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Phillies' Bryce Harper helps local high schooler land date for prom

It's prom season, which means high schoolers will be getting creative as they seek dates for the end-of-year school party.

Jake Portella, a student at Haddonfield Memorial High School in New Jersey, lives in the same neighborhood as Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper and had an idea. He walked over to Harper's house, knocked on the door and when the outfielder answered Portella asked for assistance in asking a classmate to prom.

Harper, at first, asked for Portella's email to plan this out, but suddenly changed his mind and felt they should just take care of business in the moment.