Bryce Harper homers using star-spangled bat on Fourth of July

How does Bryce Harper celebrate America's birthday? The same way we all wish we could celebrate America's birthday. By playing baseball for a living, and using a Fourth of July-themed bat featuring the stars, stripes and the colors of the American flag. Of course that's how Bryce Harper celebrates. [ David Price joins The StewPod to talk social media, baseball brotherhood and more. ] But we know one thing for sure, Harper isn't just satisfied using a star-spangled bat. He had to make it memorable, and he did just that by connecting for his 25th home run off San Francisco Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner. Bryce Harper walked up to the plate with the DC / 🇺🇸 bat & hit his 25th home run (off of Madison Bumgarner) #Nats pic.twitter.com/T4KiWPQ0pd — Danny (@recordsANDradio) July 4, 2015 That's World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner, but that wasn't a big deal to Harper or the Nationals early in Saturday's game. After the first two batters reached, Harper capped their first-inning rally with an absolute rocket to the Nationals bullpen in right field. That gave Washington a 3-0 lead just five pitches into the game. It also tied Harper with Cincinnati's Todd Frazier...