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The Phillies superstar played a starring role in a now-viral moment, helping Jake Portella carry out a 'promposal' for the ages.

The Phillies superstar played a starring role in a now-viral moment, helping Jake Portella -- a senior at Haddonfield Memorial High School in"Will you go to prom with him?" asked Harper while standing with Portella at Giulia Leonetti's door."I don't think people understand the gravity of Bryce Harper standing in front of me and what that means to me specifically," said Leonetti, who is a Phillies superfan. "Immediate tears as soon as I saw Bryce.

"I just said like, 'Can I have a hug?' I couldn't let him go. I had to make sure he was real," said Leonetti. "But as soon I snapped back, I was like, 'I need to hug Jake." But how did Portella pull this off? The answer is simpler than you think -- Harper lives in the area. "As I was leaving, he was like, 'What if we just do it right now?' And I couldn't turn that down," recalled Portella.

 

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