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Mon Aug 14 201702:24RF Bryce Harper (hyperextended left knee) on 10-day disabled lis...
RF Bryce Harper (hyperextended left knee) went on the 10-day disabled list Sunday after he was injured running out a groundout Saturday night. He got an MRI on Sunday and saw a doctor and tested his agility. "I just said to the doctor: 'I'm just going to jump back and forth on both sides, and if I collapse on the ground, then so be it,'" Harper told reporters Sunday. "So I jumped back and forth, and did some figure skater stuff and tried to put as much force on it as I could to see if I hit the ground. It was definitely sore. But I felt fine, didn't feel like anything that I never felt before. So that was definitely good, and I was just praying that the MRI went well." The Washington right fielder and 2015 National League MVP has a bone bruise in his left knee but no ligament damage, general manager/president, baseball operations Mike Rizzo told reporters at Nationals Park Sunday. The Nationals hope he can return at some point this season. "We dodged a bullet here," said Rizzo, who emphasized the Nationals will be cautious in Harper's recovery process. "We're optimistic we'll see him this season." Harper collapsed in a heap after he went flying through the air after his spike slipped on a wet first base bag while trying to beat out a groundball Saturday in a game that began three hours and one minute late due to a rain delay. Harper left the game in the last of the first inning Saturday after his left foot slipped on the first base bag as he tried to beat out a groundball to first baseman Ryder Jones.