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

 

Ummm…Der … I don’t and haven’t ever played baseball and go back to my previous post, I fing said our team shouldn’t even take the bats off of their shoulders 

38 minutes ago, vsptroops said:

I don't want to hear anymore how great of home field advantage CBP is. Not anymore. They've lost 5 out of their last 6 home post season games.

It is a great advantage, but a sports crowd can't will a bunch of ******* to win an IQ test if ya get my drift.

On 10/4/2024 at 4:30 PM, NYEagle said:

Keep the f'ing bats on your shoulders!  I was screaming this in game 6 and 7 last year.....they were swinging at pitches that were like.....

 

See….

They can blame the shadows all they want, but this wasn’t a shadow problem. This is some of the same crap they’ve had problems with all Fing season besides April and May. The only time they really didn’t have this problem was the first two months of the year. Since that Rockies and Giants road trip it’s been much of the same outside of a couple weeks.

The biggest mistake the Phillies made was just thinking your team was going to fix their chase rate problem in the off-season. Most of your guys that are older are who they are. That’s what you’re gonna get from them. The young guys you might have had a chance to fix, but then again I look at Brandon marsh as the perfect example. You got Brandon marsh 2.5 years ago. He had a high strikeout rate and couldn’t hit left-handed pitching. Long and the Phillies have worked with him for 2.5 years, he has the same Fing problems. So I gotta say at some point in time what the F is your hitting coach doing with these young players to get them better. I would argue Bohm has gotten worse over the course of the year. And Bryson Stott has regressed from last year. So what are you doing to get the young guys better and how are you getting through to your older guys because it doesn’t seem like anything you’ve done as Made guys better for this situation 

 

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

They can blame the shadows all they want, but this wasn’t a shadow problem. This is some of the same crap they’ve had problems with all Fing season besides April and May. The only time they really didn’t have this problem was the first two months of the year. Since that Rockies and Giants road trip it’s been much of the same outside of a couple weeks.

The biggest mistake the Phillies made was just thinking your team was going to fix their chase rate problem in the off-season. Most of your guys that are older are who they are. That’s what you’re gonna get from them. The young guys you might have had a chance to fix, but then again I look at Brandon marsh as the perfect example. You got Brandon marsh 2.5 years ago. He had a high strikeout rate and couldn’t hit left-handed pitching. Long and the Phillies have worked with him for 2.5 years, he has the same Fing problems. So I gotta say at some point in time what the F is your hitting coach doing with these young players to get them better. I would argue Bohm has gotten worse over the course of the year. And Bryson Stott has regressed from last year. So what are you doing to get the young guys better and how are you getting through to your older guys because it doesn’t seem like anything you’ve done as Made guys better for this situation 

 

Since the game starts the same time tomorrow, what Trea is saying is expect the same. 

 

lol 

 

 

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

 

All I know is this, if they lose this series, they might become the 2012 Phillies after their great 2011. This isn’t a young team. Schwarber, Harper, Turner, Castanos, Realmuto, Nola and Wheeler are older players in baseball terms. They’re all in their mid 30s. There’s a chance that wheeler not the same after this year and he starts tailing off like Lee and halladay did shortly after 2011. There’s a chance that happens with Nola. Both of them have a ton of innings on them. And then you have older hitters that might start to regress even more and injuries start occurring more and more. then you look at the young guys like stott, marsh, bohm and Rojas, none of them are cornerstone players. They are good solid players in a lineup, but they aren’t franchise changers. They are solid pieces around those big guys that might begin to regress even more. Even if miller, painter and Crawford work out, they are young and will take time. There’s a chance this is the last run of this group and might be a couple season til they get back to being a legit contender 

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

All I know is this, if they lose this series, they might become the 2012 Phillies after their great 2011. This isn’t a young team. Schwarber, Harper, Turner, Castanos, Realmuto, Nola and Wheeler are older players in baseball terms. They’re all in their mid 30s. There’s a chance that wheeler not the same after this year and he starts tailing off like Lee and halladay did shortly after 2011. There’s a chance that happens with Nola. Both of them have a ton of innings on them. And then you have older hitters that might start to regress even more and injuries start occurring more and more. then you look at the young guys like stott, marsh, bohm and Rojas, none of them are cornerstone players. They are good solid players in a lineup, but they aren’t franchise changers. They are solid pieces around those big guys that might begin to regress even more. Even if miller, painter and Crawford work out, they are young and will take time. There’s a chance this is the last run of this group and might be a couple season til they get back to being a legit contender 

With an offense as inconsistent as theirs is, they aren’t a legit contender now either.  I’m fine with trading some of these guys next year and trying to get a head start on a rebuild.

