Bryce Harper gets ragged on quite a bit on social media for being “overrated,” which is automatically the label placed upon you when you make as much money as he does and hit for an average of .245. On Thursday night he proved with one swing of the bat why he's (a) worth every penny, and (b) most certainly NOT overrated, shutting up the haters and causing John Kruk to lose his sh-t in the booth in the process. You've seen it already, I've seen it already, but let's watch it together again for the 100th time:
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You cannot hit a more majestic homer in a bigger spot than that one. Down two runs in the bottom of the ninth, with the bases loaded, with an out against a lefty. Oh, and did we mention that before this pitch, the Philadelphia Phillies were two back of the Chicago Cubs for the second wild card, and in danger of going down three games? Harper's grand slam has pulled them within one of the Cubbies and ..

Bryce Harper has not performed quite as well as Philadelphia Phillies fans expected since signing that historic $330 million contract in the off-season. But the good thing about a 13(!)-year deal is you have plenty of time to prove your worth.
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Harper has started to do that of late and on Thursday night he delivered his best moment so far in the City of Brotherly Love. Harper crushed—and we mean CRUSHED—a walk-off Grand Slam to beat the Chicago Cubs. Just as entertaining, however, was the immediate reaction by former Phillies fan favorite turned analyst John Kruk. Have a watch and listen:
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So good. And here it is on a loop:
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It's tough to tell if Kruk blurts out “Oh my god!” or “Oh my gosh!” but either way, it's fantastic.
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Rob CarrWhat does America run on? Dunkin'. What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another one. Wanna hear a joke? Decaf. Humanity's fetishization of the rich, roasty elixir is well documented and well earned. Hell, I'm having an overpriced cup as I sit here and write this—a story about Venus Williams, one half of the most dominant sibling duo in tennis history, begging her coach for coffee “like ASAP” during a changeover in her Cincinnati Masters match against Donna Vekic on Thursday. Too often, professional sports and the athletes that populate them can feel completely removed from reality, a different species walking the surface of a distant planet, but this, ladies and gentleman of earth, is as human as you and I.
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The exchange itself is hilarious, with Venus calling her coach over and mumbling “coffee” at him before he even sits down, clearly aware of the eavesdropping TV mics. Her coach concedes, but wants to deliver a..

We've seen Rory McIlroy hit some prodigious drives through the years, but it was one that went unseen by a marshal on Thursday at Medinah that proved to be particularly entertaining.
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During the opening round of the BMW Championship, the four-time major champ played his normal aggressive style. The line he took off the tee on the par-4 ninth, though. . . well, let's just say this isn't how the hole was meant to be played:
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BOLD!
FacebookPinterestBut did you notice the best part? The marshal right at the end of the clip has NO clue where McIlroy's golf ball went.
FacebookPinterestNot that we blame him. That was absolutely ridiculous. So was the fact that Rory averaged 320.9 yards per tee shot on his front nine:
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The drive on No. 9 just clipped that number at 325 yards, but unfortunately, McIlroy wound..