WASHINGTON -- Yankees left-hander Chasen Shreve said that he has known Nationals star Bryce Harper going back to their high school years, when Harper was already smearing on eye black and wowing scouts, then earning national attention as he landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated at age 16.
"The first time I met him, it was in a scout tournament and we were playing on the same team," Shreve said. "He came from football practice to one of our practices. He had the cutoff sleeves and the big face paint. I met him, he was a really nice guy.