2023 NLCS: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Also thank you for not calling out my folly in putting LAD on the top of that list given the last series lol

Ok, let's talk about the dodgers, when the Giants swept them in Dodgers stadium this year I saw the exposure. They're not as good as teams in the most recent years. The pitching was suspect but when they lost Urias I felt like it was over in 2023. I was still surprised when it happened in their first round.

The win total they got this year is a miracle that relied primarily on a great offense (despite what the NLDS would have you believe) and a Pitching staff that somehow, with a lot of duct tape and chewing gum, held it together for most of the year. Turns out that duct tape and chewing gum loses its stickiness after 6 months and it was an inevitable result no fan wanted to acknowledge. From the start of the season though, Dodgers fans were crying that this was the worst Dodgers team of the Friedman era (primarily due to injuries) and we were resigned that the NL West pennant might not have been ours this year (as was every sports standing predictor, they all had the Padres first). The pitching falling apart was expected, the offense turning off for the first time this year was not. And , we don't even have a consolation prize of a healthy Ohtani to weather this storm!!! Cruel

REPTILES DRILL PHIL, KIMBREL STILL DOWNHILL

lol

I loved this story about the bond between Mike Hazen and Torey Lovullo:

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38674717/mlb-playoffs-2023-arizona-diamondbacks-mike-hazen-torey-lovullo-nicole-cancer

Great piece. I am very choked up. <3

Kevin Ginkel
Custom mashup of Snakebite and Poison by Alice Cooper’s team

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― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Friday, October 20, 2023 5:33 PM bookmarkflaglink

Oh it's funny, because they are the Diamondbacks, poisonous rattlesnakes

SNAKES ALIVE!!!! Love to wake up and see this

Friday, March 20, 2023 11:45 PM Site Bryce Harper has been banned temporarily. 0/5 in 48 hours

Oh fudge

Friday, October 20, 2023 11:45 PM Site Bryce Harper has been banned . 0/5 in 48 hours

ffs

He’ll start hitting again in Philly. Their home/road splits have been notable (small sample size though)

Phillies
6 home games
17 2B, 17 HR, .301/.373/.648

3 road games
3 2B, 2 HR, .194/.303/.290

— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) October 20, 2023

Some camera angle made Bryce Harper look like a January 6 Justin Theroux and now I can't unsee it

Unbelievable he blew back to back games

SNAKES ALIVE! PHILS SAY NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Very keen for this game

Gallen vs Wheeler

Marquee match up

Start Kimbrel as an opener you cowards!

xp Zac(k) attack

Wow that trea turner avg is incredible this deep into the post season

I do kinda hope Gallen gets torched. Don’t like the idea of other NL-West team having aces

Throw the ball you coward! Unprofessional

Gallen scared of Mr. .197

WHAT A HIT FROM THE SLUGGER! Hahaha

Crazy start

A great AB from schwarbs. Still a believer

Gallen throwing way too many balls for a team that has a spent bullpen.

Atta boy Harper

Anyways nice at bat Harper

Nice

I thought they would win two in Arizona but now need to win this one

Let’s go Phils.

Gallen is not pitching the game the dbacks need right now. If he doesn’t make serious changes in the 2nd inning he will be lucky to get through 5. Dbacks better hope that wheeler is spent as well. 20 pitches, 12 balls

WOW!

Oof this is sad. Hope he’s alright

Hope no one got hurt

I can't prove this, but Moreno got the winning hit last night, so I'm pretty sure Harper was trying to hurt him there and should be suspended.

Double steal, I like the aggressiveness

HARPER!!! He touches the plate while tending to Moreno!! Made me guilty laugh hah. Glad Moreno looks okay

Lol @ Clem

Lol clemenza

Good hit, good play

I would like to see JT Realmuto’s arm v Carroll’s wheels but Dbacks probably won’t risk it

useless!

Wheeler gets out of it

Huge

I am once again reminded that I don’t like Zac Gallen purely because he complained about not getting Cy Young votes last year and to keeping track of the names of writers who didn’t vote for him. Not quite in my top ten pitchers I like to see lit up but definitely top 30.

Brandon pfaadt wouldn’t do this to us

I don’t like him cause he looks like a nerd

Dbacks D getting it done!

(xpost) Does he have a nickname? The Professor's already taken.

In this household, we call him “four-eyes”