Out of the Park: City keys, a rap song and a Nats license plate

Obviously, there was a lot happening on social media last week with the Winter Meetings at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, however much of it was just hearsay. Those posts were mostly focused on what was happening (or could happen) on the field.

This being our third edition of Out of the Park, you know by now we are more concerned with what is going on with the Nationals off the diamond, and this week didn't disappoint.

You knew it was going to be a big week when the City of Las Vegas announced it was going to give National League MVP Bryce Harper and his fellow Vegas native, NL Rookie of the Year Kris Bryant, keys to the city!

Join us Thursday at 6p @FSELV's Third Street Stage as we give keys to the city to @Bharper3407 & @KrisBryant_23! pic.twitter.com/1fBri5VaJ8

-- City of Las Vegas (@CityOfLasVegas) December 15, 2015

"Just a Young Rebel from the Eastside of the city" -@J_JACKSONMUSIC I Love being from the great city of Las Vegas, can't thank Mr. and Mrs. Goodman enough for the Key to the City!🔑 I'm very honored #Home702

A photo posted by Bryce Harper (@bharper3407) on Dec 17, 2015 at 7:19pm PST

An exciting week continued for Harper, as he was honored in his hometown and also in his baseball home. D.C. rapper Wale announced last week that he was releasing a new song inspired by the MVP, and on Wednesday, he released "MVP (Bryce Harper)" via his Twitter account. The song also mentions Gio Gonzalez, Max Scherzer, Dusty Baker, Jayson Werth, Jonathan Papelbon, Stephen Strasburg and fomer National Yunel Escobar.

You can follow the link in the tweet below to Wale's SoundCloud page to listen to the song, but be aware of mature language.

New Music: Wale - 'MVP' (Bryce Harper) Produced by @cheezebeatz https://t.co/aWde41sm3V pic.twitter.com/Tsv7YZivtw

-- Wale (@Wale) December 16, 2015

MASN's F.P. Santangelo felt bad that his on-air partner Bob Carpenter didn't get a shoutout, so he gave Wale a suggestion for the rapper's next song.

Wale with a song about Bob Carpenter next...

-- F.P. Santangelo (@FightinHydrant) December 16, 2015

While Santangelo was giving suggestions to Wale, he was also taking suggestions from NatsTown for his new Nats-inspired license plate. But there was really only one logical answer ...

I'm liking TGTNH! Thanks for all the great suggestions

-- F.P. Santangelo (@FightinHydrant) December 17, 2015

Let's bounce back to the D.C. love to wrap up. With the National Basketball Association season nearing its halfway point, voting for the All-Star Game in Toronto has picked up, and Harper and Gonzale knew who they were voting for: Wizards point guard John Wall.

Everybody vote for @JohnWall for All-Star. John Wall #NBAVote #Wallstar #DCFam #DC

-- Bryce Harper (@Bharper3407) December 15, 2015

Retweet this to make sure my boy @JohnWall is a starter at the All-Star game #NBAVote #Wallstar

-- Gio Gonzalez (@GioGonzalez47) December 15, 2015

Bonus: While we'll be taking a break for the next couple of weeks for the holidays, we leave you with these two throwbacks to Winterfest from Bryce and MASN's Dan Kolko

Best thing about @nationals winterfest..Can't thank the fans enough for everything that they do for me and our team! It was an absolute blast! This little lady was so adorable, so I gotta say thank you to her as well! #Nationals #MyGirl

A video posted by Bryce Harper (@bharper3407) on Dec 13, 2015 at 6:14pm PST

Only would've been fair for me to counter with a "Who was the 2015 NL MVP" and give Dusty a chance to even it up. https://t.co/a1RzQOXWPc

-- Dan Kolko (@masnKolko) December 16, 2015

Happy holidays, everyone! See you in 2016!

P.S. May the Force be with you all.

He's ready, are you?!!! #StarWars #TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne #YodaStitch ..Tag a friend who's ready for this movie. @starwars

A photo posted by Gio Gonzalez (@giogonzalez47) on Dec 18, 2015 at 10:48am PST