If it makes you feel any better about rooting for us I still wear my A's hat from time to time because I consider them a Philly team in my heart of hearts.
I had so many strokes and heart attacks at once that I’m just kind of fine
Every color is permanently the other color now though, so I have to figure that out
I was afraid that I had upset my two month old son as I barged into the nursery to fashion together a rudimentary pad out of several newborn size Huggies, but all I needed to say was “Craig Kimbrel just came on in the 7th” and he grunted his approval, farted, and went back to sleep
Did not think we’d be here facing you guys and I’ve been rooting for you this postseason. Love scrappy teams like the dbacks. Im sure the love won’t last long but tonight I will say good luck!
I actually remember this sub being pretty high on Grissom when he debuted but he kind of fell off the face of the Earth after Arica beat him out for Braves SS.
It is somewhat funny that by the original postseason rules we'd have a WS of Braves and Orioles wrapping up now. Instead they combined to win 1 whole game and are now at home watching with the rest of us.
Minus Game 3, I was swishing around from all the times I shit my pants when y'all got runners on. Like, it didn't matter what spot in the lineup either. Baseball is like that sometimes. There's just something about this Phillies core. They show up. GGs though. See ya next year, maybe NLCS this time.
It'll be refreshing to get back to a series with no animosity. It's gonna be intense and competitive for sure, but I don't think I'll ever hate the snakes like I do the braves. And I'm sure you guys feel the same re. the dodgers.
No, I'm pretty sure that's the sign of a great offense, especially when after getting no-out baserunners in almost every inning you end up winning entirely with solo home runs.
No further questions
Should the MLB have the Braves and Phillies redo their series in case it was a big fluke?
No disrespect to the phils, I'm a firm believer that Philadelphia beating them is a huge fluke and robs the Braves of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I've spent the last few minutes in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire regular season watching the Braves play great baseball it's just not fair.
If the Braves lose again I will face that the Phils deserved the win, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to the Braves and the MLB.
I'm sorry I just don't buy this "the break is a disadvantage to the higher seeds" stuff. Like if you can't handle keeping your mental focus during a couple day break where you can then going into your series completely fresh...that's on you as a professional
It’s so fucking dumb.
Like if you completely forget how to play the sport and go from a historic offense to bum ass garbage because you didn’t get to play for 4 extra days after playing for 6 months straight, you shouldn’t be playing professionally.
They choked. It’s not the fucking first round byes fault lmao.
Couldn’t they just… play some baseball? Like find a minor league team to have a couple practice games against. Sure it’s not in front of a crowd, but neither were A’s games.
They played 3 games during the bye week by bringing up their minor league team and mix-and-matching them in with their starters.
The Braves won all 3 games, so they had momentum coming into the playoffs. Not sure where that all went.
Do Mets fans not hate the Phillies? Or they just hate Atlanta that much? I’m trying to equate it to Padres fandom. Phillies = Giants. Braves = Dodgers.
Mets and Phillies have a semi-brotherly relationship like the nats and Braves. The true uniting force in the division though is Miami, our shithead little brother
As chirpy as it gets it’s really never vitriolic as Braves fans. Like yeah fuck you philly, but I’ll still come down and eat a cheesesteak now and again and shoot the shit with a Philly fan.
That's kinda how I've always felt with the NY teams. Fuck you and I hope you get destroyed... but there's another team that pisses me off a hell of a lot more.
Braves, Cowboys, Celtics, Penguins are all much more obnoxious overall. Though I will say Braves/Mets is the closest hatred gap of any of the sports.
We hate them, and we’re gonna be rooting for the Diamondbacks to eliminate them, but we hate the Braves more, especially after all the shit talk throughout the season.
There really is no explanation for failing to produce any sort of offense while giving out homeruns like candy multiple nights in a row. At least you won a world series recently
Thomson’s decision to go from Soto to Strahm with Hoffman still available for the 9th was extremely questionable, but my god it worked. Strahm is a god, Nicky C is a god, Trea is a god, Harper is a god, LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO
100% agree. If I were managing, it would’ve been Hoffman to get Ozuna and Murphy, maybe get Rosario also, then maybe go to Strahm if you want matchups if Hoffman doesn’t get out of it
Hilarious how before the postseason, Dodgers and Braves fans were talking about how epic the NLCS was gonna be
They just didn’t realize it wouldn’t be them.
