selling it for blue.
“He thought he was having a lady, so I needed to mess with him a bit bit,” Turner mentioned. “Positive sufficient, it was a boy. I ended up handing him the blue one and he was fairly comfortable.”
Harper struck out with the blue bat. He resumed swinging his common bat for the remainder of the sport and completed 1 for five.
“I believe he would have been excited both means,” Turner mentioned. “Now he is obtained two of every. I really feel like, type of a whole household already, however any time you possibly can add one other particular person to the household, I believe it is particular. I believe he is tremendous excited.”
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