GDT 10/15/22 Atlanta Braves (Morton) @ Philadelphia Phillies (Syndergaard)

[zambonir]

It's wild that guys like Hoskins and Nola have just never experienced the atmosphere. (And let's face it, Harper neither!)

[EastFallowfield]

Or Segura and Realmuto

[zambonir]

Haha well this isn't boxing. And I bet they'd be okay with it if they got a few extra days at the beach.

But seriously - the game is Tuesday, the schedule is brutal, and the opponent won't have left their time zone. Two full days of rest/acclimation would be smart, and the nature of the other series allows them to do it (vs. if it was Dodgers-Mets, for instance).

[zambonir]

Well, they've never been in the playoffs, but they also haven't been with the Phillies nearly as long. I just mean that as far as Hoskins and Nola know, Citizens Bank Park has never been a truly special place to play, with a big game atmosphere. They have only heard about it from the '07-'11 guys.

[BostonRoss]

Meanwhile, Stott hasn’t known anything else in October.

[zambonir]

for years to come!

[zambonir]

Granted they are about to go off in the locker room, but things seem more muted. Last round it was the thrill of winning for the first time. This round it's more like, "we want to win the next one."

[EastFallowfield]

Just think if they had won a few more games down the stretch they coulda woulda shoulda had the home field in th NLCS if the Padres beat LA.

[Patchmk88]

Unbelievable. What a game and series. Let’s keep it going.

[zambonir]

But neither us nor the Padres might even be making the NLCS in that alternate bracket.

[mdougherty12]

Last team to clinch a playoff spot, first team to clinch an LCS spot.

[BaseballCat]

It’s back for the time being. Awesome game. Loved the parts of the celebration I could see​

[Philsmania]

Just left the game. Incredible, absolutely incredible! Right now, I feel we are touched by Destiny's dust.

[EastFallowfield]

[RolenRules]

Your optimism down the stretch was well founded!

[zambonir]

Well I never doubted they were gonna make it and could hang with anyone in the early rounds, but I can't say I was expecting this! Especially after the last series in Atlanta. Plenty of times I've also said they'd just a good not great team. But now they're a hot good team. And I definitely think that 6th seed worked out.

[bkeich]

Maybe we will finally be deemed worthy of a prime time game

[LoneStarPhan]

Maybe we will finally be deemed worthy of a prime time game

At least, we will be playing teams that are deemed worthy of the prime time slot.

[zambonir]

unfortunately for the home fans out West!

[tom81]

Maybe we will finally be deemed worthy of a prime time game

I prefer the day games. You can DVR them and watch them at night if you want. I usually fall asleep before the "prime time" games end.