{"id":123726,"date":"2026-05-07T20:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/as-first-baseman-nick-kurtz-a-lancaster-native-grew-up-a-phillies-fan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T20:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:46:13","slug":"as-first-baseman-nick-kurtz-a-lancaster-native-grew-up-a-phillies-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/as-first-baseman-nick-kurtz-a-lancaster-native-grew-up-a-phillies-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"A&#8217;s first baseman Nick Kurtz, a Lancaster native, grew up a Phillies fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"flex border-b border-solid items-center justify-between mb-6 pb-5 border-b-neutral-light-charcoal-gray\">\n<div class=\"relative flex items-center gap-2 self-stretch \"><button class=\"audio-paywall-trigger bg-transparent flex gap-2 items-center cursor-pointer\"><span class=\"font-grot10 text-3.5 font-semibold not-italic leading-4 text-primary\">Listen to article<!-- --> <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0<time>0:00<!-- --> min<\/time><\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Feedback\" class=\"bg-transparent cursor-pointer flex\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\/><audio><track kind=\"captions\" class=\"hidden\"\/><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">When <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/topic\/bryce-harper\">Bryce Harper<\/a> singled in the first inning on Tuesday against the Athletics, he spent some time chatting with Nick Kurtz at first base. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Kurtz, the reigning American League Rookie of the Year, grew up a Phillies fan in Lancaster and attended games at Citizens Bank Park. The 23-year-old first baseman had around 30 friends and family members at the stadium for the series opener on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">When he stood next to Harper at first, they talked about Kurtz\u2019s 20-game walk streak that ended on May 2, which was second-longest in MLB history. (Kurtz\u2019s single in the ninth on Tuesday extended his on-base streak to 29 games.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p type-interstitial text-primary\"><b>\u00bb READ MORE:<!-- --> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-type=\"interstitial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/phillies\/phillies-relievers-tight-knit-tim-mayza-chase-shugart-jhoan-duran-20260505.html\" class=\"no-underline text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\">Tim Mayza\u2019s \u2018The Sheriff\u2019 nickname an example of the \u2018tight-knit\u2019 group of Phillies relievers<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">One topic that didn\u2019t come up was the fact that Kurtz\u2019s family has a cat named Harper. And the name is not coincidental. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \"><a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/nick-kurtz-in-awe-playing-against-hometown-phillies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/nick-kurtz-in-awe-playing-against-hometown-phillies\">According to MLB.com<\/a>, Kurtz also had dogs growing up named after Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Hunter Pence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool,\u201d Kurtz said. \u201cI got that cat probably in 2022 [or] 2023, and it\u2019s not too long ago. But for me, I was still in college and not knowing where life was going to go. \u2026 Now he\u2019s one of my colleagues, which is pretty awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Kurtz was drafted fourth overall by the A\u2019s in 2024 out of Wake Forest. He said he didn\u2019t know the breed of cat Harper, but it is black-and-white. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">According to Harper, this is the first time \u2014 that he\u2019s aware of \u2014 that an opponent had a pet named after him. But he\u2019s used to facing players who grew up watching him. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cEspecially the young guys, there\u2019s been a lot of them that get over to first base, and it\u2019s a little weird during the game, just because, [they say] \u2018Man, you\u2019re my favorite player growing up,\u2019 or a lot of stuff like that,\u201d Harper said. \u201cBut it\u2019s still really cool. I mean, I love talking to the young guys too, because obviously I want to help them in any way, or give them an ear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">He met Kurtz last year, when the Phillies were in Sacramento, and signed a bat for him. They talked about Travis Jankowski, a former Phillie and current Texas Rangers first-base coach who is also from Lancaster. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cAt first it was pretty cool, but at the same time he\u2019s just a regular dude, like all the rest of us, and he goes through the same things that we all go through,\u201d Kurtz said. \u201cSo it\u2019s just like talking to anyone else. Just got to get over the \u2018wow\u2019 factor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Ahead of Wednesday\u2019s game, Kurtz had a Harper Phillies jersey hanging in his locker in the visitor\u2019s clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park. Harper signed it for Kurtz\u2019s roommate, A\u2019s infielder Max Muncy, who is on the injured list with a fractured finger and didn\u2019t make the trip. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The respect between Kurtz and Harper is mutual. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p type-interstitial text-primary\"><b>\u00bb READ MORE:<!-- --> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-type=\"interstitial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/phillies\/jhoan-duran-return-injured-list-update-team-defense-20260504.html\" class=\"no-underline text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\">The Phillies will assess their play with team meetings. Good luck making sense of the defense.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cHe hits the ball extremely hard,\u201d Harper said. \u201cReally good player. And wish him all the success, because he\u2019s in a pretty good spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Harper said he makes an effort to be friendly to young players when they reach first base, if the situation calls for it. He didn\u2019t have the opportunity to do so much earlier in his career when he was in the outfield. Since moving to the infield, though, he has a lot more conversations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">On the Phillies\u2019 recent trip to Miami, he even had some of the Marlins\u2019 young players talk to him about their swings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cI just want to be able to talk to them, and not big-league them,\u201d Harper said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to do that. When I first came up, that was kind of how it was. You get to first base, you don\u2019t talk. \u2026 I think it\u2019s changed and evolved a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"block font-semibold mt-8 mb-4 text-5 leading-5 sm:text-8 sm:leading-8 lg:text-9 lg:leading-9\">Extra bases<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \"><a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/topic\/bryson-stott\">Bryson Stott<\/a>, who homered on Tuesday, was out of the lineup Wednesday against A\u2019s lefty Jeffrey Springs, while Edmundo Sosa drew in at second base. \u201cThere\u2019s going to be days where Stott plays against lefties, but Sosa has been really good,\u201d said interim manager <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/topic\/don-mattingly\">Don Mattingly<\/a>. \u201cTo me, we got to keep everybody involved.\u201d <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/topic\/brandon-marsh\">Brandon Marsh<\/a> started in center while <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/topic\/justin-crawford\">Justin Crawford<\/a> got the day off. \u2026 <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/topic\/andrew-painter\">Andrew Painter<\/a> (1-3, 5.28 ERA) is scheduled to start Thursday against A\u2019s righty J.T. 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