Legend: Kyle Schwarber’s 1,000th hit landed with a trio of Phillies fans in the Bronx, one of which only asked him to re-sign when returning it
Some moments are just too perfect to script. Kyle Schwarber crushed his 1,000th career hit into the right-center field seats at Yankee Stadium on Friday night, a vintage Schwarbomb that left zero doubt off the bat.
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In a crowd of 47,000 New Yorkers, somehow the baseball gods made sure that milestone landed in the hands of Phillies fans. I think it’s safe to assume that the large contingent of Phillies fans had something to do with our friends over at Phans of Philly, who brought six buses into Yankee stadium tonight? Either way, that would’ve been cool enough on its own but believe it or not, the story only got better.
After a 12-5 throttling of the Yankees where Kyle Schwarber homered twice and reminded everyone he’s the beating heart of the Phillies lineup, the trio of Phillies fans met him outside the visiting clubhouse to return the ball.
Kyle Schwarber came out with two signed balls, realized there were three of them, and offered to grab a third. But the last fan stopped him and said don’t even worry about it, just re-sign with the Phillies.
Phillies fan just wants Kyle Schwarber to re-sign:
Schwarber laughed, grabbed the extra ball anyway, and gave it to him. Total class act. The kind of moment you hear about with Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle, not someone who just clobbered his 36th home run of the season in 100-degree Bronx humidity.
The milestone homer was just one part of another monster night for Schwarber, who’s been playing like a man possessed since the All-Star break. He now sits at 36 home runs, 82 RBIs, and a .960 OPS, dragging opposing pitchers and Statcast exit velocity trackers into the sun with him.
“It’s unbelievable,” said Taijuan Walker, who gave the Phillies 5 2/3 innings on the mound Friday. “When you’ve got Schwarber as hot as he is, anything can happen. He changes games fast.” Realmuto, who added a three-run blast of his own in the seventh inning, echoed the sentiment.
Realmuto: “What he’s meant to this team and this offense, it’s hard to put into words.”
Kyle Schwarber, as always, downplayed it.
He credited the preparation. He credited the clubhouse. He credited the fans, who latch onto this team with a kind of electricity that fuels them every night.
The moment in the tunnel outside the locker room said it all. Forget the baseballs. Forget the stats. Philly just wants him to stay. Let’s hope Dave Dombrowski was listening.
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