PHILADELPHIA – Bryson Stott doesn’t remember slamming his bat on the ground as he trotted down the base path, bellowing toward the dugout. The Phillies’ second baseman learned that he had just authored the kind of iconic moment — and emphatic celebration thereof — that instantly enters the annals of Philadelphia sports lore from Garrett Stubbs, the backup catcher and first-string hype man.
“I don’t usually pimp home runs,” Stott said later, when the smell of cigar smoke trailed him into the interview room. “I don’t think I hit them far enough to do that.