Bryce Harper's long, hitterish, rinky dink, day

(Above: Bryce Harper Tweeted after his long day.)

Long day for Bryce Harper, who played in both games of a home-away doubleheader on Thursday. Thursday night, Harper apparently had an adventurous three innings: feeling hitterish and stretching a single into a double, making a great catch in the seventh, and then encountering a bout of the rinky dinks with a wild throw to allow the winning run to score in the 9th.

"I threw right a little bit and lost the game. Get the next one."
(Bryce Harper, via Nationals Journal, 3/11/2011)

Based on the smiley face emoticon :) in his late night Tweet (above), seems like the kid is unfazed.

And the kid will also reportedly stick around big league camp for a little while longer. Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post reports that the Nationals will make more cuts on Friday, but that Harper will survive:

The Nationals will make their next round of cuts official later today, and when they do Bryce Harper will remain in major-league camp, according to a team source.
(via Adam Kilgore/Nationals Journal, 3/11/2011)

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