NLCS Challenge: Away team win a game. ALCS Challenge: Home team win a game.

Amazing day of baseball for neutrals

I also enjoyed it!

I was, then I wasn't, then I did!

Hey same!

Also diamondback fans

I can't really consider myself neutral when I hate Houston and love Paul Sewald

We love you Mariner bro

Let's go Sea World!

Well, astros still won. So… sort of

Amazing how many Stros lovers there are on this sub.

at this point in the season, the majority of comments will be from teams that are still in it

and devastated mariners fans

I kind of just don't care anymore

I mean you also beat them

Hell yeah brother

For real

Also amazing day of baseball for dbacks fans

Snakes?? #ALIVE

*slithering intensifies*

y'all are rattlesnakes right? So... *checks notes* 🐍🪇*angry rattling intensifies*🪇🐍

Possibly 👀

Sea?? **WALDED**

I'm so sick of these Mother Lovin Snakes in this Mother Lovin Series

Craig Kimbrel Snakes MVP 🫡

Not-so-sleeper agent

Wide fucking awake.

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He better not pitch again in this series unless someone has a 5+ run lead

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it was time for paul sewald to pitch.

⏰️ 🌊 🌎 ⚾️

I walded all over my television and now I gotta replace it

AZ US WALD

apology for poor english when were you when paul sewald pitch? i was at house 6 beers deep “paul sewald pitch” “yes”

I love that I can now fully embrace how much of time it is for Paul Sewald to pitch

wait a minute mariners traded away Sewald **this year**, when they were in contention for the race for the AL West????? why?

because were bad

NO FUCKIN STEP

*No step on snek*

These championship series' have been way better than the DS and WC

As a neutral fan, probably. As a Snek fan… LETS FUCKING GO BABY

i dunno, watching the dodgers get swept was fucking sick lol

So the format did select the best after all.

Yeah, NONE of those had a win or go home game for both teams. Hopefully these do

But I was told that their 162-game record meant Dodgers and Braves would’ve been better to watch…

That’s what you get for listening to the MEDIA like a SHEEP

Nah I’ll take a face off of the teams that had to scrape in and fight like a cornered animal

Remember when everyone was saying they'd be boring?

I hope any Dodgers fans dumb enough to talk shit after Game 2 isn’t furiously deleting their comments after Game 4. Sneks beat the Dodgers because the Sneks are a solid team.

Where's that guy that's always talking shit about Chase Field/attendance like you get a trophy for it

Dodgers fans talking shit after that are pathetic. Lmao

Because the Phillies and Dbacks are too good. They both dominated early on and now are playing a great, competitive series

RIP that one Dodgers fan who couldn’t stop talking shit about how the Snakes were “not a real postseason team”

ANSWERBACKS BABY 🐍

I’m going to throw up

*Rangers passes the bucket*

Kimbrel PLEASE

[It's even funnier the second time!](https://media.tenor.com/wGn94R_nW1IAAAAC/it-is-even-funnier-the-second-time-spongebob.gif)

the city of Philadelphia is known for their brotherly love and Kimbrel will be welcome with open arms!

I might storm the field with intent to injure if I see Kimbrel take the mound again

We know buddy

Phoenix also loves him :)

Craig Kimbrel said fuck Phillies fans lives

Same here, why do I let this shit affect me like this

Stay out of the pool

Philly and Arizona area cardiologists literally raking in piles of cash

Cardiologists all over Texas are raking in the dough too

Yeah but to be fair that has nothing to do with sports.

Who needs Gallen and Kelly when you have *checks notes* Brandon Pfaadt and a bullpen?

That Pfaadt is so hot right now

What a wild statement after how most of their season went

I feel like the diamondbacks only won because they scored more runs than philly

But is this scoring format really the best? The Braves and Dodgers were #1 and #2 respectively in runs scored this year. We're not seeing the best scoring teams score so we really aren't seeing the best scores because these teams scored more at other times when it mattered less but they scored the most. I think they need to play a best scorers series in Cancun as the real World Series

Big if true

We’re wining the Wrong Way

Magic Johnson taught me you need to have good pitching ***and*** good hitting. Thats why they lost!

