PHILADELPHIA — If Philadelphia sports fans could pick one man to speak for them all, they’d probably choose the big guy in the Super Bowl cap who shook his head with a smile after the All-Star Home Run Derby.“Man, I thought we had it,” said Brandon Graham, the defensive stalwart for two Eagles’ championship teams, as he left Citizens Bank Park on Monday night. “I gotta give it to him.”The “we” was Kyle Schwarber and the city that loves him. The “him” was Jordan Walker, the St. Louis Cardinals outfielder who just became the slugging equivalent of Chris Carpenter around here.Carpenter set the standard for 21st century Phillies heartbreak, outdueling Roy Halladay to finish a 2011 Division Series. The best five-year stretch in Phillies history was never supposed to end that way. But what could the fans really say? Carpenter had beaten their best. He’d earned it.The memory of Monday night won’t sting very long. This was more about flexing in the national spotlight than anything else.But Philadelphia, you might have noticed, is a city that revels in a good flex. And for about three hours, the folks here did what they do best: they supported their team by giving hell to everyone else.Jordan Walker's family relished the boos during his Home Run Derby winJohnny Flores Jr. and Jayne Orenstein“My thought was: ‘Philly’s brutal,’” Walker said afterward, at a podium beside a trophy that a pair of local derby champions, Bobby Abreu and Ryan Howard, had brought to the field.“Honestly, I think it’s pretty special because they love their players. And that’s what you want from your home, where you play. I mean, I’d never heard people cheer so loud like (when) Schwarber and Harper and those guys did their thing. But I can’t hate them because that’s their home. That’s where they play. So I’ve just got to play my game.”His game, on this night, was brutally breathtaking to Phillies fans who were certain that 4,572 feet of final-round Schwarbombs would win it for their guy. That wasn’t Mark McGwire or Albert Pujols in the batter’s box, after all. Walker had never even homered in this city.This was a guy who managed only six home runs in 396 plate appearances last season, a guy who has never appeared on an MVP ballot, a guy who had failed to translate his tools to sustained success.What had Walker ever done in Philly, anyway? In five games here — all before this season — he’d gone 1-for-12 with a single. The fans could not have grasped the kind of threat Walker was to Schwarber in that final round.“I don’t think they did,” said Riley O’Brien, the Cardinals’ All-Star closer. “That last round, it got pretty quiet. He was surprising some people. That run he went on at the end was amazing.”Down to his final swing, Walker blasted six homers in a row to eliminate Schwarber and win $1 million — more than his season salary of $799,400.Jordan Walker connected on six home runs in a row in the final round to silence the crowd and win the derby. (Emilee Chinn / Getty Images)Walker’s father, Derek, listened to the fans booing everyone not dressed in a Phillies uniform, his son most of all. He left sounding touched, in a way, that Jordan had earned their respect.“You know what?” he said. “We had a lot of fun with the Philly fans. In our section there actually were quite a few folks who flip-flopped it. They were for Kyle Schwarber, but like, ‘Hey, but we’re Jordan Walker fans when he’s up at bat — you know, lose by one home run.’“But they were great. They were cheering for their guy, like Jordan said, but what they kept telling us is, a boo in Philadelphia is a sign of respect. They booed very loudly; they respected us very well. When it was all over, they were fantastic. I loved this crowd tonight.”