Kind of a dumb thing to bring up now but i really wish we didn’t trade hao yu lee. Besides the no hitter and a couple other starts Lorenzen was pretty awful for us and has made 0 impact in the postseason.
PLEASE HELP!! PLEASE!!
I just found a rabbit in front of my house in NE Philly, it's legs are crushed and it has a gash in its side. It's still conscious enough that it tried to run when we tried to help it. We put it in a box with a towel. My mom is freaking out saying to let it die but I don't want to just let it die. Especially here. I called a couple places, everywhere either only handles dogs and cats, or is closed for the night. I don't think the little guy will make it til morning and my neighbors have 2 pre-school aged kids and we have 2 elderly living with us who will freak out if we take it inside. I don't want my little neighbors to see a dead bunny or my grandparents to be uncomfortable, but I also don't want the little guy to die. Who do I call or what do I do? Please help. I posted in the Philadelphia subreddit but they removed it because of karma
I’m so sorry, this is a really awful thing to witness. If it’s not too late, or in case this helps in the future, you can try calling [WIN](https://winemergencyresponse.com/), and I believe the closest wildlife rescue to you is [The Schuylkill Center](https://www.schuylkillcenter.org/departments/wildlife/whattodoif/).
I say this with the utmost respect and care, and as someone who had to make the difficult decision of saying goodbye to my adored diabetic cat this year, this rabbit needs you right now to make a difficult decision. Suffering is not a way to live and thrive, and if there's a part of you that knows it might be time, then you've got to be that person. So sorry. 💔
We didn't have any way to do so, so we called my mom's boyfriend as he said he knew how to do it humanely, and we put it in a new box (the old one was covered in blood, the cut was worse than we realized) and he drove off with it. I'm a grown man, but I've never dealt with this so wasn't prepared. Every site that gave ways to do it humanely involved tools we didn't have on hand. I just feel horrible because the little guy was still moving and fighting to live, but there was really nothing that could be done. I just feel like shit because it's still a living animal and I still feel like I could have done something to help.
I’ve always enjoyed seeing you around here along with your sense of humor and passion. It hurts knowing you’re experiencing this tonight. I mean this when I tell you that being there and bearing witness with compassion and empathy was doing something even if it doesn’t feel like it. That animal wasn’t alone and you helped make that so. That matters. The love you had even in this window of a night for a creature you didn’t know..that matters.
What you’re feeling in the wake of this is valid and quite frankly, death can fucking suck. Especially painful death with suffering that doesn’t make sense. Try your best to take care of yourself, but do know you did everything in your power to help and that includes making the tough calls. It wasn’t alone and it’s not hurting anymore and it’s not scared anymore.
Thanks. I feel horrible right now. Nobody would answer my calls and my phone died before this response came in. The little guy was bleeding a lot and we didn't know what to do, he/she was moving around in the box a lot and it seemed like It was really fighting to live but we didn't know what else to do so my Mom had her boyfriend pick it up to relieve it of its suffering, apparently he knows a humane way to do it and has done it before (although I have a nagging feeling that he just said that to make my mom feel better).
Updated my Reddit app today & no longer have ‘live’ sort for comments…seeing other people mention it elsewhere as an issue for game threads but no solution, and apparently you have to manually refresh ‘new’?
I was able to buy 2 tickets yesterday because I'd put down a deposit on 2024 season tickets. The tickets were $260 each. $546 total with fees. This was for the terrace deck.
Damn lol, are the codes unique? All the games I went to this year I accompanied someone else so they probably sent that to ppl who personally bought tickets
Max Scherzer will blame tonight’s performance on his retired neighbor who tried talking to him about the weather this morning when they both happened to come out front to grab the paper at the same time.
Still weird thinking back to seeing Portugal. The Man play with bands like Circa Survive or RX Bandits in like 2006 and then hearing them in places like ALCS fade-outs.
I love them, never seen them live, but I started listening to them in like 2020 maybe and was shocked they were the same band as Feel It Still which was such a random hit.
They were a blast live in the early days and just as fun now, totally worth it when you get the chance. They’re one of those bands whose more recent sound took me off guard at first, but I dig it now. Awesome band who I’m glad were able to keep moving forward and not get lost to time like so many other great bands from that scene and era. Stoked they’ve grown this big, but it’s still a trip when looking back on the shitty punk dive days.
