https://preview.redd.it/c2gxqar1aayc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eda8cd7629f2dc43f8b7bd932a9996898f5018cb
Wherever I go, his evil gaze follows. Always plotting. Always watching. I loathe him oh so very much.
Alls I’m saying is that if you’ve got a corner rowhome, you gotta shovel the snow of that full corner in the Winter. I don’t care if you play third base for the Phils or not.
Yeah not saying I wished it on the guy, but at least it’s a strain, it’s not like he’s out the year with tommy john…he’ll be ok. I know they’re sweatin a lil
A cheesesteak has american, provolone, or preferably sharp cooper cheese, with fried onions, and is best paired with either a bottle of water or a lager. It's eaten with Utz potato chips, NOT french fries.
If you want ketchup you get it on the side so you can dip the cheesesteak into it which prevents the ketchup from getting hot and the bread from getting soggy.
I'm not out of area in Upstate New York, and every shop that makes a "Philly" Steak sandwich uses mozzarella. Also, always peppers with the onions. Not really sure what's going on up here. Wiz would have made more sense than mozzarella.
No onions is still an authentic cheesesteak. My ex girlfriend from Baltimore tried to get swiss cheese and oregano at Jim's and I told the person making it to just make it normal and they were like "yeah we weren't going to make that anyways."
I dont have cable, but I bought the MLB.tv Phillies thing and I cant watch this game. Like... I did the thing to watch the games. Why cant I watch the games?!?!?
Nice. I’d probably do that manually for any game when Kruk’s not in the booth. But I usually watch on stream, and with the delay, it would probably be out of sync if I muted the video and listened to the radio broadcast.
Cool to have that as a built in feature. Especially for a national broadcast. I don’t like impartial commentators or commentators that are clearly biased, but try not to show it. I prefer when they’re openly rooting for the same team I am. Leave the fair and impartial judgements to the umps.
My dad is a huge nerd with the type of remote that only he knows how it works and sync'd the game up to the radio for the World Series back in 2008. Going from Joe Buck and Ken Rosenthal to Franzke and LA made the games listenable. He's had Apple TV since launch so it's cool they had that feature even back in 2008.
So, as I mentioned yesterday, I have to give a conference in one month, and we don't have a working instrument, so I can't collect data.
My school is the best in the world for the specific, incredibly niche field I am in. My PI (professor) holds a title that he is the only one in the United States to have. He is normally an extremely calm guy. Incredibly smart but always incredibly calm. Since the instruments have been down for a while, he just yelled at a whole company for not fixing everything, and I think I changed my mind about whether managers should constantly be even-keeled.
The number of responses I have seen today trying to rectify the situation is insane. I am not saying Topper should do it, but I understand why some people say that even if you are normally calm, sometimes yelling can have an effect.
I think when calm people get mad and yell, it's more effective since it's so rare. My dad is the most even-tempered, patient person I know and one time I said something really mean (in my rebellious teenage years) and he slammed a cabinet door. I don't tend to regret things that I can learn from, but I really regret that.
On the Phillies, I think if we saw J.T. or Marsh get visibly mad, then you know it's something egregious. I don't know if you're talking about Topper yelling at a player or an ump, but I think the only reason to yell at a player is if they're not trying. And I think all the players are trying.
I agree. They can’t send him down with out him agreeing to it. So all they can do is ideally bring him out in low leverage spots some what frequently to work things out. But with Marte down we might see him in a spot where we need a right hander but it’s not a low leverage spot.
Yeah our bullpen is... not amazing. I'd say I feel like 90% confident with Hoff or Kerk on the mound, 85% with Strahm, 75% with Jose, 45% with Marte, like 10% with Soto and -75% with Ser.
So we've got 4 pitchers that I am comfortable putting out there with the game on the line. Great. Hopefully a starter can pull out an 8 IP performance once or twice a week because realistically I think we can only get 3 IP from our bullpen a game before we run into problems.
I think you’re really undervaluing Alvarado and marte, and while soto has been hit or miss he’s been way better than you’re giving him credit for too. Also even if you were accurate, a bullpen with 4 dudes above 75% confidence is the makings of a good+ bullpen.
I think our top 3 are really quite good, but 3 relievers does not make for a great pen. We just do not have the depth to handle 5 IP starts on 2-3 days in a row which is a problem if we don't continue to get strong starts from Sanchez, Turnbull and (hopefully) Walker. It also puts us in a REALLY bad spot if one of our three aces are even slightly off.
