The Showman returned for a ‘huge’ WBC moment. And it could be big for Bryce Harper and the Phillies, too.

It had been a while since The Showman put on a show like Tuesday night in Miami when he crushed a two-run homer in the eighth inning to tie Venezuela in the title game of the World Baseball Classic.

“I felt great the whole time,” Bryce Harper said of his showing at the WBC. “I just felt like my timing was a little off. I thought my swing felt great. I thought I was getting 3-2 a lot of the time. Definitely missing some pitches over the plate. But I think everything was about timing.

“If we had a week left in that tournament, I feel like I would have turned the corner and been pretty good.”

In that case, it should bode well for the Phillies.

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