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Lol.Waaah
I'm salty as any as a Mets fan but this "a bad team beat us and they shouldn't have been there" nonsense is some pretty next level Braves fan shit.
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Yeah it is what it is. It’s more anger about sitting through a 162 game season which now doesn’t really mean much. I mean there were 7 teams in the NL with a pulse. 6 of them made the playoffs.lol. Third best team in the division going to the NLCS. That's baseball though. When a team gets hot with a bit of luck, watch out. Braves were the beneficiaries last year. Watch out for the Dodgers. If I were you I'd be rooting like hell for the Padres tonight because you guys will get absolutely worked by the Dodgers.
Last year the Braves won 88 games. This year the Phils won 87 games. Quit being a crybaby.lol. Third best team in the division going to the NLCS. That's baseball though. When a team gets hot with a bit of luck, watch out. Braves were the beneficiaries last year. Watch out for the Dodgers. If I were you I'd be rooting like hell for the Padres tonight because you guys will get absolutely worked by the Dodgers.
It’s not exactly the same. The Braves won the division. The Phillies finished 3rd and were the 3rd wild card team in. I just don’t like expanded baseball playoffs after such a long regular season.Last year the Braves won 88 games. This year the Phils won 87 games. Quit being a crybaby.
Both of those make sense to me. I trend toward option #1 but #2 makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is blending them both.I personally think 162 games is too long for a season to introduce the randomness of a short series playoff. I also think the season is too long (as a Mets fan it would be generally most beneficial if it ends at the All Star break). But I would think fans fall into one of these camps:
1) It takes 162 games to normalize for the variables in baseball and come out with the best teams
-If you believe this then what you really want is like a 6 team playoff MAX from the division winners only, if not just the top 4 teams, or LESS, plus long playoff series (7 games?)
2) 162 game seasons are too long because there are trades, injuries, changes, streaks
-If you believe this then you want a shortened season with some restrictions and expanded playoffs
Let's just agree to retroactively shave 6 games off the end of this last season and start the playoffs over.Both of those make sense to me. I trend toward option #1 but #2 makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is blending them both.
Haha I’m in. Our series was basically a playoff series anyway. You didn’t need to play two of them!Let's just agree to retroactively shave 6 games off the end of this last season and start the playoffs over.
Feel like the Braves would've fared better against the Padres, and Mets handled the Phillies all seasonHaha I’m in. Our series was basically a playoff series anyway. You didn’t need to play two of them!
With Strider coming back from injury and Morton struggling we really needed to win first two games. I will agree I don't think we beat the Phillies in a 7 game series. The offense was terrible.I mean the Braves had really good pitching this year but due to a variety of factors they had one quality start in four games. Not going to win too many series doing that. They would likely be in deep trouble in a seven-game series no matter who they were playing at this point even under the old format.
Some of it he was ordered to do. For example, he was told not to run out grounders because of his knee. Not sure how much that played into defense.Do Braves fans give Acuna a pass on his lack of hustle, given he's so talented? Yes, strikeouts happen...but that performance in RF was abysmal
I will also add that 3 Wild Cards is too many. Philly shouldn’t have even been in the playoffs. We play 162 for a reason. Yes they beat our ass but in a short series even the worst team in the league would beat the best occasionally.
Huh? The Phillies beat the Cards with a 1-2 punch of Wheeler and Nola. Nola dominated the Braves and the Wheeler-Wright matchup was excellent. The Phillies have allowed 16 runs in 6 playoff games so far. If you don't think pitching has played a major role you haven't been paying attention.Conventional wisdom in baseball has been that good pitching beats good hitting. Phillies defied that all season and stood it on its head in the short series. It will be interesting to see if they can continue to out hit teams in the longer NLCS and World Series.
Says the sourest of all grapes! Don't forget, I've seen you when your teams under perform!Holy sour grapes, Batman. You lost. Get over it (you and the Mutts fan you're commiserating with).