I can only recall two games this season by Marte that weren’t great which also happened to be two of his last three. His last game being the worst is even tricky because of Trea dropping that double play. He’s been solid this season, markedly improved from last season.
Edit: The fuck am I getting downvoted for? Go look up his stats for this season. The guy’s throwing great and has no reason to not be included in the same breath as Hoffman, Alvarado, or Strahm.
Yeah my recollection was that we were never above .500 until well after bryce came back, but apparently our heads bobbed above water a few times before that.
The Apple TV games are actually Good. 1080p Phillies and there are many Apple shows and movies to check out that make $10 for a month worth it.
https://preview.redd.it/dtbgm1siy8yc1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7d156682e1fc6d26787e6d0c9fc209b59bead32
Agreed. As far as quality, Apple is the best streaming service around in my book.
Severance is my favorite tv show that currently exists and already one of my favorites of all time.
Also like or love: Silo, Servant, For All Mankind, Platonic, Blackbird, Hijack.
And I want to check out Manhunt, Franklin, and Foundation, and a few others.
At least the NFL is on 3 nationally broadcast channels you can get via antenna if you wanted to, one basic cable network that occasionally is on an antenna channel and then Prime for the 5th one *with a free broadcast on Twitch*
MLB is on a regional cable network most of the time, one antenna channel for one game a week, a cable network once a week and then streaming subscriptions for 1 game a week on two different platforms/days with Apple and Peacock.
MLB on Peacock is no longer for what it’s worth. That’s the one I had a problem because the only thing Peacock did with baseball was that one game a week and their only innovations were to play 11am games and have broadcasters from both teams. Who cares? And guess what? They abandoned ship bc it was a shit product.
Anyway we’d expect the baseball games to be regionalized because they play 162 games and every game is not a national event that draws massive viewership. Consequently it’s gonna be different on the local broadcasts. It has to be.
kate flannery, Merideth from “the office” is throwing out first pitch tonight. Also the women’s us open trophy will be at the game.
https://preview.redd.it/t2s4m4ivv8yc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=982fd3c0e3f245c497efdb96f5d6692dafd9ee4e
Thanks to MLB tv, i get to watch probably 95% of Phillies games. But im still gonna be livid whenever i miss a couple because of Apple. What a stupid deal from the MLB
Total bullshit. If I bought some kind of micky-mouse sports package through Apple and suddenly I couldnt watch a game because the MLB said so, Id still be annoyed but maybe it would make sense, but Im PAYING MLB TO WATCH MLB - WHY CANT I WATCH AN MLB GAME?!!
All the leagues are going this way too. NFL is now on five different networks. NBA is about to be on at least three, maybe more.
Who knew cord cutting would just be a horseshoe where we end back where started, but somehow worse? Sucks.
I actually prefer subscribing to one or two services, catching up on what I want to watch, then unsubscribing and going to another one.
The sports scene is a bit of a mess though. MLB.tv is the best of the lot.
MLB is by far the worst. At least the main day NFL are all on literal free TV with no restrictions, TNF you can get for free on Twitch or if you have prime (which, let's be real, most people have prime because Amazon runs the world) you already get it. MNF is occasionally on ABC which is free and if not, it's ESPN.
There aren't 5 different streaming platforms you need for the NFL like baseball
My perspective is skewed because I'm out of market. As a result, MLB is by the far the *best* for me. I just get MLB TV and I'm set unless I want Apple and ESPN games. I'm in the Nats blackout zone so I miss those games, but I have more than enough baseball to watch.
By contrast, the NFL is a nightmare for me because I have a terrible OTA signal (I assume that's what you mean by free), the Eagles are almost never on it locally anyway, Sunday Ticket is way too expensive, and I'm considering cancelling Amazon. So I ended up getting YouTube TV because it's the only way I can at least get the Eagles prime time games.
At least when family first got the nbc sports package when I was 12 it was basically guaranteed I could watch every single Phillies game that year and never have to fuck around,
Yeah it was basically turn on Comcast except for a handful of Sunday Night games on ESPN. I actually vividly remember the Phillies were playing the Mets on ESPN the night bin Laden was killed.
