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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA — The moment mattered as much as the milestone. The scoreboard, the situation, the pitcher on the mound. Those are the things that define the great ones. Those are the things that Bryce Harper lives to obliterate. On Wednesday afternoon, they were the things that served to capture the player he has become. Three hundred home runs? It’s a nice threshold. Round numbers are nice. Aesthetically speaking, 300 is easier on the eye than 299. It is also easier to divide. Ten seasons times 30 home runs, 12 seasons times 25, 15 seasons times 20. All of those things equal 300. It’s not nothi…