Bryce Harper Drops A Fitting Celebration, Announcer Channels Infamous Nick Castellanos Home Run Call In London

The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets are across the pond for a weekend series in Jolly Old England, and Phillies star Bryce Harper made sure to pay homage to the most popular sport in the host country: football… by which I mean soccer.

This edition of the MLB's London Series is taking place at London Stadium home to Premier League club West Ham United.

So, it's only fitting that someone would bring a little bit of the pitch to the diamond.

The Phillies found themselves down by one when Harper stepped up to the plate in the fourth inning to face Mets pitcher Sean Manaea.

Harper turned on a pitch and eviscerated it into right field.

Upon crossing the plate, Harper dropped to his knees and slid toward the dugout as he had just found the back of the net to win a game on penalties.

I love it. All of the fun of soccer without the hooliganism or the actual soccer. Fantastic.

Now, if you thought the fun was going to be limited to the field, you are mistaken. Those blokes (that's British for "dudes") were having a hell of a time too.

Fox play-by-play man Adam Amin took an opportunity to invoke one of the most infamous home run calls of all time.

Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos is notorious for his awkwardly timed home runs, and while this one to extend the Phillies lead to 7-2 wasn't awkwardly timed, Amin wedged in a fantastic reference to the internet's favorite call.

"There's a deep drive to left field in London from Castellanos to make it 7-2." 

I mean, that worked out rather nicely, didn't it? It really was a deep drive to left field in London from Castellanos. What a fantastic reference for those who picked up on it.

That was all she wrote as far as offense in the first of two that the Phillies and Mets will play across the pond. The second game will take place on Sunday.