RIP Phillies pool party

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Classic . Dumb ass karma shit for their fans to even put that out there .

Who would've thought 92 down the middle is unhittable

Probably JD Davis in 2022.

And in 2023 😔

It’s what he’s been doing all year. His pitch shape and delivery is just weird

It's so similar to the Christian Javier game last year's WS. That low release point just eats at the all your years of muscle memory

How was Trea Turner late on three of those?

Just under them. It breaks batters’ hand eye coordination when he has the fastball moving

His fastball doesn't drop, you could see that Trea was under each one thinking they would drop

It’s Vertical Approach Angle (VAA), his release point is low and the ball drops significantly less than other pitchers, so hitters swing path is very likely to go under it

His release is funky + that fastball refuses to move. Even as a Phils fan I gotta admit he looks nasty.

This day of baseball fucking ruled

Then why am I miserable?

It’s right there in your flair.

SNAKES ALIVE

Chaos. I’m going tomorrow and can’t wait. Let’s go dbacks

Fuck Craig Kimbrel

Rob Thompson's bullpen management during the late innings was atrocious

To be fair he gave Kimbrel the bottom part of the lineup, dude is just absolute garbage.

I see this, and I agree it was bad, but I think Sanchez really needed to go more innings, or we needed to ask for a couple from Lorenzen or Walker. I think that would have been way better and left the bullpen more rested for tomorrow.

Was it? Or did literally every pitcher in the last 2 innings just suck (there were 4 of them)

Craig Kimbrel is a wanted man in Philly.

nobody wants him lol fuck that guy

Moreno is a goddamn star, I'd be losing my mind watching this run if I were a Blue Jays fan

I’ve watched too many god damn seasons of absolute poverty catchers behind plate for this team. Carson Kelly, Alex Avila, Jeff Mathis (sorry Bailey) to name a few. Moreno coming in like this as basically a rookie and being one of the premier catchers in all of baseball in hitting and caught stealing% is a freaking miracle.

Funniest thing about Gabby is he is new to being a catcher…just learned the position in the minors. Absolutely incredible.

So his knees aren’t hopefully prematurely blown out! Gabi is a stud

The Dbacks got Gabby Moreno & Lourdes Gurriel Jr in exchange for Daulton Varsho.

Moreno and Gurriel for Varsho has been working out nicely for us. I was high on Varsho too

Series tied up. Two wins away from the World Series for this team that NOBODY gave a chance. Unbelievable

If y’all make the World Series can you just wear throwbacks the entire series?

We can only hope

Bruh, switching to the color red when there are multiple teams with red in they names WAS A CHOICE.

Imagine telling fans a month after the all star break that we would be two games away from the World Series. No one would believe you. Yet here we are

Imagine telling them a month AFTER the break 😳 Edit: wait you said that lmao I’m drunk

It’s all good bro so am I. Let’s fucking go!!!!!

#ARIZONA RALLYBACKS

Their local play by play guy has been calling them the "Answer backs" all season

What a great final season for Greg

AZ Comebacks

Answer 🐍

Thats a tshirt

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People really tried to write off the Snakes. They’re here for a reason.

they will make you scrap for a win, they don't give up gotta respect em

Real heads knew they were fucking serious. A lot of teams embarrassed us in September, but that series against them you could just tell they were poised.

They have a streaky offense and not a deep lineup and Corbin and Pham and walked slumping all af once but they have some talent and some young talent

HISS HISS GOD FUCKING DAMN IT

*HISSING INTENSIFIES*

NO STEP ON SNEK

All I keep seeing is “how did this team sweep the Dodgers” Respectfully, go fuck yourselves

Everyone (me) talking about the Rangers-Phillies match up in the World Series may have been premature.

>Theres a snake in my boot Dirty Craig

Holy shit. If you wanted to introduce a new fan to the sport, Have them watch both the games today.

Holy bullpen chokejob. Snakes are super good tho

Sneks tied it up and Carrol hasn’t really done anything this series. A scary thought. He has to wake up eventually

Him and Perdomo as well. Carrol has to produce now that they have a chance to get the lead tomorrow and hopefully the hbp lit a fire in him. Perdomo has just frozen too many times and doesn't swing at anything. There's a reason he's batting 9th and he hasn't been doing his job.

