My boys love Bryce Harper, in part because he's Mormon. They are the only Mormon kids in their school and neighborhood, and so they are proud that the best player in baseball shares their faith. That identity is strong and meaningful to them, probably much like Dale Murphy was for you.
It doesn't hurt that we live in DC, go to the games frequently, and have caught one of Harper's home run balls, which proudly hangs in a glass case in their bedroom.
It's cute -- at regionwide Church functions they always think they may see Bryce Harper and want to take the ball to get it autographed.
Whenever Harper tweets a Church quote, I make sure to show the boys so they know Harper doesn't hide it under a bushel, and neither should they.
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"Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12
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