Bryce Eldridge recalls parallel from ‘full-circle moment’ with idol Bryce Harper

There is no better feeling than meeting a childhood hero.When it comes to Giants rookie Bryce Eldridge, it was a moment he will remember forever, meeting his baseball idol, Bryce Harper, before an exhibition game between San Francisco and Team USA in Scottsdale, Arizona, this spring.Eldridge recently spoke with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Kylen Mills on the latest edition of “Kylen’s Kwik Hits” and brought up some eerie parallels between himself and the current Philadelphia Phillies star he grew up admiring.“Growing up in [Washington], D.C. and being a young guy [with the] same name,” Eldridge said.“He hits lefty. I remember his birthday is like a few days after mine, so I idolized him. I wanted to hit like him. I wanted my stance to be like his. I had a moment where I was in L.A., and I had my first career hit. It was a double off the wall at Dodger Stadium, and I remember that that was his first hit, [which] was a double off the wall at Dodger Stadium.“He was 19, and I was 20, so that was a cool full-circle moment. But he was just telling me to keep having fun, and he appreciated that I followed him...