All hail Bryce Harper and his hair-flipping home-run celebration
Bryce Harper had himself a day Wednesday afternoon against the Miami Marlins. So did his hair.
Harper hit three homers in his first three at-bats, each more impressive than the previous one. He finished the day 3-for-4 with five RBIs after a seventh-inning groundout that ended his quest for the ever-elusive four-homer game.
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With the trio of dingers, Harper now has eight on the season and he's celebrating them this season in pretty interesting fashion — with hair flips. A teammate (often Ian Desmond) takes off Harper's helmet and he whips his hair around (Hi, Willow Smith), like so:
That was opening day, and Harper's been flipping his hair ever since, such as this one on April 12:
A couple others:
Did Harper even homer if it isn't followed by a #HarperHomerHairFlip GIF? pic.twitter.com/kvnxPdMUTg
— Nationals on MASN (@masnNationals) April 18, 2015
Harper's hair is shorter now, so it wasn't flipping as well Wednesday as it has other times this season, but still. Here are some GIFs from Reddit user CantDoBackflips:
Put it all together and what do you get? This grand Willow Smith-inspired culmination:
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