Can Bryce Harper be Bryce Harper again in postseason?

WASHINGTON - Bryce Harper has learned to tune out the madness surrounding him on a daily basis.

Only a couple of weeks shy of his 25th birthday, the Nationals superstar already has heard talk he will be the highest paid player in baseball when he becomes a free agent after next season, and that he will be playing for the Yankees, or the Cubs, or the Dodgers or basically anywhere but Washington.

At the All-Star Game last July in Miami, Harper explained his method of shutting out the world when he's standing alone in right field.

"You control what you hear and what you don't hear," he said. "Your mind and what you do, it's