Harper struck out with the blue bat. He resumed swinging his regular bat for the rest of the game and finished 1 for 5. “I think he would have been excited either way,” Turner said.

Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper takes an at-bat during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Monday, April 14, 2025, in Philadelphia.

That's because with a baby blue bat, Harper revealed to the fans in the stadium -- and all around the world -- that the baby he is expecting with his wife, Kayla, will be a boy.

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Harper struck out with the blue bat. He resumed swinging his regular bat for the rest of the game and finished 1-for-5. "I think he would have been excited either way," Turner said.

The Philadelphia Phillies star had the gender of his fourth child revealed to him with the baseball bat he used in his team’s game against the San Francisco Giants at Citizens Bank Park.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper is set to take another swing at fatherhood — and he did it with a blue bat.

Harper had ordered two custom-made bats in pink for a girl and blue for a boy. He got help from teammate Trea Turner, who handed him the blue one before his at-bat. IE 11 is not supported.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper is set to take another swing at fatherhood — and he did it with a blue bat. The Philadelphia Phillies slugger used a blue bat in his first plate appearance of ...