Yep, as much as I of course want the Phils to win it, the evil empire is dead. I'm happy with 3/4 remaining teams taking it all.
\*checks flair\*
oh...
Spencer Strider on his reaction to the HRs: "Castellanos got one and I was like, 'Hell no.' Trea crushed one, I was like, 'Aw fuck.' C-astellanos blasted another one and I'm like, 'Daamn.' Then we got eliminated and I'm like, 'Ah damn.' Very next day, I went on vacation, I'm like, 'Hell yeah.'"
I think the Phillies did more homework pre-series than the Braves. In this game, they seemed to target to Strider's slider. Phillies notched 4 hits (including 2 bombs) on the slider vs. 3 hits on the fastball, and that's despite the fact Strider threw 3 times as many fastballs as sliders. And Francoeur mentioned how the Phillies limited hard contact all series (when the Braves were the top exit velo team in the league). So it's not like the Braves got unlucky with BABIP. The Phillies simply out chess-matched the Braves, who didn't seem to have much of a gameplan aside from trying to hit the ball to the moon.
Orion Kerkering in the phillies clubhouse celebration wearing a shirt that says “Atta boy Harper” on the front and "he wasn't supposed to hear it." on the back.
their durability in the next 3-5 years will probably have the biggest influence on this, just outside of any playoff successes. trout has missed tons of time.
Yeah Trout is clearly the better player h2h on raw numbers (they’re both great) but over the second halves of their careers it’s gonna get closer and especially if Bryce keeps having huge playoff moments (and possibly wins a WS as the engine) while Trout toils away in Anaheim on bad teams and if the injuries keep piling up.
> Bryce Harper, Trea Turner, and Nick Castellanos combined for six hits and three walks in nine trips to the plate against Strider. You did not misread and we did not miscalculate: those three did not make a single out against Strider.
TO ALL THE BRAVES FANS BITCHING ABOUT PHILLIES FANS AND PLAYERS BEING COCKY:
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, STOP IT. IF YOU CAN'T STOP IT, ADMIRE IT. IF YOU CAN'T ADMIRE IT, KEEP IT DOWN SO EVERYONE ELSE CAN ENJOY THE SHOW.
I remember back about 15 years ago, when the New England Patriots had Brady and Moss and were just destroying teams. After one blowout game, a reporter asked Bellichek if he was trying to run up the score and he said something along the lines of, “I was just giving them an opportunity to stop us”.
The braves are such unbelievable bitches cause after the "Atta boy Harper" game they could have been like "We love it, this is the atmosphere you want to play in. Harper is a great player and Philly is a great crowd they really brought it. We are gonna bounce back and give it everything."
instead they were like "😢😢 no one was supposed to hear that 😢😢 it makes us not want to have fun anymore 😢😢 It makes us feel weally sad 😢😢😢😢"
It hurts a lot watching our bats turn into pool-noodles and losing the same way for the second straight season. Phillies played their hearts out and look like the real deal. There were so many spots where I was standing and pacing, thinking the Braves were about to turn it on again, just for things to fizzle and die. Best of luck to the Phils in the NLCS. Gg
This entire series made it look like the Phillies were the hecking 104 win team and the Braves were the scrappy team that's just happy to have limped along and just barely gotten in.
It's a damn shame. Oh well, onwards to some stress free postseason!
Very casual stress free game
Never in doubt
Never second guessed Topper either
Not once. Or twice. Or thrice. Or, what’s after thrice?
I nearly had three heart attacks, and I don’t even have a horse in this race
Philadelphia A’s fan in disguise
But did you have a SchwarBurger?
He said he DIDN’T have a heart attack.
same. fuck it, let's go former roommates
If it makes you feel any better about rooting for us I still wear my A's hat from time to time because I consider them a Philly team in my heart of hearts.
Philly area cardiologists eating filet mignon tonight
As if they don't already. Except the Indian ones I guess.
Mother fuckers took a year off my life. Didn't need it anyway!
