VICE SPORTS - Mike Piellucci


In 2009, Bryce Harper's prodigious talent and mammoth frame made him a Sports Illustrated cover boy as a 16-year-old sophomore at Las Vegas High School. That same year, while competing in a high school home run derby, he smashed a 502-foot home run—with an aluminum bat—at Tampa Bay's Tropicana Field, longer than any home run recorded in the ballpark's history. CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY