Playoff Pain

[Edgy MD]

David Robertson https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/phillies/david-robertson-injured-celebrating-bryce-harper-homer-phillies-nlds-rosteroff the Phillies roster after getting hurt celebrating Bryce Harper's homerun.



Astros pitcher Phil Maton is also https://www.mlb.com/news/phil-maton-breaks-hand-punching-locker-out-for-playoffsout after busting a finger on his pitching hand, punching a locker in distress after allowing a hit to his brother, Phillies infielder Nick Maton.



Apparently, all Phillies have brothers on other teams — also known as Goeddel's Law.

[Fman99]

Dumb bastards all

[whippoorwill]

Wow I'll say

[DocTee]

Walls and lockers remain undefeated when contested by fists

[G-Fafif]

Denny Doyle.

Clay Dalrymple.

Ray Ripplemeyer.

Marlon Byrd.

Mike Ryan.



Some names are extremely Phillie. The most Phillie of them have a “y” within them if not at their beginning or end.

[Edgy MD]

I've noted earlier that I associated the Phils with Germanic names. Schmidt, Schu, Schwarber, Stott, Boehm, Eisenreich, Vierling, Lieber, Kruk, Vukovich (x2), Chuck Klein, Curt Schilling.



You're right about Ys, though — particularly partially extraneous ones. Bryce Harper, please step forward.

[G-Fafif]

No wonder they're big in King of Prussia.

[MFS62]

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No wonder they're big in King of Prussia.

[Edgy MD]

I also associate the Phils with mullets. Lots and lots of mullets.

[MFS62]

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Denny Doyle.

Clay Dalrymple.

Ray Ripplemeyer.

Marlon Byrd.

Mike Ryan.



Some names are extremely Phillie. The most Phillie of them have a “y” within them if not at their beginning or end.

[Willets Point]

Edgy MD wrote: I also associate the Phils with mullets. Lots and lots of mullets.

It's surprising that Rod Beck never played with the Phillies considering his massive mullet and Germanic surname. Maybe if he was "Ryod" Beck?

[Edgy MD]

Good point. I close my eyes and I can see him in a Phillies uniform that he never actually wore.

[Chad ochoseis]

Edgy MD wrote: You're right about Ys, though — particularly partially extraneous ones. Bryce Harper, please step forward.

He did, but you can't see him behind Rhys Hoskins.

[Edgy MD]

I also — and this is mostly a latter-day thing — tend to associate the Phils with having players who have a brother on another team.

[batmagadanleadoff]

'Rosenthal: Too soon to cite new format as reason for MLB postseason upsets" (From The Athletic).



Good grief. Here we go with the overreactions and the failure to understand the randomness of a short baseball series and the enormous influence of luck in baseball. If they dont want non-elite teams to advance in baseball playoffs, then those teams shouldn't be in the playoffs in the first place.





What do they think? That the best teams get magical powers in the playoffs and that the team with the better record is suppose to win every playoff game just by wanting to win?



I dont get why they even have these dialogues at this point in time. If I flipped a coin twice and it came up heads both times, my first instinct wouldn't be to think that the coin was rigged to come up heads more often than not.

[MFS62]

My playoff pain doesn't hurt so much after LA lost.

Later

[bmfc1]

'Rosenthal: Too soon to cite new format as reason for MLB postseason upsets" (From The Athletic).

The 101-win Mets lose and it's "#LOLMets" but ATL and LAD lose and "the system might be flawed!"

[batmagadanleadoff]

'Rosenthal: Too soon to cite new format as reason for MLB postseason upsets" (From The Athletic). The 101-win Mets lose and it's "#LOLMets" but ATL and LAD lose and "the system might be flawed!"

Lol.



This is why I hate baseball playoffs. Because the commentary and most everything else surrounding it is moronic. Now what? They want the second and third place teams to participate --- but not to win any series? Is that it?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think MLB had proposed that the division champs be provided with a 'ghost win', meaning that the Braves would have only had to win one game to take the series but the Phillies would have needed two. But the union rejected the idea.

[Frayed Knot]

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'Rosenthal: Too soon to cite new format as reason for MLB postseason upsets" (From The Athletic).

[Gwreck]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think MLB had proposed that the division champs be provided with a 'ghost win', meaning that the Braves would have only had to win one game to take the series but the Phillies would have needed two. But the union rejected the idea.

It was the other way around. The players wanted that. It was something considered when MLB was pushing a 14-team playoff structure.

[The Hot Corner]

All 12 teams in the playoffs are good teams (some better than others), but in a short series it is often a matter of which team gets hot and is playing their best at that particular time. There is a lot of randomness or luck (as batmags has noted) that comes into play in a short series. The Dodgers practically owned the Padres in head to head match ups this season (14-5), but got beat 3 games to 1 in the playoffs. The Padres are playing their best at the right time and subsequently outplayed the Dodgers (and the Mets) when it mattered most.



The Guardians are attempting to do the same thing against the Yankees after New York won the regular season series (5-1) by a cumulative score of 38-14.



Oh yeah, Go Guardians!

[Edgy MD]

I feel like I'm the only one who saw Jurassic Park.

[A Boy Named Seo]

I feel like I'm the only one beating this drum, but MLB needs the equivalent of an MLS Supporters Shield now, a big shiny piece of metal given to the team with the best regular season record. At some point, maybe winning the regular season will hold more significance than the tournament at the end.

Edited October 17, 2022 by Guest

[MFS62]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I feel like I'm the only one beating this drum, but MLB needs the equivalent of an MLS Supporters Shield now, a big shiny piece of metal given to the team with the best regular season record. At some point, maybe winning the regular season will hold more significance more than the tournament at the end.

The marathon and the sprint are different types of races. The Olympics awards medals for both. Why shouldn't there be awards for winners of both the regular season and world series?

Makes sense.

Later

[Edgy MD]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I feel like I'm the only one beating this drum, but MLB needs the equivalent of an MLS Supporters Shield now, a big shiny piece of metal given to the team with the best regular season record. At some point, maybe winning the regular season will hold more significance than the tournament at the end.

Only one my spleen! I demand this at a bare minimum!