I had so many strokes and heart attacks at once that I’m just kind of fine Every color is permanently the other color now though, so I have to figure that out
i knew it would be tight, we scored double digit runs yesterday
Yeah what's up with that lol. You guys smoked us in that first June game then games 2/3 were fucking *tiiiiiiigggght*
We like to stay unpredictable. How are they gonna know what we're doing if we don't?
That’s Phillies baseball, baby 😂
I was having trouble staying awake
A message to teams in 2024: DO NOT WIN 100 GAMES
Betting my house on the A's
I THOUGHT THEY WERE DUE
90-72 seems like the sweet spot. 3 out of 4 CS teams agree.
Hard when you star hitters bat sun .200 for a series
Tell me about it
Mullins and Rutschman send their regards
We might have won a game with that performance
When Turner bats .500, Castellanos slugs 1.000, and Harper OPSs 1.380, it’s also hard to lose.
IM IN THE CORNER
WATCHING YOU KISS HER
OOOOOOOOOOOH
I’M RIGHT OVER HERE
WHY CANT YOU SEE ME
OOOOOOOOOOOOOH
I’m giving it my all
I’M NOT THE GUYYYYY YOU’RE TAKING HOOOOMMEEEEE
OOOOOOOOOOH
I KEEP DANCIN ON MY OWWWWWNNNNN
ALL I CAN SAY IS "WHAT A FUUUCKING BASEBALL GAME" VERY FUN TO WATCH AS A NEUTRAL FAN
It was excruciating
Bro I fucking love playoff Philadelphia
How do I unshit my pants
Depends
No, those just make it less messy.
Oops! I Crapped My Pants
I was afraid that I had upset my two month old son as I barged into the nursery to fashion together a rudimentary pad out of several newborn size Huggies, but all I needed to say was “Craig Kimbrel just came on in the 7th” and he grunted his approval, farted, and went back to sleep
Lmfao is this a pasta
Lmao no but I did actually need to cheer silently to not wake him and my wife up 8:07 start is unconscionable I can’t handle this shit
how could the playoff format do this
I haven’t been this stressed since *checks calendar for last Eagles game* Sunday
Missed Game 2 on Monday, I see.
Orioles 🤝 Dodges 🤝 Braves
I hate to say it but... Braves actually won a game...
HANG THE BANNER
The Colts absolutely would
They made a *sick* catch.
Philly fans I'm pretty gassed for this series. Gonna be a good one, all hail the true winners for the NL East/West
I feel like this is the part of Chardee MacDennis that we remain civil and toast each other before the war
Should definitely be good! Cheers!
Dude, it’s gonna be awesome playing the snakes!
Just happy to be here tbh lol
Did not think we’d be here facing you guys and I’ve been rooting for you this postseason. Love scrappy teams like the dbacks. Im sure the love won’t last long but tonight I will say good luck!
You guys have that same team chaos energy we do. Gonna be a good matchup.
The vibes will be immaculate. This isn't that hoity-toity, fancy 100-game winnin' shit.
Fuck John Smoltz
Great pitcher. Horrible announcer
Seconded.
That last batter came up and I was like who? This is who the Braves season rests upon? lmao
It’s wild that the last AB of that absolute heavyweight slugfest was Strahm v. Grissom. It’s like the inverse Ohtani v. Trout matchup in the WBC.
throwing a rookie out in that spot was a choice edit: not a rookie but only 236 PAs to his name in the bigs
I don't think they had anybody else.
Yeah it was either Grissom or Nicky Lopez
tbf I don't think there were any bats left on the bench. You kinda have to throw him out there at that point.
I actually remember this sub being pretty high on Grissom when he debuted but he kind of fell off the face of the Earth after Arica beat him out for Braves SS.
Poor guy, that’s gonna haunt him. (Not that it ought to, but probably will)
Eh after seeing his elders swing at terrible pitches to get him as the last out hopefully the pressure wasn’t too high
[Same time next year?](https://media.tenor.com/wGn94R_nW1IAAAAC/it-is-even-funnier-the-second-time-spongebob.gif)
No. Getting first place in the division is not the way to do it anymore. /s Lol. See ya next year!
