{"id":4500,"date":"2015-08-05T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/bryce-harper-or-mike-trout-are-these-two-too-good\/4500\/"},"modified":"2015-08-05T01:17:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T09:17:00","slug":"bryce-harper-or-mike-trout-are-these-two-too-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/bryce-harper-or-mike-trout-are-these-two-too-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Harper Or Mike Trout: Are These Two Too Good?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Frank Deford<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Angel Mike Trout (left) and Washington National Bryce Harper during warmups before the start of an April 2014 baseball game in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais\/AP<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Because college football and basketball are so prominent, when the best players move up to the pros they’re already well-known.<\/p>\n

However, baseball’s different.<\/p>\n

How many of you pretty good sports fans can tell me who won the baseball College World Series just a few weeks ago? Same with the players. Even the stars drafted highest are anonymous except to the real cognoscenti. And even then, whereas invariably the can’t-miss prospects in other sports don’t miss, hardly ever miss, in baseball nobody ever says: Can’t miss. Fact is, the ones who miss too often are the scouts.<\/p>\n

Click the audio above to hear what Frank Deford has to say about these two players.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source:: http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/08\/05\/429353794\/bryce-harper-or-mike-trout-are-these-two-too-good?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Los<\/a><\/div>\n
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Download<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Angel Mike Trout (left) and Washington National Bryce Harper during warmups before the start of an April 2014 baseball game in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais\/AP<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

i<\/strong>toggle caption Pablo Martinez Monsivais\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Because college football and basketball are so prominent, when the best players move up to the pros they’re already well-known.<\/p>\n

However, baseball’s different.<\/p>\n

How many of you pretty good sports fans can tell me who won the baseball College World Series just a few weeks ago? Same with the players. Even the stars drafted highest are anonymous except to the real cognoscenti. And even then, whereas invariably the can’t-miss prospects in other sports don’t miss, hardly ever miss, in baseball nobody ever says: Can’t miss. Fact is, the ones who miss too often are the scouts.<\/p>\n

Click the audio above to hear what Frank Deford has to say about these two players.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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