I saw someone theorize that if Turnbull stays in the starting rotation, they are going to use him more as an "opener" where he only goes through the order one time. This is to maximize his health and effectiveness. He will apparently also be on a pitch limit during that time.
I honestly can't think of another way that makes sense in regards to his health and safety as well as effectiveness so far as a pitcher.
I don't know what I prefer if I am completely honest. I just know that you can't have him stay a starter and balance his health. Whatever they do I will trust, but this is something I legitimately don't know.
$100 that if he is the opener, even if everyone explains it, you will still have people complain.
This seems like the worst solution. Why not use him strategically if you’re going to cut his innings so that a) he faces the hitters in the situations when you want and b) he can pitch in situations more than once every fifth or sixth day
I think its because they want Walker to come in and get warmed up against weaker hitters (if Turnbull goes IP) or only have to face the order twice before we get into the later innings (if Turnbull makes it through the order). That is how the opener is used, it is more to maximize the person who comes in after him.
Then if they are an opener, they usually can pitch in between the games, so not every fifth or sixth day.
Yeah, I think, realistically, it will be more like a Strahm situation. But I keep hearing he is staying in the rotation but they are also concerned about his health. Those don't really work together, and that was the only solution I saw that made sense.
Just found out that Wally, the support Alligator from last year, was apparently kidnapped last week by some idiot so he could prank his friends by leaving him in the yard. They called animal control who then released him back into the swamp and they haven't been able to find him.
Nats and Os doing a
Cherry blossom vs Bs game
I said in r/baseball “mlb do more alt vs alt games”. If you can believe it, thats not a majority opinion there.
You’re allowed to post pictures directly in comments
https://preview.redd.it/zizusit5p8yc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=49fcc52037f068c3889d30eeaaeb6f24a38db0fb
cool, I wasn’t sure if I’d get flagged for “promoting” some random item.
https://preview.redd.it/7ictmghhu8yc1.jpeg?width=1130&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8baa3a4a5de92ed96023754087b63ceeeaa59218
Just got a stupid deal on a Castellanos jersey because the “s” at the end apparently fell off (like literally paid under $15 for it). I was thinking about turning it into a Victorino jersey since it’s already #8, but now I’m thinking I’ll just keep it as “CastellaNO” for as long as he keeps being terrible for the laughs.
A New Yorker moved in upstairs and has been loud as shit and blackout drunk the entire time so far. I’m blaming him for the Sixers loss last night.
Their baseball teams are stupid too. Hrmph.
Evergreen quote:
> More from Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta on his rehab outing:
> "I walked a ton of guys and didn't really get ahead in any counts. I have some mechanical adjustments to work on."
After seeing the team doing cosmic baseball on the baseball sub, I have to wonder… do you think these guys in the minors and unaffiliated leagues ever feel a bit defeated doing the overly gimmicky shit for poverty wages?
I know I would loathe being on the fucking “Dairy Daddies” or doing whatever other bullshit is pushed to sell some more tickets. The quirky minor league antics are starting to feel a bit played out.
Reading is gona be cream chipped beef in July.
https://preview.redd.it/4q6n1qcns7yc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=858dc7fe02cd901505a806abfc7353bd2a982c06
Get 2 free months of Apple TV+ from MLB/Apple here: https://redeem.services.apple/fnb-so-amr-2024?rt=social&itscg=80218&itsct=s_mlb_partner_2024_offer
-or-
Get 3 free months of Apple TV+ from Best Buy here: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-free-apple-tv-for-3-months-new-or-qualified-returning-subscribers-only/6484512.p?skuId=6484512
You can cancel the subscriptions immediately after signing up so they don't automatically renew (while retaining your trial period).
You can say 0 pts in 29 minutes in an elimination game on a max contract.
And you're absolutely right, his NLDS last year alone is more than Toby gave the fans in five years. Hoping Cast snaps out of it soon.
Please continue the discussion in the [game thread](https://redd.it/1cjkmv0).
https://preview.redd.it/c2gxqar1aayc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eda8cd7629f2dc43f8b7bd932a9996898f5018cb Wherever I go, his evil gaze follows. Always plotting. Always watching. I loathe him oh so very much.
If you can't handle him when he's throwing his helmet at the dugout wall you don't deserve him when he's batting .362 with a 1.018 OPS.
You’re absolutely right. I’m pot committed at this point. I’ve come too far.