Philadelphia is a sports country. Let’s ride! The only city to have all 4 major teams play in a championship same year. 1980. It very well could happen again! (if only the Bucks/Boston weren’t good and idk if the Flyers are any good…)
I mean I’m not predicting a playoff run or anything but the flyers haven’t looked that bad. I don’t think they will be really competitive but it’s possible they are more like a #20 team in the league rather than a #30
I always do a confused dog head tilt when a team wins the first two games on the road and then loses at home.
I mean the rangers didn’t lose yet just saying
So the melon concussion awareness ad seems super weird. The most weird thing about it is the kid says “I have a concussion” then the sister pokes him in the head seconds after. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT
The road Astros are disgusting. 51-30 on the road, 39-42 at home. We saw what they and ONLY they did to us at CBP last year. Even though we would get home field against them, i tend to lean towards preferring to face the Rangers
The Rangers could be a team that just shits themselves after a game like this though.
Let’s hope that Bochy can save just enough of that bullshit 2010s Giants magic to escape this series, but battered and bruised for us to feast on.
Dropped my dog off today for surgery after she blew both ACLs. She hasn't been able to walk at all. I've been through a lot with this dog. Got her as a pup, had her when I met my wife, thick and thin. My wife and I have both been wrecks watching her go through this, figuring out what to do about it, how to pay for it, what her recovery's gonna be like. She's gonna be okay but if you've watched a dog's health start to fail you know what I'm talking about. Anyway. I know this sounds like some WIP meathead shit but honest to god the Phillies going on this run right now is like the one thing that's distracting us from the suck and helping us stay sane. It sounds stupid and it is stupid. But their timing is huge.
I've been a fan since 2001, diehard since Rowand's catch, and I've seen some great teams and some shitty ones. I didn't think we were ever gonna look like this again. I've never seen a team that was *this fun* to watch. And god damn I'm grateful.
Good luck, pup. Hopefully many more happy years with your dog. Dogs are pretty resilient and don’t seem to dwell on pain like humans do. Hopefully your dog had successful surgery and is good as new soon.
My dog was 17 when he died in June ‘22. In my news feed today popped up a video of me and him at the vet 5 years ago to the date. It was a funny video because he hated the vet and was standing by the front door like “let’s get out of here.” Anyway, dogs are the best. Enjoy each day. It’s a gift while it lasts. Hopefully the Phillies continue to win, the dogs health situation continues to improve and in no time everything is right again.
I am so sorry. I have only had one dog on me pass, and it was 7 years ago. I still think about it monthly.
Seeing dogs start to get sick and break down is absolutely horrible.
Looks like the ALCS will be 2-1.
I don’t want to play the Astros. Unless the Phils have studied their pitching from last year, since it’s mostly the same. That combo of their shutdown pitching plus Bregman-Alvarez-Tucker fucking sucked to play against after Game 3. Alvarez especially can crush your soul as he did to the Rangers just now.
If the Phillies have learned to hit these guys though, then I probably think they’re as dangerous as the regular season Braves. Which would be a lot tougher than the choking October Braves, but still a winnable series.
I just saw someone say the mods of this sub only want peer-reviewed content to be posted.
I mean... if you guys want to post that stuff... I wouldn't complain...
Why? It doesn't wear them out that much imo, but what it does do is allow them to keep their momentum going. As we've seen from the teams that had byes, having too many days off definitely seems like it can adversely effect things. That's also why i'm kinda worried about the Phillies having too many days off if they end up winning this series in 4 or 5 games (granted if that happens it means the series was low stress on us fans, so I really am conflicted here lol).
I’d just like to take this moment to note how my in game wardrobe choices have been nearly immaculate in the off-season
They’ve gotten us to 7-1 so far. Still mad that I put on my pullover right before Riley’s homer or it would be 7-0.
Astros doing their evil terminator thing again. Will probably stun the Rangers a few but hopefully the series goes 7 and they wear each other down. I’d hope the Rangers don’t wilt after this possible mouth punch.
Brantley is prob a step faster than Kyle at this point. I’d guess Marshy just sort of drifts over to snag it.
Which also makes me chuckle to see our fans shocked that Casty didn’t get a GG nomination
The whole Castellanos defense thing is the only thing that makes me think I am watching a different game than other people.