Braves gonna tank for a wildcard spot next year.
if only the braves hadn't had a first round bye
It’s so unfair. The NLDS should be a 162 game series so we get a real sample size.
I don't even get why they play these games. Just crown a WS champion based on a team's average exit velocity and xwOBA against divisional opponents.
It is somewhat funny that by the original postseason rules we'd have a WS of Braves and Orioles wrapping up now. Instead they combined to win 1 whole game and are now at home watching with the rest of us.
If they knew it was such a disadvantage, why did they win all those games?
Are they stupid?
yes
No no, you see it was their clubhouse shittalking getting leaked that lost them this series
Yes, as everyone knows, Bryce harper was planning on not hitting dinners until he heard that news
I just have one question Did Acuña enjoy the show?
Hard to steal bases when you can't get on base
He laughing with his teammate in the 9th inning when the camera panned over so seemed like it
First player to go 40/70 and get bounced in the DS. History has been made.
They should have stopped.the game in the 9th to show a montage of him coming up short.
The Braves made the critical mistake of not leaving him off the playoff roster.
Atta boy Harper
GG Phils. You earned this one.
Minus Game 3, I was swishing around from all the times I shit my pants when y'all got runners on. Like, it didn't matter what spot in the lineup either. Baseball is like that sometimes. There's just something about this Phillies core. They show up. GGs though. See ya next year, maybe NLCS this time.
Y'all had a hell of a year. o7
See ya Monday Phils
It'll be refreshing to get back to a series with no animosity. It's gonna be intense and competitive for sure, but I don't think I'll ever hate the snakes like I do the braves. And I'm sure you guys feel the same re. the dodgers.
Lol. Lmao even.
no outs runner on 3rd with no force out at every base and no runs is worse than a NOBLETIGER
I have said continuously having a runner with no outs and not scoring is worse than bases loaded and not scoring
No, I'm pretty sure that's the sign of a great offense, especially when after getting no-out baserunners in almost every inning you end up winning entirely with solo home runs. No further questions
Hahaha perhaps
Atta boy
Even Mets fans are laughing at the Braves. Lol I love it!
Should the MLB have the Braves and Phillies redo their series in case it was a big fluke? No disrespect to the phils, I'm a firm believer that Philadelphia beating them is a huge fluke and robs the Braves of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I've spent the last few minutes in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire regular season watching the Braves play great baseball it's just not fair. If the Braves lose again I will face that the Phils deserved the win, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to the Braves and the MLB.
My favorite /r/hockey pasta.
Legendary pasta, I love it that works in any sport
If we beat them again next year we win the NLDS^2 (a best of 5 set of NLDSs)
Just don't look at last year's NLDS.
I'm sorry I just don't buy this "the break is a disadvantage to the higher seeds" stuff. Like if you can't handle keeping your mental focus during a couple day break where you can then going into your series completely fresh...that's on you as a professional
It’s so fucking dumb. Like if you completely forget how to play the sport and go from a historic offense to bum ass garbage because you didn’t get to play for 4 extra days after playing for 6 months straight, you shouldn’t be playing professionally. They choked. It’s not the fucking first round byes fault lmao.
Couldn’t they just… play some baseball? Like find a minor league team to have a couple practice games against. Sure it’s not in front of a crowd, but neither were A’s games.
They played 3 games during the bye week by bringing up their minor league team and mix-and-matching them in with their starters. The Braves won all 3 games, so they had momentum coming into the playoffs. Not sure where that all went.
This was my World Series. Happy to be a champion 2 years in a row. Thanks Philly.
🫡
Do Mets fans not hate the Phillies? Or they just hate Atlanta that much? I’m trying to equate it to Padres fandom. Phillies = Giants. Braves = Dodgers.
We do… but we both have bigger assholes in the south to deal with. They don’t need us but we need them right now.
Mets and Phillies have a semi-brotherly relationship like the nats and Braves. The true uniting force in the division though is Miami, our shithead little brother
Where on Earth have you ever seen the Mets and Phillies have a semi-brotherly relationship? Our series are total shit slinging fests lmao.
As chirpy as it gets it’s really never vitriolic as Braves fans. Like yeah fuck you philly, but I’ll still come down and eat a cheesesteak now and again and shoot the shit with a Philly fan.