This reminds me of the Eagles last season. Started off so strong and then crapped the bed and only really made the playoffs because of their early success, then exited in the 1st round. 

11 minutes ago, JohnB said:

This reminds me of the Eagles last season. Started off so strong and then crapped the bed and only really made the playoffs because of their early success, then exited in the 1st round. 

I’d argue the Phillies April and May were legit contenders. I dont think i saw the eagles even at 10-1 as legit contenders. They were frauds then but it hadn’t collapsed yet. The Phillies went on that road trip to Colorado then SF and just never got back to being consistent outside of like 3 weeks in late August and September. And even then it was kind of fraudulent as they still had massive struggles during that winning streak with RISP 

The Phillies were the only team off a bye week that looked completely awful on offense. The Dodgers might legitimately just slug their way to a championship. 

1 hour ago, GoEagles5921 said:

With an offense as inconsistent as theirs is, they aren’t a legit contender now either.  I’m fine with trading some of these guys next year and trying to get a head start on a rebuild.

Said this last year and beginning of the year this year, they don’t have a cleanup hitter on their team. Castellanos is hitting .207 from the 4 hole. And Bohm is hitting .239 over his last 41 games (.170 since September 1). When you get to the playoffs if you don’t have somebody to protect Bryce Harper, the Mets aren’t good to throw pitches to hit unless they’re up multiple runs with nobody on base. You saw it today, Bryce Harper saw 20 pitches. 4 of them were in the strike zone. 3 of them came when it was 5 to 1 and nobody was on base so they were OK pitching to Bryce Harper.

if they had a legitimate cleanup hitter, it would actually solve some of their consistency issues scoring. They needed it last year especially after hoskins got hurt in spring training. They needed it this year and they settled for Austin hays 

I'm not saying it's going to happen or it's my prediction or something, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Mets even beat the Dodgers. The Mets have been the hottest team in baseball for like the last month 

20 minutes ago, JohnB said:

I'm not saying it's going to happen or it's my prediction or something, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Mets even beat the Dodgers. The Mets have been the hottest team in baseball for like the last month 

Tbh I think the Dodgers would slug their way to a series win there. Imo padres have a better staff than the Mets with cease, king and darvish. arguably since the trade deadline one of the best bullpens in the league. Plus they’ve been one of the hottest teams over the last 4 months. Better September record than the Mets. Better record than the Mets in the second half and since July 1st. If the dodgers can get through the padres, i think the Mets even though they are hot, aren’t nearly as good and just as hot as the padres have been 

Alec Bohm has a .231 batting average with 24 hits, 2 home runs, 14 RBIs and 11 runs scored in 30 games in the postseason in his career.

Nick Castellanos is hitting .197 with 26 hits, 6 home runs, 15 RBIs and 16 runs scored in 35 games in the postseason in his career.

Bryson Stott is hitting .189 with 17 hits, a home run, 12 RBIs and 8 runs scored in 29 games in the postseason in his career.

J.T. Realmuto is batting .231 with 27 hits, 6 homers, 18 RBIs and 19 runs scored in 31 games in the postseason in his career.

Brandon Marsh is batting .247 with 20 hits, 3 homers, 9 RBIs and 7 runs scored in 29 games in the postseason in his career.

Johan Rojas has a .093 batting average with 4 hits and 2 runs scored in 13 games in the postseason in his career.

8 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Alec Bohm has a .231 batting average with 24 hits, 2 home runs, 14 RBIs and 11 runs scored in 30 games in the postseason in his career.