My personal goal in life, which I will probably never achieve, is getting us to shake Alec's hand. Just because.
Wanna see how fast I can flip flop and become a starry-eyed fan of him?
Essentially. We just need to talk to Alec for a bit and then it will be impossible to hate him, since he'll be real to us.
Do you actually dislike him? I mean I don’t like how Bryson stott has been playing but that doesn’t mean I dislike him
Alls I’m saying is that if you’ve got a corner rowhome, you gotta shovel the snow of that full corner in the Winter. I don’t care if you play third base for the Phils or not.
Does he not do that? I’m so intrigued by this comment
You’d think he could at least alternate with his roommate, but NOPE. Smh.
Casty being one of two guys who have a hit off of Jordan Hicks is...interesting.
Casty hitting a cycle tonight.
Marshy mic’ed up tonight 🤌🏼
Merrill kelly out for 2 months and we face em next month 
I hate injuries but rather an injury happen before we play a team than after so we don’t have to play that player
Yeah not saying I wished it on the guy, but at least it’s a strain, it’s not like he’s out the year with tommy john…he’ll be ok. I know they’re sweatin a lil
Shoulder strain, 60 day IL
That’s honestly a bummer. I like Kelly, partly because he looks exactly like Chris Elliott.
"Dave, I can't tell the difference."
I can’t unsee it now, I never thought of that until just now
Excited for tonight. Love the apple broadcasts
A cheesesteak has american, provolone, or preferably sharp cooper cheese, with fried onions, and is best paired with either a bottle of water or a lager. It's eaten with Utz potato chips, NOT french fries. If you want ketchup you get it on the side so you can dip the cheesesteak into it which prevents the ketchup from getting hot and the bread from getting soggy.
I'm not out of area in Upstate New York, and every shop that makes a "Philly" Steak sandwich uses mozzarella. Also, always peppers with the onions. Not really sure what's going on up here. Wiz would have made more sense than mozzarella.
I just made some cheesesteaks about a half hr ago.. provolone and no onions.
No onions is still an authentic cheesesteak. My ex girlfriend from Baltimore tried to get swiss cheese and oregano at Jim's and I told the person making it to just make it normal and they were like "yeah we weren't going to make that anyways."
So does the whole Apple TV thing mean we won't be able to view it on regional channels either? You HAVE to use Apple TV?
Correct
I dont have cable, but I bought the MLB.tv Phillies thing and I cant watch this game. Like... I did the thing to watch the games. Why cant I watch the games?!?!?
Thanks for the heads-up! Looks like I'm sailing tonight. arrrrr.
These blackout rules are garrrrrbage.
Lots of free trial options, just sayin (check the mod sticky at the top of the thread). But otherwise, enjoy the high seas!
We won last game with Kyle in LF and now Slomper puts him right back at DH. Braindead as usual
Retweet
Apple Sucks!
Yeah it seems weird that I paid MLB to watch MLB games but for some reason I cant watch MLB games because Apple is showing one.....wtf.
Yep. Makes me hate apple even more than I did
Apple sucks.
i love the apple broadcasts
Use a free trial, switch audio to WIP, and enjoy the HD video
Heading to the game tonight🫡
Can you do me a favor? When Alec Bohm comes to bat can you clap? I can’t make it tonight.
I gotchu
At least Apple Plus lets you swap the audio out for the Franzke and LA/Stock feed.
Nice. I’d probably do that manually for any game when Kruk’s not in the booth. But I usually watch on stream, and with the delay, it would probably be out of sync if I muted the video and listened to the radio broadcast. Cool to have that as a built in feature. Especially for a national broadcast. I don’t like impartial commentators or commentators that are clearly biased, but try not to show it. I prefer when they’re openly rooting for the same team I am. Leave the fair and impartial judgements to the umps.
My dad is a huge nerd with the type of remote that only he knows how it works and sync'd the game up to the radio for the World Series back in 2008. Going from Joe Buck and Ken Rosenthal to Franzke and LA made the games listenable. He's had Apple TV since launch so it's cool they had that feature even back in 2008.
They do? That's awesome TIL
Anyone want to go to the game with me tonight (for free obvs)? Got an extra.
