Here's video of Bryce Harper doing an interview with CNY Central News in Syracuse during Chiefs media day on Wednesday. (Asked what he knew about Syracuse prior to arriving, Harper acknowledged that he "always knew it was a big basketball town. Everyone knows about Syracuze".)
The Washington Post's Dave Sheinin was at Harper's AAA debut in Syracuze on Thursday, and noted a much smaller crowd than at Strasburg's Chiefs debut:
In 2010, when another Nationals phenom, pitcher Stephen Strasburg, made his Syracuse debut, a record crowd of 13,766 turned out at Alliance Bank Stadium to witness it. But on Thursday for Harper’s debut, and opening day for the Chiefs, the official attendance figure was 6,178, and by the end of the game there appeared to be less than a thousand hearty souls left in the stands. (via Dave Sheinin, Washington Post, 4/6/2012)
No record crowd on Thursday for Harpermania, but comparing Harper's AAA debut with Stephen Strasburg's AAA debut is apples and oranges: Stras had the benefit of a warm Friday night in May, while Harper's debut came on a cold, Thursday afternoon. So cold, in fact, that Harper wore a ski mask:
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