It Would Be An Embarrassing Travesty If The Historic Atlanta Braves Lose To The Wildcard Philadelphia Phillies In The NLDS
Gotta say the Phillies (and Philly in general) is undefeated in highlight videos. Sadly, this could be the end of the Red October pump up life as the lowly Wildcard Fightins face off against the historic juggernaut Atlanta Braves. I'm a Phils fan thru and thru, so it's tough for me to say I've been told the Braves are SO historically great it would be an EMBARRASSMENT if they lose to the friggin' Phillies in the NLDS two years in a row. In fact, the Bravos are having such an impressively significant season they one of the greatest teams of all-time. Just peep MLB.com aggressively blowing the chop at every turn:
"No other team in any club’s history could boast of a season like the one constructed by Ronald Acuña Jr., who became the first player to record a 40-homer, 70-steal season. And no Braves team had ever benefited from a season like the one produced by Matt Olson, who set a franchise record in homers and a modern-era club record for RBIs. This year’s Braves team produced the franchise’s modern-era record in runs, RBIs and OPS. It also topped the all-time marks for home runs, OPS+ and slugging percentage. At the same time, this year’s Atlanta club boasts two NL Cy Young Award-caliber starters in Max Fried and Spencer Strider. Fried missed approximately four months this season because of injuries, but he enters the postseason with the capability of pitching like he did when he finished fifth in NL Cy Young balloting in 2020 and second in '22. Strider broke John Smoltz’s single-season strikeout record while recording MLB’s only 20-win season this year."
YIKES! The Phillies CAN'T compete with that lineup. I don't care about the fact that since August 1st both teams have hit exactly 107 dingers each. The Braves have already won offensively. It doesn't matter the Phillies have legit threats and no easy outs 1-9 who are all collectively on hot streaks right now. Schwarber hitting dingers, Bryce being clutch, Castellanos hitting like the MVP potential candidate signed, Trea Turner hitting like the actual MVP candidate signed, Realmuto getting into the groove late, Alec Bohm being pure sex at the plate, Bryson Stott giving the greatest contribution to cinema since Spielberg in his prime…
Nope. Doesn't matter. I've been told this Braves lineup the greatest that's ever been constructed. Add on Spencer Strider who OWNS the Phillies in the regular season and "Cy Young Caliber Starter" (that missed 4 months this season) Max Fried who is dealing with a blisty on his fingy and The Fightings midas whale not show up in Atlanta. They're obviously going to pitch all 81 outs in all three games for the Braves sweep. It's not even worth bringing up how much Philly has an advantage in the Arm Barn and the Bravos have no idea what they're doing for starters after Game 2. Nope. Spencey and Fried got this shit.
But let's just impossibly say the Phillies do somehow get a W in Truist Park like last year. Cool, right? Yes. Very cool. Especially since they'll be coming home to statistically the greatest home field advantage ballpark in MLB history…uh oh…
Enjoy that crowd Spencer Strider! Wait…tHaT wAs rHyS hOSkiNs hE iSn'T eVeN pLAYinG iN dA nLDs!!! Oh man! I love Rhys and hope and am praying he comes back for the WS but I don't even know how the Phillies got this far without him in the lineup. Braves in 2. Maybe 1. Definitely. 100%. For sure. Book it.
Even if the Braves have never beaten The Fightins in a playoff series. Ever. Chase Utley you are the man.
Phils in 4. Again. Fuck Blooper.