Bryce is on the Board, 2026. Sneaks back to Get the Nats

    Where were we? Harper finished in the top 100 last season, at the end of 2025? Now he is 33 years-old. Still got a few prime years left, we presume.

    Last September 20 Bryce was at number 89 all-time with 363 career home runs.

    He hit one today, this afternoon, to help his Phils come back from a decent deficit. The relievers for the hometown (no, the visiting team) Nationals fell apart, or maybe the coaching did, because multiple pitchers for the Nationals were giving up runs in the last three innings. They lost in 10. After being up 5-1... Good six innings by the starter. Who was that? Cavalli. New to me. Maybe he's a goer?

    Enough about Harper's old team. About him. Now:

    He's at 90th with 364 all-time homers. He fell back because I think Freddie Freeman and and Manny Machado have passed him up in the last days of 2025 and the first week of this year.

    He is just ahead of Joe Dimaggio, who I am pretty sure hit for a better average. Joltin' or Jumpin' Joe. Different times, different eras. 

    I talked to some parents of a former major leaguer  now double A coach on a plane Sunday.

    The game. Michael Lewis knows. He knows a lot.

    Here is the current standings of those near Bryce Harper.

    

78.	Norm Cash (17)	377	7914	L	HR Log
	Jeff Kent+ (17)	377	9537	R	HR Log
80.	Carlton Fisk+ (24)	376	9853	R	HR Log
81.	Rocky Colavito (14)	374	7559	R	HR Log
82.	Paul Goldschmidt (16, 38)	372	8831	R	HR Log
83.	Gil Hodges+ (18)	370	8104	R	HR Log
	Aaron Judge (11, 34)	370	5023	R	HR Log
85.	Todd Helton+ (17)	369	9453	L	HR Log
	Ralph Kiner+ (10)	369	6256	R	HR Log
	Manny Machado (15, 33)	369	8215	R	HR Log
88.	Freddie Freeman (17, 36)	367	9384	L	HR Log
89.	Lance Berkman (15)	366	7814	B	HR Log
90.	Bryce Harper (15, 33)	363	7687	L	HR Log
91.	Joe DiMaggio+ (13)	361	7672	R	HR Log
92.	Gary Gaetti (20)	360	9817	R	HR Log
93.	Johnny Mize+ (15)	359	7372	L	HR Log

Analysis later.

Mize, a Hall of Famer, as of course Joe. Mize played from 1936 until 1953, with military service from 1943 to 1945.

    Seems like a whale of guy. Lifetime .312 hoter. Dimaggio? Played in the majors the same starting year as Johnny, 1936, and ended a bit earlier in 1951, also doing military duty from 1943 to 1945.

    What a generation! Here, here, the heroes of yesteryear.

    Bravo, Mize and DiMaggio.

    Play on, even in the heavens.

    And let's play another.