Nick Castellanos is hitting .197 with 26 hits, 6 home runs, 15 RBIs and 16 runs scored in 35 games in the postseason in his career.

Bryson Stott is hitting .189 with 17 hits, a home run, 12 RBIs and 8 runs scored in 29 games in the postseason in his career.

J.T. Realmuto is batting .231 with 27 hits, 6 homers, 18 RBIs and 19 runs scored in 31 games in the postseason in his career.

Brandon Marsh is batting .247 with 20 hits, 3 homers, 9 RBIs and 7 runs scored in 29 games in the postseason in his career.

Johan Rojas has a .093 batting average with 4 hits and 2 runs scored in 13 games in the postseason in his career.

Lot of guys exposed by good pitching. This lineup just isn’t that good. Sure we have some superstars but if you don’t have two of the superstars hot every game the lineup stinks. 5-9 just isn’t very good at all. 

1 hour ago, BirdsFanBill said:

Lot of guys exposed by good pitching. This lineup just isn’t that good. Sure we have some superstars but if you don’t have two of the superstars hot every game the lineup stinks. 5-9 just isn’t very good at all. 

Frankly some have been exposed as the season went on even against mediocre and bad pitching. Stott has completely regressed this year. Realmuto for 2 years now can’t hit with RISP. After 2.5 years of working with Marsh, he has the same issues he had when we traded for him. Higher strikeout rate and can’t hit LHP. Rojas is what he is. A good fielder and below average hitter. Alec Bohm has also really regressed as the season went on. Second half of the season he’s hitting .251. The last quarter of the season (41 games), he’s hitting .239. The last 30 games he’s hitting .207. In September he hit .170. He gradually got worse as the season continued. I’d throw Castellanos in there too. Yesterday his first two at bats were typical of what he did after game 2 vs Dbacks. Chasing at crap pitches or swinging away at the first pitch for an easy out. Before his single last night in the 8th, he was 0 for his last 24 at bats in the postseason. He’s now 1 for his last 25. 

That felt like the Eagles/Bucs NFC title game from 20 years ago. Started off with a bang and then didn’t do anything the rest of the game. 

No Bohm.  Either he’s injured or he’s a headcase 

 

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

Frankly some have been exposed as the season went on even against mediocre and bad pitching. Stott has completely regressed this year. Realmuto for 2 years now can’t hit with RISP. After 2.5 years of working with Marsh, he has the same issues he had when we traded for him. Higher strikeout rate and can’t hit LHP. Rojas is what he is. A good fielder and below average hitter. Alec Bohm has also really regressed as the season went on. Second half of the season he’s hitting .251. The last quarter of the season (41 games), he’s hitting .239. The last 30 games he’s hitting .207. In September he hit .170. He gradually got worse as the season continued. I’d throw Castellanos in there too. Yesterday his first two at bats were typical of what he did after game 2 vs Dbacks. Chasing at crap pitches or swinging away at the first pitch for an easy out. Before his single last night in the 8th, he was 0 for his last 24 at bats in the postseason. He’s now 1 for his last 25. 

we cant outhit everyone that's the issue here, too many teams have good pitching for this to work, that's why this team needs more pitching and bullpen help, we are never going to win a world series this way.

4 minutes ago, toughfighter83 said:

we cant outhit everyone that's the issue here, too many teams have good pitching for this to work, that's why this team needs more pitching and bullpen help, we are never going to win a world series this way.

No offense unless we are winning games 1-0 our pitching isn’t going to hold up. The fact we have scored 5 runs in our last 3 home playoff games is a bigger issue. That park is a bandbox and we can’t hit in it against bullpens who aren’t very good (dbacks last year and Mets aren’t great this year) 

2011 they had four aces and a good bullpen and it didn’t hold up cause they had similar hitting issues 

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

No Bohm.  Either he’s injured or he’s a headcase 

 

Stupid.

 

You don’t bench your up and coming 3rd baseman because he’s on a slump.

 

The kid almost won the HR derby this year.  Flirts with .300 BA every year and has power.  Excellent on defense.

 

Bad. Topper, Bad 

If they lose today and lose this series - this could be Topper’s last hurrah