With two Nationwide League MVPs and 9 All-Star alternatives, there isn’t any debate that Bryce Harper is absolutely good at hitting and catching baseballs.
Seems, the Philadelphia Phillies first baseman can also be actually good at catching ears of corn.
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Forward of the Phillies taking part in the Minnesota Twins within the MLB at Discipline of Desires recreation on Thursday, Harper and his teammate Kyle Schwarber confronted off in a “Catch the Corn” problem with Netflix, which is streaming the sport.
Harper and Schwarber needed to see what number of ears of corn they might catch and maintain with out dropping. The Phillies stars had been put to the take a look at as corn was tossed to them off-screen.
Schwarber caught 13 earlier than dropping the entire ears whereas attempting to catch No. 14.
As Netflix Sports activities wrote within the caption for the video, Harper “was completely locked in.”
Harper outlasted Schwarber and was on a roll, stacking the corn right into a pile in his arms and catching a number of with simply two fingers, however he could not dangle on to his twenty third ear of corn.
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The 2026 MLB at Discipline of Desires recreation
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper walks on the sphere earlier than a baseball recreation in opposition to the Minnesota Twins on the Discipline of Desires film website, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Dyersville, Iowa. | Charlie Neibergall
Thursday’s recreation marks the third MLB at Discipline of Desires recreation.
The sport is performed in Dyersville, Iowa, in a ballpark constructed on the website the place the enduring 1989 baseball film starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones and Ray Liotta was filmed.
MLB held its first Discipline of Desires recreation on the website in August 2021, a 9-8 Chicago White Sox victory over the New York Yankees.
The league returned for the second recreation the next yr, when the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 4–2.
The collection went on a four-year hiatus whereas building occurred on the website. Costner shall be part of the printed like he was for the primary version, Netflix’s vice chairman of worldwide reside sports activities and leisure Gabe Spitzer confirmed to the Des Moines Register earlier this month.
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“Kevin is an icon,” Spitzer mentioned. “I do not need to spoil any of the enjoyable, however he’ll be part of our broadcast in a roundabout way. I can not say if he’ll be there or not however positively, he’ll present up. The film will really feel current in what we’re doing.”
In 2021, Costner emerged from the cornfield behind the baseball area and was later adopted by the White Sox and Yankees gamers.
The 2026 MLB at Discipline of Desires recreation begins at 5:30 p.m. MDT with pregame protection at 4:30 p.m. MDT and shall be streamed on Netflix.
Following Thursday’s Discipline of Desires recreation, the Phillies and Twins will journey to Minnesota to proceed the collection at Goal Discipline.