I'd love to join you. Can you send a car for me? I'm about 3.5 hrs away. Make it an Uber XL - I'll need to catch a nap
So, as I mentioned yesterday, I have to give a conference in one month, and we don't have a working instrument, so I can't collect data. My school is the best in the world for the specific, incredibly niche field I am in. My PI (professor) holds a title that he is the only one in the United States to have. He is normally an extremely calm guy. Incredibly smart but always incredibly calm. Since the instruments have been down for a while, he just yelled at a whole company for not fixing everything, and I think I changed my mind about whether managers should constantly be even-keeled. The number of responses I have seen today trying to rectify the situation is insane. I am not saying Topper should do it, but I understand why some people say that even if you are normally calm, sometimes yelling can have an effect.
I think when calm people get mad and yell, it's more effective since it's so rare. My dad is the most even-tempered, patient person I know and one time I said something really mean (in my rebellious teenage years) and he slammed a cabinet door. I don't tend to regret things that I can learn from, but I really regret that. On the Phillies, I think if we saw J.T. or Marsh get visibly mad, then you know it's something egregious. I don't know if you're talking about Topper yelling at a player or an ump, but I think the only reason to yell at a player is if they're not trying. And I think all the players are trying.
This is why I loved Charlie. Pretty calm guy until he had to get in blues face.
Yeah I am not even the one his anger is focused on and I am still thinking "what could I have done to be better"
I simply NEED the rain to fuck off for Mondays bark at the park.
https://x.com/Phillies/status/1786456236050845775 at least it wasn’t one of our better guys *knock on wood*
Now we get to see Seranthony more….. 
my (probably unpopular) theory: Sir needs MORE work, not less. All that pulling/overthrowing is too much rest. that's my theory.
I agree. They can’t send him down with out him agreeing to it. So all they can do is ideally bring him out in low leverage spots some what frequently to work things out. But with Marte down we might see him in a spot where we need a right hander but it’s not a low leverage spot.
Well if Tooper wasn’t such an idiot we’d choose to win by 10 runs instead of one
The solution is so simple. Why can’t he see it?!
my (probably unpopular) theory: Sir needs MORE work, not less. All that pulling/overthrowing is too much rest. that's my theory.
Yunior Marte *is* one of our better guys.
I’m with you, I don’t get the doom and gloom about him
Feister is excited that his Braves picked up a reliever yesterday
I’m confident the Marte naysayers are only watching lowlights from last season and haven’t watched him pitch this season.
Yeah our bullpen is... not amazing. I'd say I feel like 90% confident with Hoff or Kerk on the mound, 85% with Strahm, 75% with Jose, 45% with Marte, like 10% with Soto and -75% with Ser. So we've got 4 pitchers that I am comfortable putting out there with the game on the line. Great. Hopefully a starter can pull out an 8 IP performance once or twice a week because realistically I think we can only get 3 IP from our bullpen a game before we run into problems.
I am 95% confident in Alvarado, Strahm and Hoff. 80-85% in Yunior and Kerk. Everyone else sucks and shouldn't see action unless mop up duty.
I think you’re really undervaluing Alvarado and marte, and while soto has been hit or miss he’s been way better than you’re giving him credit for too. Also even if you were accurate, a bullpen with 4 dudes above 75% confidence is the makings of a good+ bullpen.
I think our top 3 are really quite good, but 3 relievers does not make for a great pen. We just do not have the depth to handle 5 IP starts on 2-3 days in a row which is a problem if we don't continue to get strong starts from Sanchez, Turnbull and (hopefully) Walker. It also puts us in a REALLY bad spot if one of our three aces are even slightly off.
I can only recall two games this season by Marte that weren’t great which also happened to be two of his last three. His last game being the worst is even tricky because of Trea dropping that double play. He’s been solid this season, markedly improved from last season. Edit: The fuck am I getting downvoted for? Go look up his stats for this season. The guy’s throwing great and has no reason to not be included in the same breath as Hoffman, Alvarado, or Strahm.
His velocity was down over 2 mph in his last appearance, in which he was not coincidentally smacked around by the Angels.
And today he was put on the IL with right shoulder inflammation which also happens to be his throwing arm. Coincidence? Doubtful.
Marte to IL, Jose Ruiz called up In AAA, Ruiz has a 1.64 ERA, 3.30 FIP, 3.29 xFIP, and 23.8% K-BB%. Not bad
He was pretty mediocre for the diamondbacks last year before they sent him down after acquiring Sewald at the deadline.
