https://ift.tt/2wwdHAe How an Owner With Deep Roots Lured Bryce Harper to Lay Down His Own Baseball “I approach my job as a fan first,” said John Middleton, the Pennsylvania native who gave Harper a 13-year contract in a quest to make the Phillies a model franchise. TYLER KEPNER https://ift.tt/2ur3hhm March 24, 2019 at 05:30AM

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