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Hamels-Harper II: Age Before Beauty

By Shane Ryan at

I'm not one to complain about the hype machine; in fact, I think I like it. At least people are excited about something, right? But it's hard to keep an even perspective when you read stories with titles like "Bryce Harper Makes Fans Dream As Big As He Does." Thomas Boswell's story is excellent, to be fair, but the soaring rhetoric of the title is an indication of where we're headed — hell, where we've already gone — with this Harper Hype.

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