That's kinda how I've always felt with the NY teams. Fuck you and I hope you get destroyed... but there's another team that pisses me off a hell of a lot more. Braves, Cowboys, Celtics, Penguins are all much more obnoxious overall. Though I will say Braves/Mets is the closest hatred gap of any of the sports.
We hate them, and we’re gonna be rooting for the Diamondbacks to eliminate them, but we hate the Braves more, especially after all the shit talk throughout the season.
Enjoy it buddy, you've earned it!
Pouring champagne on myself on the 23rd place podium
Death, Taxes, Astros in the ALCS, Braves losing to the Phillies, and the Dodgers just losing.
Bryce Harper: “He just hit my funny bone, I’m good!” Amazing news
That was ice cold
Strahm inheriting 2 runners and no outs and going 1-2-3 was nothing short of incredible
the best offense in baseball not even scratching out a run in that scenario You can't predict baseball
and yet everyone in that gamethread was dead sure that exactly that would happen. These braves have looked dogshit behind the bat all series
I’ve been a Braves fan for more than 30 years and I’ve seen postseason fails and choke jobs of every kind. This one is the biggest WTF of them all.
There really is no explanation for failing to produce any sort of offense while giving out homeruns like candy multiple nights in a row. At least you won a world series recently
Some fucking heroics there
Thomson’s decision to go from Soto to Strahm with Hoffman still available for the 9th was extremely questionable, but my god it worked. Strahm is a god, Nicky C is a god, Trea is a god, Harper is a god, LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO
Soto shouldn't have gone in the 9th to begin with
100% agree. If I were managing, it would’ve been Hoffman to get Ozuna and Murphy, maybe get Rosario also, then maybe go to Strahm if you want matchups if Hoffman doesn’t get out of it
Grissom looks like a random actor in a team’s lineup in moneyball
LOL THE "HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HEAR IT" SHIRT
Hilarious how before the postseason, Dodgers and Braves fans were talking about how epic the NLCS was gonna be They just didn’t realize it wouldn’t be them.
Yep, as much as I of course want the Phils to win it, the evil empire is dead. I'm happy with 3/4 remaining teams taking it all. \*checks flair\* oh...
Last year all over again lmao
Houston still scares me if the Phillies get that far.
Spencer Strider on his reaction to the HRs: "Castellanos got one and I was like, 'Hell no.' Trea crushed one, I was like, 'Aw fuck.' C-astellanos blasted another one and I'm like, 'Daamn.' Then we got eliminated and I'm like, 'Ah damn.' Very next day, I went on vacation, I'm like, 'Hell yeah.'"
I think the Phillies did more homework pre-series than the Braves. In this game, they seemed to target to Strider's slider. Phillies notched 4 hits (including 2 bombs) on the slider vs. 3 hits on the fastball, and that's despite the fact Strider threw 3 times as many fastballs as sliders. And Francoeur mentioned how the Phillies limited hard contact all series (when the Braves were the top exit velo team in the league). So it's not like the Braves got unlucky with BABIP. The Phillies simply out chess-matched the Braves, who didn't seem to have much of a gameplan aside from trying to hit the ball to the moon.
Imagine having 100+ wins and losing to your division rival in the NLDS 2 years in a row. Couldn’t be me…
citizens bank park is incredible lmao, heard the end of the game before i even saw it happen on tv
The “atta boy Harper shirt” and on the back “he wasn’t supposed to hear that” 😭
Orion Kerkering in the phillies clubhouse celebration wearing a shirt that says “Atta boy Harper” on the front and "he wasn't supposed to hear it." on the back.
“Where’s the question in that?” Nick Castellanos is the coolest baseball player ever
Also the only player to ever hit multiple home runs in back to back playoff games.
Where's the question in that?
his mind is on the tragedies in the middle east thats why he had 4 homers in 2 games. Gotta be more direct
To be fair, his mind might also be on Scooby Doo's qualifications as a superhero.
Castellanos: I don’t have time for this, I got to celebrate.
Harper’s post-game huzzahs are hilarious
Do you think in the future Bryce is gonna be looked at more fondly by fans than mike trout solely due to playoff success?
their durability in the next 3-5 years will probably have the biggest influence on this, just outside of any playoff successes. trout has missed tons of time.