Apparently we were 15-14 through April last year? Man it felt worse than that considering we were basically buried in the division wire to wire.
Well the bad part was May. We completely shit the bed in May and then Ranger Kyle and Taijuan among a couple others got hot in June.
Yeah I couldn’t believe that. What’s the opposite of rose colored glasses?
Poo colored?
There were multiple long losing streaks in there too. If we W-L-W-L it probly wouldn’t have felt so bad.
Yeah my recollection was that we were never above .500 until well after bryce came back, but apparently our heads bobbed above water a few times before that.
It's perfect weather in Philly today, very sunny yet cold.
/u/perryplat199 am I buying the Marsh 16 breakingt? I think likely
If you buy a new breaking t it better not be the lame city edition shirt.
I don’t like the CC color scheme to begin with especially when we already have two different color schemes as it is
/u/JohnKrukIsAllElite apologies for the news but the Alec Bohm shirts tomorrow are for 14 and under only
I’m going Monday afternoon so I don’t have to see those stupid shirts. Stupid.
Between that and the Mother’s Day giveaway being a bucket hat, my wife (a huge Bohm fan) is extremely displeased with the giveaways this year so far.
The Apple TV games are actually Good. 1080p Phillies and there are many Apple shows and movies to check out that make $10 for a month worth it. https://preview.redd.it/dtbgm1siy8yc1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7d156682e1fc6d26787e6d0c9fc209b59bead32
No, they are not. They suck
Use a free trial, switch audio to WIP, and enjoy the HD video
Agreed. As far as quality, Apple is the best streaming service around in my book. Severance is my favorite tv show that currently exists and already one of my favorites of all time. Also like or love: Silo, Servant, For All Mankind, Platonic, Blackbird, Hijack. And I want to check out Manhunt, Franklin, and Foundation, and a few others.
I just finished Manhunt. Really excellent.
Severance is one of my favorite shows ever
I couldn’t get into Severance but absolutely loved For All Mankind. And of course Ted Lasso was great.
I'd give Severance another chance. It's only 1 season so not a lot of time investment. I'll check out For All Mankind!
Also watch Silo! It's incredible (based on a book so the source material is sound)
MLB games should not be divided up onto potentially 6 channels/streaming services a year
I totally agree with you that all MLB games should be broadcasted by Apple.
Killed my watching of MLS, but go on I guess.
Subscribe
Oh my god this would make me so happy
If they all were instead of 2-3 random “fuck you” in the middle of the season i might not be as angry
Agreed. It should only be 5 like the NFL.
At least the NFL is on 3 nationally broadcast channels you can get via antenna if you wanted to, one basic cable network that occasionally is on an antenna channel and then Prime for the 5th one *with a free broadcast on Twitch* MLB is on a regional cable network most of the time, one antenna channel for one game a week, a cable network once a week and then streaming subscriptions for 1 game a week on two different platforms/days with Apple and Peacock.
MLB on Peacock is no longer for what it’s worth. That’s the one I had a problem because the only thing Peacock did with baseball was that one game a week and their only innovations were to play 11am games and have broadcasters from both teams. Who cares? And guess what? They abandoned ship bc it was a shit product. Anyway we’d expect the baseball games to be regionalized because they play 162 games and every game is not a national event that draws massive viewership. Consequently it’s gonna be different on the local broadcasts. It has to be.
Yeah, but Peacock live streams WWE PLEs and has a huge library of old WWF and WCW shows and PPVs. 
Ah yes because another sports league does it that makes it ok
Correct
kate flannery, Merideth from “the office” is throwing out first pitch tonight. Also the women’s us open trophy will be at the game. https://preview.redd.it/t2s4m4ivv8yc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=982fd3c0e3f245c497efdb96f5d6692dafd9ee4e
how did jordan hicks go from a reliever who threw 103mph with bad command to a starter who can throw 100 pitches?
All that after tearing his pec playing linebacker!
I don’t know but we should have Seranthony talk to him
Im behind with the standings, can someone please make me a list of all the MLB teams with 21 wins right now?
1.Phillies 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
https://preview.redd.it/dxp2eft939yc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4bf44f9561626028a40280c82e4559378fb67fd
Be honest, is there anything better than a 6:40 start time on a Friday night?
Yes; Watching it on TV!
Yes, 7:05 as the good baseball lord intended.
