2023 NLDS: Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies

LETS GO

That was fast

Disgusting bat flip

I chuckle quietly to myself anytime Castellanos hits a drive into deep left centre field

You can’t be rocking that facial hair on the big stage Strider Marsh

fixed

ranger has such a beautiful head of hair under that cap

Fuck

Woop

Well that should just about sets the team's for the next round

I'm Greek, so way to go Greek guy. (Still remember his improbable game-ending catch last year.)

you are pulling your best defensive outfielder in a tight game for a pinch hitter?

ride or die baby

Getting interesting

oh man great matchup too

How did he not score?

holy shit Braves just gave up a free run wtf

This is what it's all about for baseball.

That’s just some great baseball right there

What a play

ohhhh my god I thought that was out

That is tough.

I was convinced cardiac Craig was gonna give up the grand slam that ab.

There's three more innings left!

smdh the front page of ESPN is about a shitty football game featuring the Denver Broncos instead of this

gotta hand it to the Philly crowd too these freaks are goin nuts out there

Please, no. Harper in the playoffs is practically the best thing about the playoffs.

Such mixed feelings right now: I like both teams, but the idea of the Dodgers, Orioles, Braves, and Rays all being out is so wild and intriguing.

kinda want the Phils to win but would be fun to see this crowd sweat a bit

Seeing-eye single, yike!

hoooo boy here we go. dunno why Ozuna felt the need to take the extra base there, you're not the tying run. was so close to being out

welp no pressure Strahm

Oh, Pillar--Superman no more.

all down to a guy I have never heard of in my life

And that's that

The Braves might possibly the best team I've ever seen that could potentially lose their first round of the playoffs.

― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, September 11, 2023 12:58 PM (one month ago)

Is harper wearing a flashdance altered rashguard under his jersey lol

"Where's the question in that?"--ouch, cold.

First non-Jays series I feel really strongly about: please don't lose to the Diamondbacks.

xp ha! i also thought "so what's the question?" so of course i lol'd

unclenched harper looks so different hah

The Phillies fan really are great

bryce has cupping marks all over his arm and back

Welp! Go D-backs. Braves, go back to sleep.

Starting next year, any team that wins 100+ games will be given a 2-run lead at the beginning of every postseason game.

If Letterman were still on the air, I do think there's a Top 10 list there: Rob Manfred's ideas for making sure the best regular-season teams advance in the playoffs. (#7: "Win a 100 games, get to draw up your opposition's batting order.")

i don't gamble, but i would legitimately be curious if betting sites take into factor the braves continuous (2021 anomaly aside) inability to get out of the divisional round.

This may have been mentioned earlier, but I do think websites should stop with the time-honored tradition of doing position-by-position previews as a way to predict playoff winners. (They have to, I know: content.) I'm not sure that idea ever had any validity, but more than ever, throw it right out the window.

Goodbye, Spencer Strider
Who could hang an L on you?
When your change was very filthy
Still I'm gonna miss you 🎶

very good game

don't gamble, but i would legitimately be curious if betting sites take into factor the braves continuous (2021 anomaly aside) inability to get out of the divisional round.

― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, October 13, 2023 12:48 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

It's been 2 seasons, it's ridiculous to say this is a real trend. They won the WS in '21 and made it to game 7 of the NLCS in '20. The two years before that were virtually different teams and they both at least put up a fight. Playoffs are a crapshoot.