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Bryce Harper led the Nationals to victory with a dinger and a truly righteous bat flip

Bryce Harper is less a baseball player than a destroyer of worlds. He hits dingers seemingly on command, he treats fans when they least expect it and he's coming off of one of the greatest hitting seasons of all time -- a season for which he took home NL MVP. Oh, and he turns 24 in October.
So when Harper goes yard, like he did in Washington's 3-0 win over the Phillies on Saturday, he flips his bat. But it's not just any bat flip -- it's a bat flip of calm disdain, as if he's offended that this piece of lumber is still in his presence after having done its duty:

Wait, hold on, we need several more looks at that to give it proper tribute. The flip:

The swagger:

It's this bat flip's world, and we're all just living in it. 

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