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Yuck is up 1-0 on Yeech.

I think I'm pro-Yuck in this series. Developing a real appreciation for Harper as long as it's not against us.

I rooting for a massive case of Dysentery to strike both teams, so they'll have to keep their crap in the clubhouse.
Later

Wheeler having himself a ball game thus far.

- Wheeler tossing a no-no thru 5 (1 E the only blemish)

- Max Fried, who battled blister issues in Sept and hadn't throw a ML game in 18 days, issued several walks and two out hits ... then a 2R Bomb to Realmuto.

- Phils also running the bases well. Fried lasted just 4.
Braves, the team which usually seems to have a 3R lead in the 1st inning every day, have yet to score at all thru 14 innings.

- 4-0 lead in top 6 and are threatening more (2 on/1 out, Harper up) ... but they get out of it with consecutive foul outs

d'Arnaud hits a two-run bomb off Wheeler and my Met brain doesn't know how to feel

Oh my!!!!

Oh My, AGAIN!!!!!!

A leaping catch at the CF wall by Michael Harris turns into a game-ending DP when Harper was doubled off of 1st

Put it in the book of Braves

Frayed Knot wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:16 pm Oh My, AGAIN!!!!!!

A leaping catch at the CF wall by Michael Harris turns into a game-ending DP when Harper was doubled off of 1st

Damn, what a finish. I changed it after the Riley homer and missed all the drama.

Man, these Braves fans are so incredibly tone deaf. On Indigenous People’s Day, to boot.

Gwreck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:26 pm Man, these Braves fans are so incredibly tone deaf. On Indigenous People’s Day, to boot.

It feels like they get the tone and simply don’t give a shit.

Yeah, it takes a lot to make me not celebrate a team doubling off Harper to end a playoff game.

It seems like a simple statement from a few players along the line of "We appreciate the support, but please don't express it in that way" would make a world of difference.

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:21 pm Yeah, it takes a lot to make me not celebrate a team doubling off Harper to end a playoff game.

It seems like a simple statement from a few players along the line of "We appreciate the support, but please don't express it in that way" would make a world of difference.

I had to look it up because I thought the Braves had a player who was of Native descent and voiced his displeasure with the chop, but it was Ryan Helsley of the Cardinals. I wonder if it would make a difference if someone in their own uniform said something.

I'm of the "Alice's Restaurant" mindset. It would take at least three.

Braves are clearly cheating.

Phils' bats make Bryce Elder age even quicker by putting up a four-spot in the 3rd inning following a spotless 1st & 2nd.
4-1, Phillies still batting.

Make that 6-1

Harper is feasting. 2 bombs, 4 ribeye steaks.

8-2, mostly via the HR: Castellanos, Harper (3R), Harper, Turner

But it's still just the end of 6 (despite ~2:20 into things) and Nola is already out of the game (prematurely IMO) to a team that was down by four late yesterday and then didn't even need their half of the 9th to win it.

Frayed Knot wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:40 pm 8-2, mostly via the HR: Castellanos, Harper (3R), Harper, Turner

+ Castellanos again + Marsh

10 - 2, bottom 8

The Braves, who scored more runs than just about any team ever, have been held to 0, 5, and 2 thru 3 games and are lucky to have not already been run from the playoffs.
Four of their seven runs came late in Game 2 to steal a late win 8-4

Strider getting hit but so far scoreless thru 3 due in large part to another DP started by CF Michael Harris

Braves bats still asleep as they're hitless against Ranger Suarez with a whole buncha weak contact.

oe: until just now

Acuna has been a non-entity in this series.
So have several other Brave hitters but they're not the MVP favorite.

Castellanos removes Strider from the game

If I'm Atlanta, I think I'd have preferred Harris v (a suddenly wild) Alvarado rather than Td'A v Kimbrel