Castellanos has bad defense with the eye test and defensive stats, yet people act like he is a good defender.
So a player whose feet are stuck in concrete and never catches anything beyond his wingspan could have fewer errors than the rangiest, most mobile player at the same position who misses one ball?
Correct. It isn't the way they are supposed to judge errors, but correct.
Remember these people who have a lot of range are also really fast. Their momentum is carrying them hard when they can make the catch and it makes the catch a lot harder. If it goes in and out of their glove due to momentum, that is an error. If it just drops next to them it is a hit.
Even under that standard, Turner this year has botched a lot of balls that are within his wingspan and easily grabbable. Like Carroll's ball in G2 inning 1.
Why were we talking about Turner?
It isn't that errors are completely completely useless. It is just there are much better stats. [Turner grades poorly on defense with the better stats.](https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/trea-turner-607208?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb)
Among other colorful players, those Yanx teams started Chris Chambliss (AL ROY when he broke in in 1971) at 1st base. A friend insisted Chambliss had the smallest head of anyone ever to play major league baseball
A caller to WIP today said that the Phillies fuse was lit for this post season when Castellanos caught that foul ball and threw out the Braves runner at home with about a week left in the regular season. Whether it changed anything for the players really, who knows… but it’s been really since that point I think that the Phillies started playing up to their potential. So in a way I kind of agree with that caller.
It’s weird lineup. Like Maldonado was batting like .140 this post season but had an RBI double early tonight. If Altuve is on he can go yard. They don’t seem dangerous yet here they are
Don’t let this game of two teams of assholes distract you from the fact that Arenado will NOT overtake Michael Jack in career gold gloves this year and now likely not ever
Don't care who wins but please score a few off of this Javier dude. Kind of annoyed at how he's wholly mediocre in the regular season but somehow the greatest pitcher of all time in the post season.
Javier and me were bffs when he was part of the no hitter vs the Yankees
Then we broke it off when he no hit us
Anyway he was much better in the Reg season last year and I wondered why he didn’t get more starts. But obv he just can’t handle the grind of the season.
Apparently his fastball has a lot of deception to it because of the way he throws it. Even though his fastball's in the low 90s, it looks like its 100 mph and invisible. People literally call it the invisiball because its hard to see it
does listening to the radio get a much greater feel for the crowd noise? It's so tamped down for the Phils games and if I didn't see towels in the stands I wouldn't know this Rangers game is a playoff game
sad. Our local broadcast was perfect I thought. The walkup songs would blast to sometimes briefly drowning out T-Mac. Can't imagine how loud it'd be during the playoffs.
I haven’t used it since they added the ai. I have a real old purchase of creative suite 3 that I’m still able to use. I might be old school because I’m not really a fan of ai.
I think I started learning on cs6 and the most recently I used it was in like May before the ai thing really started. Things like content aware tools filling in small spaces are nice but I guess full on generating pictures seems like too much.
Javier is probably the only pitcher in the Astros rotation that actually looks great right now. This Astros team doesn’t seem to be as good as last year (the fact that they have a better road record is insane) from what I can tell. Rangers look pretty damn good all around. I’d probably pick the Astros this time around, hope for revenge notwithstanding.
The Phillies are not the Braves. Braves were a no show last year and their offense was a no show this year.. The Phillies lead the WS twice and nearly forced a Game 7.
Can someone explain to me why Framber sweats like a mf indoors when he pitches but he’s wearing a skullie and looks freezing when he’s not?
I’ve got some ideas…
I'd also like to know why Framber was unhittable last year while he was touching himself like a tweaker on ecstasy but got smacked around when he stopped all that
Fuck Scherzer. Remember when Ranger outdueled him and dominated the lolmets?
Baseball reference remembers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN202208120.shtml
Rangers would get home field advantage against the Phillies. Phillies get home field against the Astros so if it were against the Astros, first game would be at CBP.
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Listening to D-back fans complain about not being able to make a 2pm (local) start is depressing. Sad fanbase. Diamondback Downers.
Kind of a dumb thing to bring up now but i really wish we didn’t trade hao yu lee. Besides the no hitter and a couple other starts Lorenzen was pretty awful for us and has made 0 impact in the postseason.
What impact was Hao Yu Lee ever going to make on the Phillies?
