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• Hefner, Laffey serve up disastrous loss for Mets

  lead. How quickly, you ask? In the fifth inning, with two outs and none on, Laffey walked Jayson Werth , gave up a double to Bryce Harper and then teed up a 1-and-2 pitch that Adam LaRoche walloped into the seats.Asked later about that metaphorical punch to   Read more »

• Back to reality for Mets without ace Matt Harvey

  to the Nationals Saturday.Though they twice rallied to overcome Washington leads, the Mets ultimately were done in by Bryce Harper 's second home run of the game, a moon-launch on the first pitch of the eighth inning from Josh Edgin, the third of five Mets   Read more »

• Matt Harvey won't be fazed by prospect of facing Stephen Strasburg

  said. "He loves the big stage and that's what he's on. He's got a big challenge."The Nationals' lineup, anchored around Bryce Harper , promises to be the most fearsome one that Harvey has faced. And, of course, there is the fireballing Strasburg.The two share   Read more »

• Fun with small sample sizes, Jon Niese edition

  the new charm of Opening Day is the wave of "on-pace" references that flood social media.For instance, the Nationals' Bryce Harper hit a pair of homers to lead the Nationals to victory, which naturally led to predictions of a 324-homer season. The Yankees   Read more »

• Nationals' Bryce Harper eager to improve off fine rookie year

  that's where one of their youngest, most talented and most determined components will ply his trade.History indicates that Bryce Harper 's road might have a few bumps, but the end results are likely to be positive as he shifts from centerfield to left.Witness   Read more »

Around the web

• Bryce Harper conquers the wall, at least for one day

  Harper admitted Tuesday night to a specific kind of vulnerability, and Wednesday afternoon another deep flyball and another looming wall tested it. On Tuesday night, Gregor Blanco smashed a ball over his head that could have been the final out. As Harper leapt 5/22/13 from The Washington Post Read more »

• Nats desperate for an attitude adjustment

  AM ET 05.23 | On Sunday night, Ryan Mattheus broke his pitching hand in anger, an incident that came on the heels of Bryce Harper running face-first into the Dodgers' scoreboard with a 6-0 lead. Then he compounded his recklessness by coming back too soon, 7:07 AM from FanNation Read more »

• Giants battle back but fall to Nationals

  cruising until the sixth inning Wednesday. That's when the Giants left-hander tried to fire a two-strike fastball past Bryce Harper on the outside corner. The pitch missed its spot by just a couple of inches and Harper didn't miss, hitting a high leadoff homer 3:06 AM from Sacramento Bee Read more »

• San Francisco Giants done in by Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper

  fans this season. SAN FRANCISCO -- Before this three-game series between National League powers, Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper took to Twitter to express his excitement about facing the Giants in a ballpark that he called one of his favorite places 5/22/13 from Contra Costa Times Read more »

• Bay Area baseball blog: A return to familiarity for Giants despite loss; Harper shines

  FRANCISCO -- More than taking two out of three from the Washington Nationals, or seeing Bryce Harper flash his all-around game to help the Nationals salvage the finale 2-1 in extra innings today, the takeaway from this series for Giants manager Bruce Bochy 5/22/13 from Sacramento Bee Read more »