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zambonir
Oct '24
fish

I think the pennant is already flying. The Phanatic had it the day they clinched. Someone who actually went to an NLDS could confirm if they noticed it was up already. But you definitely don't have a ceremony for it like the NL pennant. I never noticed the 2023 flag.

The ring everyone got for 2022 is starting to feel faintly ridiculous too. Not to diminish what the 2022 team accomplished, but how do you talk a big game about World Series or bust when finishing second actually did get you an outrageous piece of jewelry, and now it's the only one in three tries?

zambonir
Oct '24

Well, that will feel ridiculous for them too if they don't accomplish anything else. And Middleton really talked up the Phillies ring. The biggest, most expensive ring given to the most people ever (not even counting the replicas employees later got).

I feel like 95 wins and an NL East title actually is just as big an accomplishment as not quite winning a tournament, tbh.

jimbomill
Oct '24

You have to get to the playoffs as the first order of business. Hoffman and Estevez showed worth in that regard. To get the big buck$, you have to shine when the lights are brightest. In that regard, they both regressed. I do not think that I'd pay the price that they (and their agents) would want.

Philsmania
Oct '24

I believe pennant-winning teams typically award rings to their players.

Philsmania
Oct '24
jimbomill

TOS through DS9 for me, VOY kind of lost me after four seasons (it was on against The West Wing) but I tuned back in for the final season, ENT lost me midway through year one though I hear it got better, DSC lost me after season one but I've liked PIC, SNW and LD.

Callison
Oct '24

In NY they call it the subway series - everyplace else they call it football season.

Philsmania
Oct '24

Yet, New Yawkers, in all of their 'we're-uh the centuh of the wuworld" myopia, all be like "Subway Series, Americuh is going luhve it!" And, yes, ratings outside of the NYC Metro will be in the toilet. "What's the mattuh with rest of Americuh? Whyuh don't the luhv us?"

Personally, I suspect MLB and Fox are crossing their fingers for Dodgers-Yankees so they can have the two biggest markets and an Ohtani-Judge showdown.

DurhamBull
Oct '24

FWIW, my friend who is a Yankees fan and follows baseball pretty closely feels like both Cleveland and Detroit can beat the Yankees. He doesn't think the Yanks will make it to the world series.

el-pietro
Oct '24

I was at game 4. The Phillies were eliminated within about 30 hours of my arrival in the US. .my main takeaways from that game were1) Citi Field is kinda tame even in a playoff game and 2) why would you swing at any non two strike pitch from Edwin Diaz. He didn't know where the zone was.

Sabin
Oct '24

Hope you made a good time of it despite the loss. I've always enjoyed New York.

zambonir
Oct '24

First time three teams have done it no? Definitely the first time a 1-2 in any league has.

EastFallowfield
Oct '24

Local Mets pundits partially blaming the longer layoff the Mets had and the Phils' inability to hit Senga (after the leadoff Schwarber homer) giving them false belief in his current effectiveness for their game 1 blowout loss. Glad we could help!

And of course this Jayson Stark tweet stung:

The Dodgers through 5 innings tonight:

Saw 85 pitches

Swung at a total of 6 out of the strike zone.

Was that an inning’s worth of chases by the Phillies against the Mets?

flyers19rw
Oct '24

It’s obvious that change has to happen here. Either the hitters change their approaches or the hitters need to be changed.

Philsmania
Oct '24

Of all the ST series, DS9 had the best cast of characters. Every character, even just the recurring ones, got significant development.

Philsmania
Oct '24
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BostonRoss

The wild card round was mostly upsets--three out of four series won by the lower seed--while the NLDS round was mostly chalk--three of four series won by the higher seed. If Devin Williams doesn't blow that save against the Mets in game three of that series, we would be talking about an all division-winner MLB final four.