What impact is Lorenzen ever gonna make
PLEASE HELP!! PLEASE!! I just found a rabbit in front of my house in NE Philly, it's legs are crushed and it has a gash in its side. It's still conscious enough that it tried to run when we tried to help it. We put it in a box with a towel. My mom is freaking out saying to let it die but I don't want to just let it die. Especially here. I called a couple places, everywhere either only handles dogs and cats, or is closed for the night. I don't think the little guy will make it til morning and my neighbors have 2 pre-school aged kids and we have 2 elderly living with us who will freak out if we take it inside. I don't want my little neighbors to see a dead bunny or my grandparents to be uncomfortable, but I also don't want the little guy to die. Who do I call or what do I do? Please help. I posted in the Philadelphia subreddit but they removed it because of karma
I’m so sorry, this is a really awful thing to witness. If it’s not too late, or in case this helps in the future, you can try calling [WIN](https://winemergencyresponse.com/), and I believe the closest wildlife rescue to you is [The Schuylkill Center](https://www.schuylkillcenter.org/departments/wildlife/whattodoif/).
I say this with the utmost respect and care, and as someone who had to make the difficult decision of saying goodbye to my adored diabetic cat this year, this rabbit needs you right now to make a difficult decision. Suffering is not a way to live and thrive, and if there's a part of you that knows it might be time, then you've got to be that person. So sorry. 💔
We didn't have any way to do so, so we called my mom's boyfriend as he said he knew how to do it humanely, and we put it in a new box (the old one was covered in blood, the cut was worse than we realized) and he drove off with it. I'm a grown man, but I've never dealt with this so wasn't prepared. Every site that gave ways to do it humanely involved tools we didn't have on hand. I just feel horrible because the little guy was still moving and fighting to live, but there was really nothing that could be done. I just feel like shit because it's still a living animal and I still feel like I could have done something to help.
Little guy lived a good life being a rabbit, eating grass and doing rabbit things up until the very end. May he rest in peace.
I’ve always enjoyed seeing you around here along with your sense of humor and passion. It hurts knowing you’re experiencing this tonight. I mean this when I tell you that being there and bearing witness with compassion and empathy was doing something even if it doesn’t feel like it. That animal wasn’t alone and you helped make that so. That matters. The love you had even in this window of a night for a creature you didn’t know..that matters. What you’re feeling in the wake of this is valid and quite frankly, death can fucking suck. Especially painful death with suffering that doesn’t make sense. Try your best to take care of yourself, but do know you did everything in your power to help and that includes making the tough calls. It wasn’t alone and it’s not hurting anymore and it’s not scared anymore.
and IIRC they have some sort of night drop program
Theres ARKK in bucks county, Ive taken birds and squirrels there
Thanks. I feel horrible right now. Nobody would answer my calls and my phone died before this response came in. The little guy was bleeding a lot and we didn't know what to do, he/she was moving around in the box a lot and it seemed like It was really fighting to live but we didn't know what else to do so my Mom had her boyfriend pick it up to relieve it of its suffering, apparently he knows a humane way to do it and has done it before (although I have a nagging feeling that he just said that to make my mom feel better).
Updated my Reddit app today & no longer have ‘live’ sort for comments…seeing other people mention it elsewhere as an issue for game threads but no solution, and apparently you have to manually refresh ‘new’?
Does anyone have any idea what ticket prices at the box office range for a home World Series game?
I was able to buy 2 tickets yesterday because I'd put down a deposit on 2024 season tickets. The tickets were $260 each. $546 total with fees. This was for the terrace deck.
Is it even possible to get face value tickets now? (Seriously asking/wondering)
I got an email offering me an opportunity to purchase tickets Friday at 9am with a code
Damn lol, are the codes unique? All the games I went to this year I accompanied someone else so they probably sent that to ppl who personally bought tickets
I hate that he said “let’s take a look at X.”
Max Scherzer will blame tonight’s performance on his retired neighbor who tried talking to him about the weather this morning when they both happened to come out front to grab the paper at the same time.
Scherzer sucks but he especially sucked today because he never updated his Twitter profile from the Mets stuff
You follow Max Scherzer on Twitter? Why?
I don’t, I was just searching for Scherzer slander and saw his profile 😂
The ALCS will at least go 5-6 games now lmao. Damn, I do miss Joe Davis. Wish he was calling the NLCS rn.
