Bryce Harper ridiculous opposite field power home run (Video)

The hottest hitter in baseball stayed hot Tuesday night with an opposite field home run at Wrigley Field, with a little help from the wind blowing out. 

If the season ended today, there’d be little doubt Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper would the National League MVP. By a landslide.

Playing for the first time in the majors against former childhood teammate, and Chicago Cubs phenom, Kris Bryant, Harper stayed hot, hitting his league-leading 17th home run of the year. But unlike many of Harper’s blasts this year, this one barely got out.

Heck, he thought he popped it up. Just watch his reaction on it.

The ball literally just got out, as the wind carried it into the famed Wrigley Field bleachers. Harper took advantage of the stands poking out further. If he hit it a few feet more to straightaway left it would have been an out.

Harper had not previously hit a home run at Wrigley Field. Now he has at one more ballpark, in what is beginning to shape up as an all-time great career.

Another anomaly: In nearly two full games played between the two teams in this three-game series, every run has come via a solo home run. The Nationals won Monday’s Memorial Day day game 2-1.

Dexter Fowler opened the scoring with a leadoff home run in the first for the Cubs before Harper and Denard Span hit home runs an inning apart to give the Nationals a 2-1 lead.

Harper’s former teammate, Bryant, then hit a moon shot in the bottom of the eighth to re-tie the game. At the time of publishing, Bryant’s shot was still traveling.

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