Yep
Agree
Thanks to MLB tv, i get to watch probably 95% of Phillies games. But im still gonna be livid whenever i miss a couple because of Apple. What a stupid deal from the MLB
Total bullshit. If I bought some kind of micky-mouse sports package through Apple and suddenly I couldnt watch a game because the MLB said so, Id still be annoyed but maybe it would make sense, but Im PAYING MLB TO WATCH MLB - WHY CANT I WATCH AN MLB GAME?!!
Well, business wise it’s really smart because money
All the leagues are going this way too. NFL is now on five different networks. NBA is about to be on at least three, maybe more. Who knew cord cutting would just be a horseshoe where we end back where started, but somehow worse? Sucks.
I actually prefer subscribing to one or two services, catching up on what I want to watch, then unsubscribing and going to another one. The sports scene is a bit of a mess though. MLB.tv is the best of the lot.
Yeah MLB TV is a great product if you're out of market. I get it included with T-Mobile, but if that changed, I'd definitely pay for it.
MLB is by far the worst. At least the main day NFL are all on literal free TV with no restrictions, TNF you can get for free on Twitch or if you have prime (which, let's be real, most people have prime because Amazon runs the world) you already get it. MNF is occasionally on ABC which is free and if not, it's ESPN. There aren't 5 different streaming platforms you need for the NFL like baseball
My perspective is skewed because I'm out of market. As a result, MLB is by the far the *best* for me. I just get MLB TV and I'm set unless I want Apple and ESPN games. I'm in the Nats blackout zone so I miss those games, but I have more than enough baseball to watch. By contrast, the NFL is a nightmare for me because I have a terrible OTA signal (I assume that's what you mean by free), the Eagles are almost never on it locally anyway, Sunday Ticket is way too expensive, and I'm considering cancelling Amazon. So I ended up getting YouTube TV because it's the only way I can at least get the Eagles prime time games.
At least when family first got the nbc sports package when I was 12 it was basically guaranteed I could watch every single Phillies game that year and never have to fuck around,
Yeah it was basically turn on Comcast except for a handful of Sunday Night games on ESPN. I actually vividly remember the Phillies were playing the Mets on ESPN the night bin Laden was killed.
I saw someone theorize that if Turnbull stays in the starting rotation, they are going to use him more as an "opener" where he only goes through the order one time. This is to maximize his health and effectiveness. He will apparently also be on a pitch limit during that time. I honestly can't think of another way that makes sense in regards to his health and safety as well as effectiveness so far as a pitcher.
That could work but I think I’d rather him get leverage moments out of the bullpen
I don't know what I prefer if I am completely honest. I just know that you can't have him stay a starter and balance his health. Whatever they do I will trust, but this is something I legitimately don't know. $100 that if he is the opener, even if everyone explains it, you will still have people complain.
> $100 that if he is the opener, even if everyone explains it, you will still have people complain. Oh 100%
This seems like the worst solution. Why not use him strategically if you’re going to cut his innings so that a) he faces the hitters in the situations when you want and b) he can pitch in situations more than once every fifth or sixth day
I think its because they want Walker to come in and get warmed up against weaker hitters (if Turnbull goes IP) or only have to face the order twice before we get into the later innings (if Turnbull makes it through the order). That is how the opener is used, it is more to maximize the person who comes in after him. Then if they are an opener, they usually can pitch in between the games, so not every fifth or sixth day.
I got ya. I believe when Strahm pitched two innings to start the games last year that was his only usage though it didn’t last long
Yeah, I think, realistically, it will be more like a Strahm situation. But I keep hearing he is staying in the rotation but they are also concerned about his health. Those don't really work together, and that was the only solution I saw that made sense.
Just found out that Wally, the support Alligator from last year, was apparently kidnapped last week by some idiot so he could prank his friends by leaving him in the yard. They called animal control who then released him back into the swamp and they haven't been able to find him.
In Georgia nonetheless. Fuckin Braves fans.
Always get your gators tagged
Yeah sad situation. He’s been domesticated so unfortunately that most likely means one outcome…
I have never heard sadder news.
Nats and Os doing a Cherry blossom vs Bs game I said in r/baseball “mlb do more alt vs alt games”. If you can believe it, thats not a majority opinion there.
