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USA Today via Reuters

USA Today via Reuters

??We have the best celebration party team. It is a team that anybody wants to hire for the wedding.? These are the words of Bryce Harper, the baseman of the Philadelphia Phillies on the show of known sports analyst, Pat McAfee. ?It is a team that anybody wants to hire for the wedding.??

Harper?s expression makes it clear. He was ecstatic. And why not? ?He had always wanted to perform on his birthday. It was icing on the cake that it was a home run in his ballpark. He had an outstanding performance in a match against the Diamondbacks. His home run had taken the Phillies to a 2-0 lead in the NLCS. He had also added an RBI single, and another run taking his team to win the Game 1. It was Harper?s day.

How was it Harper?s and Phillies’ day?

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There were two more reasons that made the day super special, for him, his team, and his fans. Harper manifested these performances on his? 31 birthday. And he was overjoyed that his performance made his team enter the tourney with a win. Citizens Bank Park was electrified with 45000 people strong not just with? Harper’s birthday performance but with the team’s victory.?

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??After the game, I was pumped, just being 1-0, that’s all I care. Good opportunity to hit a home run was great, but at the end of the day, if I hit a homer, we don’t win, there’s nothing else so just very excited that we’re 1-0 and looking forward to tomorrow,” Harper had told the press at the end of the performance.

Harper became the fourth to hit a homer on birthday

The passionate Phillie and also the backbone of his team became the 4th player to homer. Before him, Wille Aikensm, Evan Longoria, and Kolten Wong had the same special day on their birthdays. Wille hit home runs on October 14, during a World Cup game against The Phillies. Longoria hit the same on October 7, 2013, against the Red Sox in the ALDS.

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The Jubilation is over for now. Excessive jubilation makes one complacent. The championship has progressed. His national teams had never made it far into October. Harber and his team have to take it forward and get into the World Championship. And show the world again that the Phillies are the best celebration team. What do you think? Tell us in the comments.

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