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Bryce Harper gets angry after long fly out ... no, wait, that's a homer

Everything is coming up Bryce Harper these days — even the long fly outs that make the young slugger angrily toss his bat to the ground. Because Tuesday night, at Wrigley Field, with the wind blowing out, that long fly out wasn't actually a long fly out. It was Harper's NL-leading 17th homer of the season.

Watch the video above to see Harper get mad at himself for not getting all of a Kyle Hendricks offering, only to realize a few seconds later that a home-run trot was in order. Suppose it beats the opposite scenario: A slugger celebrating a home run that's actually a fly out to the warning track.

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Harper has been obscene in May. He's hit a staggering .377/.495/.922 with 12 homers and 27 RBIs. Hot streaks don't come without a little bit of assistance. Wind, in this case.

The ball was certainly flying out of the Wrigley on Tuesday night, as four runs in the Cubs' 3-2 win game on solo homers. The run that mattered most, however, wasn't a homer — Addison Russell's walk-off double.

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