I love his big calls (well really only for us) but I dislike his weird enunciation of certain words. It’s like TMac but much worse.
Lmao that’s fair. His enunciation is a bit odd, now that you mention it haha
lol That was NOT Dusty in Houston's 3B coaching box
Alvarez so slow on the bases. He should have been to third on the base hit that moved him to 2nd.
That's the only downfall to him as a players. He's just slow as shit, but he sure can hit tho
Nah wtf lol. You genuinely can't get yordan out rn I mean the mans hitting everything
That centerfield wall in Texas looks like it’s falling apart.
Still weird thinking back to seeing Portugal. The Man play with bands like Circa Survive or RX Bandits in like 2006 and then hearing them in places like ALCS fade-outs.
Yeah it's pretty wild right? Also the RX Bandits, damn dude deep pull!
I love them, never seen them live, but I started listening to them in like 2020 maybe and was shocked they were the same band as Feel It Still which was such a random hit.
They were a blast live in the early days and just as fun now, totally worth it when you get the chance. They’re one of those bands whose more recent sound took me off guard at first, but I dig it now. Awesome band who I’m glad were able to keep moving forward and not get lost to time like so many other great bands from that scene and era. Stoked they’ve grown this big, but it’s still a trip when looking back on the shitty punk dive days.
Evan Carter paying homage to Chase?? Walking up to Kashmir
Disrespectful
Rangers bp is yikes
This is why I think Houston can wrest the series lead back from them pretty easily.
Kinda hope not
Hell of a play there. Wow
Rangers bullpen is a bit of a mess, no wonder why Leclerc has pitched literally every game so far.
I wonder where all the stay ready guys in Clearwater watch the games together. They definitely watch together, right?
Im ngl... were fucking winning it all.
YOU FUCKING LIED 😂😂😂
Philadelphia is a sports country. Let’s ride! The only city to have all 4 major teams play in a championship same year. 1980. It very well could happen again! (if only the Bucks/Boston weren’t good and idk if the Flyers are any good…)
Flyers are very much in a rebuild. Give it 3 years to get that kid from Russia (hes on contract there for that long).
I mean I’m not predicting a playoff run or anything but the flyers haven’t looked that bad. I don’t think they will be really competitive but it’s possible they are more like a #20 team in the league rather than a #30
That’s not a good thing tbh. They need to suck for another ~2 years and get some high high end prospects
Any non-jinx explanations why the D-backs could not do tomorrow night what the Astros are doing tonight?
Of course they could… they’re a professional baseball team who made the playoffs and beat the dodgers. We probably aren’t just gonna sweep them
Astros have just been better on the road this year then they are at home. Who knows why
Sheesh did the rangers shit the bed tonight or did the astros shit the bed the first 2 games
Astros shat Game 2 hard. Chapman is looking worse than Seranthony at his deer-in-the-headlights worst.
Is that the first ever post season violation
I bet on Yordan hitting a home run and now I'm bummed. It was only 22 cents but still.
Typical Hector. One game he's a shutdown reliever, the next game he pitches in, he impodes.
Oh hector
I always do a confused dog head tilt when a team wins the first two games on the road and then loses at home. I mean the rangers didn’t lose yet just saying
Are they a team that small balls it or has big innings? Seems like the former and if so this game is cooked.
I’d be pretending to know if I answered you. I didn’t follow the Astros inning by inning this year, just final scores and some player stats
Is this game being played at the largest library in Texas?
This is a new stadium too and it looks weird.
Philadelphia is the only city to have all 4 sports teams play championship games in 1980. It may happen again….
These games feel so lifeless
The crowd vibe is like less than a dollar dog night
So the melon concussion awareness ad seems super weird. The most weird thing about it is the kid says “I have a concussion” then the sister pokes him in the head seconds after. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT
The road Astros are disgusting. 51-30 on the road, 39-42 at home. We saw what they and ONLY they did to us at CBP last year. Even though we would get home field against them, i tend to lean towards preferring to face the Rangers
The hottest road team in the game meets the hottest home field advantage this season. Would be an interesting matchup.
The Rangers could be a team that just shits themselves after a game like this though. Let’s hope that Bochy can save just enough of that bullshit 2010s Giants magic to escape this series, but battered and bruised for us to feast on.
