After going 10 major league seasons without winning a postseason series, he has enjoyed three champagne celebrations just this month. This clubhouse littered with empty bottles of Budweiser and champagne was always the goal when Castellanos and Schwarber signed with Philadelphia within days of each other after the lockout, giving Harper some much-needed thump around his own power bat in the lineup.įor Castellanos, this is the winning team he has been on a mission to find ever since being drafted by Detroit in 2010. The way he was able to immerse himself in the moment and stay focused and calm was f-ing incredible. I think that's a lot of growth on his part. "Tonight, he was the calmest person in the stadium. "The way he ran around the bases was crazy and energetic," Castellanos said. "Man, he's nasty."Ĭastellanos marveled at how different the celebration felt from when Harper had hit a walk-off home run against Castellanos' Cubs three years earlier. "It looked like I was having an exorcism on the dugout rail," Schwarber said in a beer-soaked locker room.
#BRYCE HARPER SERIES#
The home run that sent Philadelphia back to the World Series for the first time since 2009 justified the Phillies' spending on Harper, as well as the free agent deals this spring that brought in Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos - both of whom had front-row views of Harper's blast Schwarber from the dugout, and Castellanos from the on-deck circle. "$330 million later, and mutual promises of being committed to winning and doing whatever it took to win. Middleton was asked if the embrace meant something extra special. Their hug lasted longer than the flight of the ball - which left the playing field at 108.9 mph. Not long after the Sunday home run, owner and star met on the field amid celebratory chaos. He never lost faith, always believing what Middleton had promised him: The organization would always put winning above all else. This game is 'what have you done for me lately?'" "I like looking forward and moving forward. "I don't like looking back," Harper said after the game, with his MVP trophy sitting next to him. Even when Philadelphia changed GMs and managers more than once during a turbulent first four years with the franchise - including when Rob Thomson took over for Joe Girardi after a 22-29 start this season. Even when his old team, the Washington Nationals, won the World Series in 2019.
He has been the face of the franchise since the 2019 day he committed to the city for 13 years after owner John Middleton wrote a $330 million check to bring him to Philadelphia.ĭespite plenty of moments when he might have doubted he made the right choice in leaving Washington for Philadelphia as a free agent, Harper has always embraced his new home. Harper's place in the middle of the celebration was only fitting, as was the fact that he manufactured the moment that sent his Phillies to the World Series. His wish was instantly granted, as beer poured down on him from every direction. "Give me all of it, give me all of it," the series MVP shouted to his teammates. Seventy minutes after hitting the most important home run of his life Sunday, a two-run blast that won the Philadelphia Phillies the National League Championship Series, Bryce Harper was at the center of the clubhouse, surrounded by his teammates as beer and champagne soaked anyone within spraying range. 'Storybook stuff': Inside the night Bryce Harper sent the Phillies to the World Series
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