'It's the emotion of the game,' Harper said of his celebration after his eighth-inning home run.
Bryce Harper flips his bat after hitting a home run in the eighth inning on Tuesday. By Scott Allen Scott Allen Reporter covering D.C. pro and local college sports Email Bio Follow April 3 at 10:48 AM Bryce Harper punctuated his first game at Nationals Park as a member of the Phillies with a moonshot of a home run that prompted chants of “M-V-P!” from the Philadelphia faithful in attendance and sustained boos from what remained of the home crowd.
Bryce Harper had an EPIC bat flip after homering vs. his former team.@DTrainMLB loved every second of it pic.twitter.com/VCJJwxaW0kWelcome to your 1st Batcast™ moment of 2019, @bryceharper3. pic.twitter.com/oaIyZesWcY The Nationals tweeted the title of Ariana Grande’s hit song about ex-boyfriends — “thank u, next” — after Harper’s first strikeout, not-so-subtle shade directed at the 26-year-old who spent the first seven years of his career in D.C. Eight innings later, the Phillies responded with lyrics from the same song and a GIF of Harper bowing to the Philadelphia supporters who packed the right field seats.
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