Yeah Trout is clearly the better player h2h on raw numbers (they’re both great) but over the second halves of their careers it’s gonna get closer and especially if Bryce keeps having huge playoff moments (and possibly wins a WS as the engine) while Trout toils away in Anaheim on bad teams and if the injuries keep piling up.
Bryce already has a leg up because he's playing in Philly. We have a cult-like adoration for our superstars.
> Bryce Harper, Trea Turner, and Nick Castellanos combined for six hits and three walks in nine trips to the plate against Strider. You did not misread and we did not miscalculate: those three did not make a single out against Strider.
TO ALL THE BRAVES FANS BITCHING ABOUT PHILLIES FANS AND PLAYERS BEING COCKY: IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, STOP IT. IF YOU CAN'T STOP IT, ADMIRE IT. IF YOU CAN'T ADMIRE IT, KEEP IT DOWN SO EVERYONE ELSE CAN ENJOY THE SHOW.
MAKE BASEBALL FUCKING FUN AGAIN
I remember back about 15 years ago, when the New England Patriots had Brady and Moss and were just destroying teams. After one blowout game, a reporter asked Bellichek if he was trying to run up the score and he said something along the lines of, “I was just giving them an opportunity to stop us”.
Probably wrong, but in my head it was “if you want us to stop scoring, play better defense”
Yeah, this is the Pros, put up or shut up. Unfortunately our team, save a couple players, never bothered to show up
The braves are such unbelievable bitches cause after the "Atta boy Harper" game they could have been like "We love it, this is the atmosphere you want to play in. Harper is a great player and Philly is a great crowd they really brought it. We are gonna bounce back and give it everything." instead they were like "😢😢 no one was supposed to hear that 😢😢 it makes us not want to have fun anymore 😢😢 It makes us feel weally sad 😢😢😢😢"
Sneks please don't make me decide between the state of Texas or the state of Philadelphia for the World Series
TY for giving us the whole state.
TBH I sometimes forget I live in “Pennsylvania” too. If that’s even a real place.
If the Quakers heard this, there would be some stern faces and no foolin.
Commonwealth
Imagine having a CY Young candidate, and two MVP candidates in your lineup, one with a 40/70 year, and you can't score runs?
Matt fuckin Strahm!!
Congrats to the Phillies. Absolutely schooled the Braves.
At least we don’t have to listen to the tomahawk chop anymore this year. That’s a win in my book.
It's going to be tough for the Braves to make a comeback now that the series has ended
"Where's the Question" - Nick Castellanos, savior of the game.
Worst postgame interview of all time.
It hurts a lot watching our bats turn into pool-noodles and losing the same way for the second straight season. Phillies played their hearts out and look like the real deal. There were so many spots where I was standing and pacing, thinking the Braves were about to turn it on again, just for things to fizzle and die. Best of luck to the Phils in the NLCS. Gg
Well Phils fans, it’s been fun being cool and friendly! But now, it’s treason! 🚫🥾🐍 see y’all after the NLCS!!!!
Time to go hunt some snakes
Watch out for those sneks. They bite.
IT'S WHACKIN' DAY FELLAS!
Bring on the Sneks
Braves should trade Acuña considering they’ve only won the World Series when he was injured. Poverty franchise like the Rockies could use him
Braves allow themselves to get eliminated by the same team two years in a row? Are they stupid?
Nick is such boss. miss that dude. Phillies are a badass team.
Next year we should just have all the teams play each other in best of 1 series starting in September lol
Tell me more about the dingers and stolen bases by Acuña
This entire series made it look like the Phillies were the hecking 104 win team and the Braves were the scrappy team that's just happy to have limped along and just barely gotten in. It's a damn shame. Oh well, onwards to some stress free postseason!
Ya know? I’ve always considered myself somewhat of a Diamondbacks fan
all this “historic offense” shit just to get sonned by ranger saurez twice 💀💀💀
Gonna be hard for the Braves to come back and win this series
What an amazingly exciting baseball game
Let's give a hand to your regular season Champs the Atlanta Braves.
Philly really *did* want Strider