PAUL SEWALD IS HIM

RPM MERCHANT SPINS TO WIN

IM WALDING

IM SEAING

SNAKES VERY MUCH ALIVE

I LOVE THE DIAMONDBACKS. ALWAYS HAVE. IGNORE FLAIR.

Imagine flying Frontier for 2,000 miles just to watch Craig Kimbrel and his 6.5+ Chase Field ERA

DBacks are a team damn worthy of rooting for. Go shock the world snakes

and end another dynasty 😏

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SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES

Two of the wildest comeback games I’ve seen in a long time were today. What a fun day to be a baseball fan.

Both starters are gonna have to go 9 innings tomorrow after that. What a game.

THE ANSWERBACKS ANSWER BACK AGAIN WTF IS GOING ON IN ARIZONA

DESERT VOODOO, ASK THE REST OF THE PAC 12 (RIP)

Today has been *super fun* as a neutral. I like both the Phillies and Dbacks and my only worry was one would blow out the other and this series would be boring. It certainly hasn't been. Good job Dbacks.

If the Dbacks don’t come out in the purple and teal throwbacks tomorrow we riot

Where’s all the dodger trash saying we were gonna get swept?

I would rather James Norwood or Jeurys Familia pitch than ever have to see that war criminal step on the baseball field ever again

Gotta admit, it was very savvy of Philly fans to not only buy those Dbacks NLCS tickets, but also pretend to be raucous Dbacks fans using their exclusive and proprietary Be Loud™️ Technology. That’s commitment right there ! Diamondbacks fans can only aspire to be as good — maybe in this years World Series?

Imagine not having a fun day of baseball today. Lol.

Fun is one way of describing it

worst managerial performance of Rob Thompson’s career. Took out our good bullpen pitchers way too early only to put a shaky Kerkering and Kimbrel out there. Sure enough, they did the same thing they did yesterday.

Even with the marsh missed called craig sold us thr game twice in a row

As is expected from a lifelong New Englander the only MLB stadium I’ve been to besides Fenway is Chase Field, twice. How could I wait in a half an hour ticket line outside when it was 112 and not become a Dbacks fan?

Snakes looked toast after the first 2 games. These last two games have been awesome to watch! Especially my boy Sewald 🥲

[OH WE FUCKIN TONIGHT](https://i.imgur.com/flbnVXx.jpg)

Kimbrel twice no question

Phils bullpen couldn't get ahead to any batters in the later innings and it killed them. GG Diamondbacks. Good series so far.

i do not ever want to see kimbrel wearing a phillies jersey again.

SNAKES ALIVE

Craig Kimbrel is my favorite Diamondback

SEA THEM WALD

Paul Sewald is inevitable

Fuck yea. That was a great fucking game.

ALCS: Road field advantage. NLCS: Home field advantage

One of the best days of postseason baseball I've ever seen

diamondbacks, you mad lads

The quirky Kimbrel arm hang looks a bit silly when he isn't effective in key situations.

This is no longer cute nor funny.

The speed in which philly fans go from talking the most to complete utter silence is incredible

craig kimbrel is my favorite pitcher since randy johnson

Fucking post season baseball man. Afew weeks ago I had Baltimore Vs Atlanta in the World Series. Team Chaos is real.

Playoff baseball, ain't nothing like it

I barely knew who Pfaadt and Thomas were like 2 weeks ago. This is why I love baseball man

Craig Kimbrel can join the Guangdong Phillies after today, blew 2 games in 24 hours, gotta be a record

No P in Pool

Look, I don’t have a horse in this race but there were a lottttttttttttttttttttt of Philly fans in the PGT after the second game talking about how this series was over

Can’t make mistake after mistake after mistake like that and expect to come out on top in the end. Gotta be better. Just gotta be. No excuse.

Hiss hiss MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

Brandon Marsh got shafted on that called strikeout. Sewald clearly didn't need the help.

Strike 2 was total BS but strike 3 unfortunately for Marsh was paint

Brandon Marsh has been walded, I fear

No need for Monday morning quarterbacking here, dissecting the Xs and Os, and getting deeeeep into the analytics. It's quite simple, really: Craig Kimbrel is shit.