Home Run Heaven At Citizens Bank Park: Philly Sports Chatter

PHILADELPHIA, PA —"For Whom The Bell Tolls."

The bell at Citizens Bank Park tolled five times Tuesday night.

Five times for five home runs. Five times for the bell to ring. Five times for fans to go into a frenzy.

You don't get to quote novelist Ernest Hemingway too often but "For Whom The Bell Tolls" indeed.

I was at Game 3 of the World Series against the Houston Astros, attending my first World Series game ever and that's an eternity since I've followed this team since 1973.

So when MVP Bryce Harper stepped to the plate in the bottom of the first inning, the crowd was already roaring. When Harper launched a No-Doubt-About-It home run into the right field swats, the joint was jumping.

"Ring the Bell."

Harper's heroics opened the floodgates. And the hits —well, home runs in this case —just kept on coming.

The lit-up Liberty Bell rang twice in the second inning when Alec Bohm and Brandon Marsh deposited a few baseballs into the outfield stands.

A few innings later, Kyle Schwarber —who led the National League in home runs —launched a monster shot that bounced off the brick wall in dead center field. And before the fans could stop celebrating, Rhys Hoskins crushed one deep to left field.

"Ring the Bell."

Five home runs. Five times for the bell to ring.

In fact, the Phillies made World Series history, which is difficult to do for an event that's been going on for 118 years.

The Phillies are the first team ever to hit five home runs in the first five innings of a World Series game.

You couldn't have asked for a better performance and a better victory while attending a game.

Ray Liotta asks Kevin Costner in "Field of Dreams" whether the field he's playing on is heaven.

At Citizens Bank Tuesday night, it was definitely home run heaven.