2023 NLCS: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Philadelphia Phillies

That turned into more of a game than it looked like it was gonna

Gurriel actually hit it pretty hard, but right at Bohm; he gets around on it a little more and sends it up the line and it's maybe 5-4 with him on second and one out

Yeah it was a good knock, Gurriel was a terror in the DS, nice to see the luck swing.

Reason number 73 to cheer the Phils: They play “Dancing on my own” after winning and the crowd drunkenly sings it over the post-game interviews

On the day the Body Talk poll closed and, of course, Dancing on my Own won.

Confirmed official team of ilx, sorry jimbeaux

unfortunately the phils fans are stanning the calum scott version

*sorry - the official tiesto remix of the calum scott version

There are many paths, some less desirable, to the truth

I felt sorry for the DBacks when they were down 5-0, but they hung in and made a game out of it. Sooner or later the Phillies' bullpen will blow games like that. Playoff Kimbrel can't be trusted.

HARPER RAKES, BAKES SNAKES BDAY CAKE

*sorry - the official tiesto remix of the calum scott version

Bullpen flowers are nice.

It's not easy to keep blooms going into October.

great article!

Was Turner always a bad fielder?

Lol that swing.

He was good defensively his two seasons with the dodgers

Oh wow

I guess defense doesn't matter if you can hit

Gotta believe the Phillies home advantage has to be the heaviest in the league this season. Crowd going nuts. Very nice hr from trea, love seeing the dude smile

15 - 29 well that Is impressive

4 balls to Harper, might be the strat moving forward

Agree, that stadium is always rocking

Good ride

Can’t hit ‘em all out apparently

Damn Bryce, don’t ruin your legend!

Harper is human

Only on the base paths. Turns out I wasn’t joking about 4 balls being the strategy!

This is also the matchup of sexiest vs. ugliest uniforms. Dunno how the dbacks still get away with wearing those

lol

Well, the Phillies can hit

good job, Bam Bam

That was close

kyle schwarber's 2023 statline is one of the greatest i've ever seen.

47 HR, 104 RBI, 108 runs, 126 BB, 215 Ks, .197 BA

just massive

That's crazy

I remember when striking out 100 times made news

ABTA

Does everyone else get the “max muncy - mlb tonight” advertisement in the commercial breaks? Some of the most broken sentences ever put on live TV, and it’s run 30 times each game.

Also had a designer friend get very annoyed at the “Baseball Zen” graphics because the white paint doesn’t start off at the line, there’s the tiniest ammount of bleed over to first base. He emailed MLB about this lol.

Sorry if this just an international mlb.tv thing

Home base i should have said

I think they use the team you watch and then adjust the commercials with those teams. I live in the LA market and when they air the Play Ball commercial the girl pitching always has a Giants cap on.

I'm watching on TBS and so all national ones.

Good pitching

I actually hate that Schwarber keeps proving his value lol. There’s an elitist inside of me that wants to scoff at the concept of a below-Mendoza LEAD OFF HITTER, but damn if he ain’t proving the haters wrong

same - on TBS

BAMM BAMM!

Solo home runs shouldn't kill you but when you keep hitting them, they add up

Part of this is the fact that the “stone-age” Phillies are doing this. Like if it was the Rays I wouldn’t bat an eyelid and think “yeah of course, why doesn’t everyone do that? The Rays are geniuses!”. Yet this boofhead team is doing something really weird and reaping all the benefits. It’s so great

Kelly both lucky and unlucky tonight. 3 hits, all home runs, yet all of them solo despite a few walks.

So many pick off attempts

They just keep on coming, it's sort of incredible

Wow

Haha

There’s an elitist inside of me that wants to scoff at the concept of a below-Mendoza LEAD OFF HITTER

Same--can't adjust. Not just leadoff, but any hitter. Obviously, those HR and walks are valuable. But you have to balance that with all the outs he makes. So he comes out with an slugging percentage under .500 and an OPS+ of 122. If he keeps his average above .250, he's really valuable. This year, he was an above-average hitter on balance.

And I get that he's adorable and a perfect Phillie.

Oh fair enough then yeah, I agree. Diamondbacks were also pretty savvy to give Carroll that long contract - his price would be through the roof in a few years.

SBORZ and PFAADT are my two "brand names you're likely to find on amazon" names for these playoffs

― 龜, Monday, October 16, 2023 7:09 PM (one week ago)

in retrospect this is where i jinxed it for the phils :(

Bryce, I see what you're going for, but that's a Sixers jersey and you're trying to win an important game https://t.co/m8p283h10b

— Marc Normandin (@Marc_Normandin) October 24, 2023

https://i.ibb.co/ftPfMLt/IMG-4704.jpg

i was a bit more explicit in the jinx in texting my friend but i guess i also ultimately predicted the ws matchup

oh weird my image didn't post. ah well

I hope Kimbrel doesn't get the Mitch Williams treatment around town.

― clemenza, Tuesday, October 24, 2023 11:39 PM (yesterday)

he absolutely will, lucky for him his contract was up at the end of the season (i think). i imagine he was on the first flight out from PHL this morning before fans get around to doxxing his address.