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Nationals’ Bryce Harper destroys baseball, homers in first Grapefruit League at bat...

It’s happening again... #MBHGA!!!* No we’re not talking about the return of Twin Peaks later this summer, we’re talking about the return of Bryce Harper after a “down year” in 2016.

[ed. note - “ * #MBHGA = Make Bryce Harper Great Again.”]

In his first Grapefruit League at bat of the Spring, Harper absolutely demolished a hanging 1-0 breaking ball from New York Mets’ lefty Sean Gilmartin, sending a solo shot to right field, well over the outfield fence in First Data Field in Port St. Lucie.

Harper’s starting the season determined to make pitchers pay for his struggles last summer, when the 2015 NL MVP put up a .