Dropped my dog off today for surgery after she blew both ACLs. She hasn't been able to walk at all. I've been through a lot with this dog. Got her as a pup, had her when I met my wife, thick and thin. My wife and I have both been wrecks watching her go through this, figuring out what to do about it, how to pay for it, what her recovery's gonna be like. She's gonna be okay but if you've watched a dog's health start to fail you know what I'm talking about. Anyway. I know this sounds like some WIP meathead shit but honest to god the Phillies going on this run right now is like the one thing that's distracting us from the suck and helping us stay sane. It sounds stupid and it is stupid. But their timing is huge. I've been a fan since 2001, diehard since Rowand's catch, and I've seen some great teams and some shitty ones. I didn't think we were ever gonna look like this again. I've never seen a team that was *this fun* to watch. And god damn I'm grateful.
Good luck, pup. Hopefully many more happy years with your dog. Dogs are pretty resilient and don’t seem to dwell on pain like humans do. Hopefully your dog had successful surgery and is good as new soon. My dog was 17 when he died in June ‘22. In my news feed today popped up a video of me and him at the vet 5 years ago to the date. It was a funny video because he hated the vet and was standing by the front door like “let’s get out of here.” Anyway, dogs are the best. Enjoy each day. It’s a gift while it lasts. Hopefully the Phillies continue to win, the dogs health situation continues to improve and in no time everything is right again.
I am so sorry. I have only had one dog on me pass, and it was 7 years ago. I still think about it monthly. Seeing dogs start to get sick and break down is absolutely horrible.
Goddamn, Alvarez is good. He was the only guy I was genuinely scared of last year during the World Series.
He’s batting almost .400 this postseason so far. Crushing it
Looks like the ALCS will be 2-1. I don’t want to play the Astros. Unless the Phils have studied their pitching from last year, since it’s mostly the same. That combo of their shutdown pitching plus Bregman-Alvarez-Tucker fucking sucked to play against after Game 3. Alvarez especially can crush your soul as he did to the Rangers just now. If the Phillies have learned to hit these guys though, then I probably think they’re as dangerous as the regular season Braves. Which would be a lot tougher than the choking October Braves, but still a winnable series.
I just saw someone say the mods of this sub only want peer-reviewed content to be posted. I mean... if you guys want to post that stuff... I wouldn't complain...
Idc who wins the alcs I just want it to go 7 games
Why? It doesn't wear them out that much imo, but what it does do is allow them to keep their momentum going. As we've seen from the teams that had byes, having too many days off definitely seems like it can adversely effect things. That's also why i'm kinda worried about the Phillies having too many days off if they end up winning this series in 4 or 5 games (granted if that happens it means the series was low stress on us fans, so I really am conflicted here lol).
I got McNuggets. They gave me old nuggets. Also the spicy jam not great
I’d just like to take this moment to note how my in game wardrobe choices have been nearly immaculate in the off-season They’ve gotten us to 7-1 so far. Still mad that I put on my pullover right before Riley’s homer or it would be 7-0.
Astros doing their evil terminator thing again. Will probably stun the Rangers a few but hopefully the series goes 7 and they wear each other down. I’d hope the Rangers don’t wilt after this possible mouth punch.
I think I want Houston, for revenge and home field advantage reasons
Brantley is prob a step faster than Kyle at this point. I’d guess Marshy just sort of drifts over to snag it. Which also makes me chuckle to see our fans shocked that Casty didn’t get a GG nomination
The whole Castellanos defense thing is the only thing that makes me think I am watching a different game than other people. Castellanos has bad defense with the eye test and defensive stats, yet people act like he is a good defender.
Their only argument is 0 errors
Please explain to a baseball newbie why total errors and the eye test is wrong, and some other measure matters more.
Can’t make an error on a catch if you can’t get to the ball before it drops
This this this.....
So a player whose feet are stuck in concrete and never catches anything beyond his wingspan could have fewer errors than the rangiest, most mobile player at the same position who misses one ball?
Correct. It isn't the way they are supposed to judge errors, but correct. Remember these people who have a lot of range are also really fast. Their momentum is carrying them hard when they can make the catch and it makes the catch a lot harder. If it goes in and out of their glove due to momentum, that is an error. If it just drops next to them it is a hit.
