Phillies star Bryce Harper learned — and revealed — the gender of his fourth child during Monday night's game thanks to a custom bat and the help of teammate Trea Turner.
Harper brought a baby blue bat to the plate in the first inning against the San Francisco Giants to share the news about the baby. He had ordered two custom bats from King of Prussia's Victus Sports, which also makes the Torpedo bats that drew the sport's attention earlier this year, and asked Turner to hand him blue bat if the Harpers were having a boy, a pink bat if their baby is a girl.
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Harper and his wife Kayla share a son, Krew, 5, and daughters Brooklyn, 4, and Kamryn, 11 months.
Turner received a text message revealing the fourth baby's gender. But he decided to pick up a pink bat at to mislead Harper, who at first thought he was having a girl. Turner said Harper was "pretty happy" with the news.
"He's a pretty creative guy,” Turner said. "... He was nice enough to ask me to do it and I thought it was a nice moment for him and his family."
Harper struck out while using the blue bat and went back to his usual bat for the rest of the game. The Phillies lost 10-4.