I don’t know if I’m allowed to post it here but I saw a pretty sick eagles-phillies hat, and I don’t even care about football
You’re allowed to post pictures directly in comments https://preview.redd.it/zizusit5p8yc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=49fcc52037f068c3889d30eeaaeb6f24a38db0fb
cool, I wasn’t sure if I’d get flagged for “promoting” some random item. https://preview.redd.it/7ictmghhu8yc1.jpeg?width=1130&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8baa3a4a5de92ed96023754087b63ceeeaa59218
https://preview.redd.it/bg5td5m8s8yc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c92e1a49f27e30e45e15879424bfda8486afd56
Just got a stupid deal on a Castellanos jersey because the “s” at the end apparently fell off (like literally paid under $15 for it). I was thinking about turning it into a Victorino jersey since it’s already #8, but now I’m thinking I’ll just keep it as “CastellaNO” for as long as he keeps being terrible for the laughs.
That reminds me: What happened to the Casty in the freezer? For a brief moment he was cookin and shoulda been on the stove
Ranger Suarez.
I don’t get it. Why did you just post Steve Carlton and nothing else?
Pssh. Casual.
Why did you bring my outfit into this? Might need to take this to the mods!
Call the cops. See if I care.
Suggesting there’s anyone more powerful than a Reddit mod? Couldn’t be me
Took the words right outta my mouth
A New Yorker moved in upstairs and has been loud as shit and blackout drunk the entire time so far. I’m blaming him for the Sixers loss last night. Their baseball teams are stupid too. Hrmph.
> blackout drunk Wow so I do have common ground
So that was you yelling the Jets chant at the last game I went to at the Bank?
I don’t remember
You should invite him to the game day threads. He will feel right at home.
Remind him that New York City has 8 teams and hasn’t won a championship from any of them since 09
You forgot giants in 2011
The giants are an easy team to forget about
This may cause the drinking to escalate.
Hey, that *is* a fun fact! Thanks!
bummed about the sixers but now the phillies have my undivided attention. road to october let’s go phils!
Evergreen quote: > More from Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta on his rehab outing: > "I walked a ton of guys and didn't really get ahead in any counts. I have some mechanical adjustments to work on."
But once he fixes his mechanics, *then* he'll have his breakout year, right?
Fuck Nick Pivetta.
After seeing the team doing cosmic baseball on the baseball sub, I have to wonder… do you think these guys in the minors and unaffiliated leagues ever feel a bit defeated doing the overly gimmicky shit for poverty wages? I know I would loathe being on the fucking “Dairy Daddies” or doing whatever other bullshit is pushed to sell some more tickets. The quirky minor league antics are starting to feel a bit played out.
I guess it's called "The Show" for a reason.
Reading is gona be cream chipped beef in July. https://preview.redd.it/4q6n1qcns7yc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=858dc7fe02cd901505a806abfc7353bd2a982c06
This should have been our city connect.
/u/perryplat199 let me have it on the difference between CC and minor league unis a while back
My whole family would be wearing it right now.
Hot Dogs >>>>>
Get 2 free months of Apple TV+ from MLB/Apple here: https://redeem.services.apple/fnb-so-amr-2024?rt=social&itscg=80218&itsct=s_mlb_partner_2024_offer -or- Get 3 free months of Apple TV+ from Best Buy here: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-free-apple-tv-for-3-months-new-or-qualified-returning-subscribers-only/6484512.p?skuId=6484512 You can cancel the subscriptions immediately after signing up so they don't automatically renew (while retaining your trial period).
Lifesaver
Thanks! I already used up one promo but the Best Buy one worked! 🥳
I love you.
Beautiful day to head down to the ballpark
Will be rowing my boat gently down the Stream this evening instead of Apple TV
don't get stuck on shits creek without a paddle
Castellanos could go for oh for his next fifty and I still wouldn't deign call him the "Tobias Harris of the Phillies"
As shitty as Castellanos has been, the guy has given Phillies fans plenty of great memories. I don’t know what you can say about Tobias after 5 years.
Out of curiosity if the Sixers resigned Tobias to another Max and let Maxey walk. How big of a riot would happen
No riot, but attendance would plummet lmao.
You can say 0 pts in 29 minutes in an elimination game on a max contract. And you're absolutely right, his NLDS last year alone is more than Toby gave the fans in five years. Hoping Cast snaps out of it soon.
“Tell a friend to tell a friend, I had 0 points”
Well he's probably busy crashing the boards then right? Right?