OAKLAND -- Bryce Harper spent the past few days at his home in Las Vegas, trying to relax and enjoy time with his family. It felt odd, he said, to be at home around the end of May and he was certainly glad to be back to cooler weather after temperatures climbed over 100 degrees Saturday in Las Vegas.
And Harper was happy to return to the Nationals lineup for Sunday's series finale against the A's after serving his three-game suspension for charging the mound and throwing his helmet at Giants right-hander Hunter Strickland after he was hit by a pitch Monday.