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And the CS round is going to feature 3, 4, 5, 6 seeds. No 1-2 seeds.
GDT: 2023 NLDS: (1) Atlanta Braves vs. (4) Philadelphia Phillies
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And the CS round is going to feature 3, 4, 5, 6 seeds. No 1-2 seeds.
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I think never facing any adversity all year is bad. We've seen many 1 seeds in the NHL have this issue too in the past. I equated this to the 30 or 40 year old who has sort of had the easy life, rich parents, maybe good health then all of a sudden stuff starts going wrong, sick spouse/sick friend/loses job...they melt down while the guy who had the rough upbringing and always had to work and fight for stuff grinds their way through it.
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No question you'll hear more talk of the playoff format changing
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Isles lost in what round last year? lol talking about Fluff reminds me of the isles
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Oh yeah you're right, I just saw the other thread had them as a (3) and it didn't click for me that the thread was wrong
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EpochLink
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Braves underachieving in the post season? Welcome to the 90’s!
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I can hear Hootie and the Blowfish in the background reading this post.
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Braves fans listening to Let Her Cry?
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Baseball playoffs are not designed for the best teams to succeed. More than any other sport, because the season is so long and by comparison the playoffs and each round are so short. The best team in the league would still only expect to win a 5-game series from the worst team in the league like 80% of the time. Maybe a bit more considering how bad teams try to be now, but the math is always against them when you consider that the chances go down when they get to play only good teams.
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Playoff baseball is different than regular season ball.
Just get in.
Just get in.
Say Hey Kid
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I thought it was swing and an actual strike. First glance I didnt think he went but from replays he did imo.
Acuna didnt stay and talk to reporters apparently, said he had to catch the bus
. His teammates stayed and answered questions. Excellent clubhouse there.
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Bah. Pitching exposed and bats were harmless. Not a good combo.
Everyone has a different take...for me, this season was a stark contrast to the WS year for AA. In the WS year, he did everything right in recognising the holes and adding the perfect pieces.
This season, everyone knew that there were major questions in LF, SS (w/o Dansby), and at DH after Ozuna's "incident". None of those spots were really addressed. Then at the deadline, everyone knew the biggest issue, by far, was our starting pitching. He did nothing.
I am hoping for a busy offseason. Hopefully he learns that there never is enough depth.
Congrats Philly fans.
Everyone has a different take...for me, this season was a stark contrast to the WS year for AA. In the WS year, he did everything right in recognising the holes and adding the perfect pieces.
This season, everyone knew that there were major questions in LF, SS (w/o Dansby), and at DH after Ozuna's "incident". None of those spots were really addressed. Then at the deadline, everyone knew the biggest issue, by far, was our starting pitching. He did nothing.
I am hoping for a busy offseason. Hopefully he learns that there never is enough depth.
Congrats Philly fans.
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Doubt it was as egregious as the last series to end on a check swing strike.....Giants-Dodgers I think? Just an absolutely brutal call at the time.
southsideIrish
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They still have a solid core and will for years. If anyone had told me that team would score 8 runs total in 4 games (and 5 of those in one game) I'd probably have dropped a thousand bucks on a bet right there.
Have to disagree though - that team was stacked. DH was fine with the Murphy/TDA tandem. SS ended up being fine and they had plenty of depth in the OF. Murphy though for whatever reason became useless around mid-year.
I'm a big advocate for always getting more pitching, but other than Game 3 they did ok. With that lineup holding the Phillies to 3, 4, and 3 is just fine. They lost cause their generational offense literally disappeared. I'm all for adding another reliable starter in the offseason though.
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Certainly agree about the core. Probably the best in baseball and will remain the core for a long time.
Disagree with the other team assessment. After the All-Star break, the team was average. Arcia was outstanding the first couple months, but was below average the rest of the season. Rosario was bad all season. Ozuna had good streaks, but was mainly a .225 hitter. Not what you want out of your DH.
And the pitching fell off half-way through the season. Was never great outside of Strider (considering Fried was injured).
I do agree that the bats was the main reason we lost to the Phillies, but there were too many obvious holes in the Braves and none of them were addressed.
