No joke: Matt Harvey has 'Dark Knight' carved into his bat

Posted Apr 9, 2015
Yes, we know Matt Harvey is a pitcher and hitting isn't really the most important part of his day. But, come on, the dude has "Dark Knight" on the knobs of his bats. That's fantastic. Harvey was anointed as "The Dark Knight" by Sports Illustrated during his breakout 2013 season. It stuck, and apparently Harvey likes it enough to put on his bats. Here they are, as captured by Adam Kilgore of The Washington Post: (Yahoo! Sports)

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