The boy returned to the original scene of the crime, Tampa

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The first time we spotted Bryce Harper, the first time we even heard his name; he was hitting 500 foot shots with an aluminum bat at Tropicana Field. That was some six years ago, which is hard to believe.

Now, Bryce Harper is in the big leagues. Last night he hit his 22nd home run of the season off some poor dud named Niefenhauser in a 16-4 Nationals win.

A couple footnotes on this homer. It tied his career high of 22 in a season. It nearly landed in that pool out in right center at the ballpark in Tampa. And he gave Dick Vitale knuckles after rounding the bases.

He’s wearing us out with this homer stuff.

After a 3 for 3 game, his average is now up to .346 on the year.