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Phillies to the World Series for first time since 2009
Phillies celebrate after winning Game 5 against the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Photo: Matt Rourke/AP will face in the World Series after Bryce Harper slugged his fifth homer of the postseason on Sunday night.
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Driving the news: Powered by Harper's big bat and a packed Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies clinched their first trip to the Series since 2009, when they lost in six games to the New York Yankees. Catch up fast: Harper, who this month, slugged a two-run home run in the eighth inning to put the Phillies up for good against the San Diego Padres in Game 5 of the playoffs.
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The homer was instantly dubbed the "." And yep: After the game, Phillies fans flooded down...
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Harper, Harper, Harper: The club has held its breath for this moment since signing the right fielder...
The homer was instantly dubbed the "." And yep: After the game, Phillies fans flooded downtown, shutting down streets, climbing traffic lights and shouting the team's playoff anthem "Dancing on My Own" at the top of their lungs. Fans cheer for pole-climbers outside Philadelphia City Hall on Sunday. Photo: Alexa Mencia/Axios
The intrigue: In what has been an exhilarating and unlikely postseason run, the Phillies find themselves trying to join to win a World Series after failing to win at least 90 games in the regular season.
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"I mean, he's proved to me over and over and over again that there's no moment that...
Harper, Harper, Harper: The club has held its breath for this moment since signing the right fielder in 2019 for $330 million, a contract that many at the time. Not now. "As good as it gets," Phillies manager Rob Thomson The New York Times, describing Harper.
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Earlier this year he was caught on camera mouthing "" after getting a sarcastic standing o...
"I mean, he's proved to me over and over and over again that there's no moment that's too big for him, and he's come through so many times."Of Harper, a buoyant Phillies owner John Middleton the Inquirer. "He's just committed to winning. He'll do whatever it takes."
What else they're saying: In a jubilant and champagne-soaked locker room after the game, Alec Bohm pointed at the camera and said, "." It was redemption for the third baseman.
Earlier this year he was caught on camera mouthing "" after getting a sarcastic standing ovation from Phillies fans following an error-filled outing. What's next: The World Series kicks off Friday at the home of after they swept the New York Yankees by winning Game 4 of their American Championship Series clash, 6-5, on Sunday.
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