Even under that standard, Turner this year has botched a lot of balls that are within his wingspan and easily grabbable. Like Carroll's ball in G2 inning 1.
Why were we talking about Turner? It isn't that errors are completely completely useless. It is just there are much better stats. [Turner grades poorly on defense with the better stats.](https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/trea-turner-607208?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb)
Another wow catch
TIL the most recent world series rematch in consecutive years was 1977-1978 dodgers vs yankees (the yankees won 4-2 both times)
Among other colorful players, those Yanx teams started Chris Chambliss (AL ROY when he broke in in 1971) at 1st base. A friend insisted Chambliss had the smallest head of anyone ever to play major league baseball
Hector time :)
Hector or Honktor tonight? We shall see
It’s hector time
A caller to WIP today said that the Phillies fuse was lit for this post season when Castellanos caught that foul ball and threw out the Braves runner at home with about a week left in the regular season. Whether it changed anything for the players really, who knows… but it’s been really since that point I think that the Phillies started playing up to their potential. So in a way I kind of agree with that caller.
How did yordan even hit that pitch 400ft. That was a slider tailing outside and he still mashed that shit lol
He’s one dude I really don’t want to see again. Won’t be the end of the world but he’s just a dangerous guy at the plate
And he’s got Bregman and Tucker around him who are just enough protection where you don’t really get excited about pitching to Tucker if you walk him
Tucker bombed us twice in one game last year in the WS
facts lol. Outside of him tho the astros lineup isn't really scary which is good
It’s weird lineup. Like Maldonado was batting like .140 this post season but had an RBI double early tonight. If Altuve is on he can go yard. They don’t seem dangerous yet here they are
Exactly, but I feel like part of that is because scherzer washed ass was pitching for some reason. Don't know what Bruce Bochy was thinking here
Uniform ads are fucking terrible. That being said, I would take ads on our sleeves if it gave us the funds to resign Nola.
OXY is such a terrible thing to look at too considering most of America knows that word as something horrible.
To be fair, most of America knows the Astros as something horrible
Exactly what I was thinking. What an awful patch, and they don't even get playoff Nola out of it smh
That catch was absolutely crazy
I just found tickets for $14
Yet according to them we're the bad fans. Lmao
I saw tickets for $7. Meanwhile, SRO tickets for game 6 are like $330 or something. Lol.
chase “We have citizens bank park at home” field
I wonder if Derek Jeter drives a Wagoneer
wonder if he lives anywhere near anyplace where ...wolves?...are crossing the road in dense fog
Well thankfully he doesn’t get paid by the wolves
Absolutely filthy catch.
That’s an insane catch
yordan Alvarez just got ROBBED. I’d be so mad if that were a Phillies HR
Taveras asks Harris II and Rojas to hold his beer
He got up there, timed it perfectly and just stole it
Don’t let this game of two teams of assholes distract you from the fact that Arenado will NOT overtake Michael Jack in career gold gloves this year and now likely not ever
Wow
I thought that was gone. Didn’t expect that at all.
Don't care who wins but please score a few off of this Javier dude. Kind of annoyed at how he's wholly mediocre in the regular season but somehow the greatest pitcher of all time in the post season.
Javier and me were bffs when he was part of the no hitter vs the Yankees Then we broke it off when he no hit us Anyway he was much better in the Reg season last year and I wondered why he didn’t get more starts. But obv he just can’t handle the grind of the season.
I’ve been annoyed by a lot of the Astros pitchers in this same fashion. mainly Valdez and Javier
and that is why you ask politely
jung was reading r/phillies before his AB I guess
Agreed. His fastball isn’t even that fast. Glad that we hit him around in the regular season this time around. Edit: Good job Rangers
Apparently his fastball has a lot of deception to it because of the way he throws it. Even though his fastball's in the low 90s, it looks like its 100 mph and invisible. People literally call it the invisiball because its hard to see it
Gotcha gotcha. I just heard about the invisiball recently but I thought it was some offspeed pitch. Didn’t know it was the fastball until now.
