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• BRYCE HARPER CONTRACT SPECIFICS SERIES

The numbers only tell part of the tale, even as the 30-year-old designated hitter is piling up stats among the best in postseason history, all while declaring Citizens Bank Park is his house.

BRYCE HARPER CONTRACT SPECIFICS SERIES

The Phillies open the World Series on Friday against the Houston Astros with more than a puncher’s chance against the defending American League champions strictly because of Harper. The tater forever etched as an all-timer in team history – the one that had Middleton and Phillies fans everywhere pleading for the ball to keep going – was his game-winning, two-run homer in the eighth that lifted Philly into the World Series and left even Harper momentarily bewildered. Harper delivered in the postseason, a place seen only in fits and spurts for a franchise that has two World Series championships in 140 years. “(It’s) $330 million later, mutual promises of being committed to winning and doing whatever it took to win.” “You bet it was! Of course it was,” Middleton said. So when Harper and Middleton finally embraced – once the Phillies beat the San Diego Padres, 4-3, on Sunday in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series and reached their first World Series since 2009 – yeah, the feelings were a bit more personal. This was a moment the duo visualized when Middleton took a jet in February 2019 to Las Vegas to court Harper in meetings and dinners that would eventually yield a 13-year, $330 million deal, the biggest in baseball history for a free agent. It was absurd to put a price tag on the moment for John Middleton as he pulled in Harper for a hug while the National League championship celebration swirled around them on the field. PHILADELPHIA - The billionaire owner of the Philadelphia Phillies pounded his fists on Bryce Harper’s chest and joked the Phillies slugger was almost underpaid at $330 million over the life of his contract.