Bryce Harper ‘thankful’ for baseball and family after in-game gender reveal

Bryce Harper revealed the gender of his fourth child through the color of his bat on Monday night. (Madeline Ressler/Phillies Nation)
PHILADELPHIA — Waves of gratitude tend to hit Bryce Harper at weird times. He couldn’t stop thinking about the beautiful game of baseball in the on-deck circle during the third inning of Tuesday’s game against the San Francisco Giants. He was emboldened to challenge center fielder Jung Hoo Lee and tag up and take second base on a fly ball from K