1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Brewers have Bob Uecker watching over them. Also picked a great year to have their best team and face the dodgers. Ohtani has been awful. I think he’s more hurt then they are saying. Imo wouldn’t be shocked if it started around when he stopped pitching and it got worse.

I love it. Anyone but the Dodgers. I wouldn't mind Tampa losing after that. I'm still pissed at that city for the Lighting beating us back in the day along with the Bucs. I fly through that airport a few times a year and don't want to see that giant flamingo decorated with championship crap.

5 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

I love it. Anyone but the Dodgers. I wouldn't mind Tampa losing after that. I'm still pissed at that city for the Lighting beating us back in the day along with the Bucs. I fly through that airport a few times a year and don't want to see that giant flamingo decorated with championship crap.

Tbh I’d prefer the guardians. Been forever since they won it. However i think they just don’t have the horses. It would be one of the more improbable titles if they do.

However i think the brewers are taking this. I thought game 2 was a swing game in this series. If the dodgers won then i think dodgers take it. But brewers up 2-0, the dodgers are going to lose to misio again in game 5. Which essentially makes it 3-0 so basically have to win every other game against Milwaukee from now on. I really have a hard time seeing that.

Anyone but the Dodgers

5 hours ago, Blazehound said:

Anyone but the Dodgers

Agreed.

And I don’t even watch or follow Baseball much. 🦮🏄🌵

I began until they fire Dave and move on from him, this team is gonna be stuck in a purgatory. He is so fortunate that in 2022 they got to the World Series. Because if they didn’t, you can make the argument, he wasted five years because of his incompetence on making decisions.

16 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

I hate it here

8 minutes ago, RoadToHell said:

I hate it here

1 hour ago, Dave Moss said:

At least they should be in a lockout for most of or all the season

I've been searching for words since I saw that. Gross incompetence. Gross neglect of the fans. Just bleeping stupid. There is no reason.

15 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

I've been searching for words since I saw that. Gross incompetence. Gross neglect of the fans. Just bleeping stupid. There is no reason.

The only way to get Middleton's attention is to stop buying tickets - otherwise he isn't going to care.

1 hour ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

At least they should be in a lockout for most of or all the season

Watch them fire Mattingly after 2027 and cora rejects them again and they had to turn back to Mattingly

Can’t wait to hear this d!pshite excuses and how we have a good ball club

41 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Can’t wait to hear this d!pshite excuses and how we have a good ball club

Holy f this is more sickening than the eagles

7 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Holy f this is more sickening than the eagles

By the end of next year, I would be surprised if they have capacity in that stadium at 60%. You sold the last 2 homestands with playoff spot on the line. fans weren’t going in high capacity and bunch of empty seats. Some of that was weather. But some of that was the fan saw how bad this team was playing in September and decided it’s not worth it.

Then you add the fact it is not a good free agent class. So there is not a lot of ways to ultimately boost your team enough to get them to being a contender. The two teams in the NLCS, destroyed the Phillies this year. And you don’t have the farm system to rely upon to bring guys up to get you some youth that you need. The only thing you have is your starting rotation, which at the lockout goes an entire year Wheeler might just retire and it’s not nearly as dominant as you thought it was going to be.

then you add the lockout into this, which is likely gonna piss off a lot of the casual fans because it’s two sides that make a ton of money when people are struggling in this economy.

3 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Lol, hope the Mets are still awful

1 minute ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Lol, hope the Mets are still awful

I’m guessing they’re not gonna be a World Series contender. But I do believe if they get Skubal and add they will be better than last year. The frightening thing for the Phillies, they didn’t have a boatload of injuries. Keller was lost for the year and stunk before he got hurt. Wheeler missed a month. Luzardo missed 3 weeks. Harper and schwarber stayed relatively healthy. Like I don’t think you can expect the Phillies just to have the type of health they had this year. it barely got them to the playoffs. Phillies need an infusion of youth (not much coming up in terms of lineup.. miller and rincon) but also need a middle of the order RH and likely a 3B with Bohm gone and Arraez likely gone. As well as a complete revamp of the bullpen. I’d add it’s a bad FA class

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I’m guessing they’re not gonna be a World Series contender. But I do believe if they get Skubal and add they will be better than last year. The frightening thing for the Phillies, they didn’t have a boatload of injuries. Keller was lost for the year and stunk before he got hurt. Wheeler missed a month. Luzardo missed 3 weeks. Harper and schwarber stayed relatively healthy. Like I don’t think you can expect the Phillies just to have the type of health they had this year. it barely got them to the playoffs. Phillies need an infusion of young but also need a middle of the order RH and likely a 3B with Bohm gone and Arraez likely gone. As well as a complete revamp of the bullpen. I’d add it’s a bad FA class

The two biggest issues this year IMO were an absolute anchor at the top of the lineup in Turner (not to mention putrid defense at a premium position) and the bullpen aside from Duran and Bowlan (and McFarlane when he came up) was yet again ass. So yeah - without any bullpen help and Turner still around we're still screwed for years to come LOL

2 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

The two biggest issues this year IMO were an absolute anchor at the top of the lineup in Turner (not to mention putrid defense at a premium position) and the bullpen aside from Duran and Bowlan (and McFarlane when he came up) was yet again ass. So yeah - without any bullpen help and Turner still around we're still screwed for years to come LOL

Frankly, if we want Turner gone, then everybody should be cheering for a salary cap. Cause that’s about the only way that’s gonna happen. Because I’ll give you some amnesty contracts that you can get out of so that you can be cap compliant. Frankly, the worst thing that could’ve happened, if you want a cap is the fact that the rays, guardians and Brewers are all in the final four and one of them is likely to win a World Series. That said this would be only the second team outside of the top 10 payroll to win a World Series in the last 12 years.