"I'd like to do it in D.C.," Harper said.
For now, one of the game's brightest young players will settle for the All-Star Game itself. Harper may not have made much of an impact in Tuesday's 6-3 National League loss, finishing 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and an uneventful six innings in right field. But he still relished his experience.
Earlier in the day, Harper lounged inside Great American Ball Park's home clubhouse, at the corner locker that used to belong to Ken Griffey Jr. He spoke of the growing influence of baseball's young superstars, as Griffey once was, and as Harper, Mike Trout and others are now.