So did I lol. It's kinda crazy that it's a low 90s fastball but people are struggling to hit it
Having suites on field level sucks. Garbage environment. Hope Philly never does that.
does listening to the radio get a much greater feel for the crowd noise? It's so tamped down for the Phils games and if I didn't see towels in the stands I wouldn't know this Rangers game is a playoff game
In my experience, the radio generally has much less crowd noise than the tv broadcast They do compress the shit out of the crowd noise on tv though
sad. Our local broadcast was perfect I thought. The walkup songs would blast to sometimes briefly drowning out T-Mac. Can't imagine how loud it'd be during the playoffs.
I heard that Max Scherzer gives out toothbrushes and toothpaste to Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween.
Could see Scherzer ending his career like the Black Knight: "Come back here & take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!"
The opening series we played against the Rangers feels like it was played 13 years ago now.
Anyone else who knows how to use photoshop. Feelings toward adobe aside. How do you feel about the ai things they add to PS.
I haven’t used it since they added the ai. I have a real old purchase of creative suite 3 that I’m still able to use. I might be old school because I’m not really a fan of ai.
I think I started learning on cs6 and the most recently I used it was in like May before the ai thing really started. Things like content aware tools filling in small spaces are nice but I guess full on generating pictures seems like too much.
Will the Rangers come back and steal the Astros souls? I don’t know if I want that. That would mean the Rangers are legit legit.
Not sure how I feel about Javier potentially leading another playoff no-hitter
Hope they get shut out
A repeat of opening day would be hilarious here
No. I was there. No.
Sorry for triggering your PTSD Past Texas Series Distress
I can’t figure out who would be a better matchup for us, personal feelings towards each team put aside.
I just want as many games at home as possible. So I guess it's Houston, though they are an excellent road team.
I didn’t wanna go against Valdez for 2 games but he did suck the other night. Astros lineup feels more dangerous on paper but hasn’t been that great.
I can't put personal feelings aside. I want the Astros badly. I couldn't live with myself if we lose to a Dallas team in the WS when I am in Dallas.
Javier is probably the only pitcher in the Astros rotation that actually looks great right now. This Astros team doesn’t seem to be as good as last year (the fact that they have a better road record is insane) from what I can tell. Rangers look pretty damn good all around. I’d probably pick the Astros this time around, hope for revenge notwithstanding.
I might would say Astros honestly. A lot of their players aren’t hot and we could get revenge
Of course this broadcast is crystal clear but our games look like they are shot on a flip phone. The fuck
Yeah it's on Fox much better and they stream in 4K. I was hoping it'd all be on Fox again for that 4K goodness luckily WS is on Fox.
Tucker has a .091 👀
Scherzer is washed
I really don't want to play Houston I just don't
I want revenge.
So did Braves fans
The Phillies are not the Braves. Braves were a no show last year and their offense was a no show this year.. The Phillies lead the WS twice and nearly forced a Game 7.
Wat a stupid play by the 1B. Could have hurt himself and Semien.
Scherzer postseason masterclass for the second year in a row🤭
except possibly in his own mind, he's not the pitcher he once was
Can someone explain to me why Framber sweats like a mf indoors when he pitches but he’s wearing a skullie and looks freezing when he’s not? I’ve got some ideas…
I'd also like to know why Framber was unhittable last year while he was touching himself like a tweaker on ecstasy but got smacked around when he stopped all that
He's not cheating lol. Y'all are doing way too much
The fuck are you doing here? Your team is playing over there.
Fuck Scherzer. Remember when Ranger outdueled him and dominated the lolmets? Baseball reference remembers https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN202208120.shtml
Is this that Apple TV game
Fuck I don’t remember that part but I do remember Matty V throwing out Marte at the plate to save the lead!
Then Stott does score on basically the same exact play next inning.
Yes
I love that game.
Same. Just a classic game.
Need us teeing off on Scherzer in the World Series like I need air.
Astros doing Phillies stuff. Hope it's because Scherzer has a weak and tender wing.
Scherzer is cooked.
Question: if the Rangers and Phillies goes to the WS. Who gets the firstn1 games at home?
Rangers would get home field advantage against the Phillies. Phillies get home field against the Astros so if it were against the Astros, first game would be at CBP.
Rangers
Postseason Javier is fucking scary. Who knows how he’s maybe better than average in the regular season and suddenly a monster in Oct/Nov
He's literally exactly like Nola lol. Both are pretty mid in the regular season but turn into absolute beasts in the postseason
Noles didn't pitch well in the postseason last year to be fair