Completely agree, and, to take the schedule discussion further, whoever is responsible for the Phillies not playing on July 4 and Labor Day should be banned from any more schedule making. IT'S A SUMMER SPORT!
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wtf??? I hadn't noticed that. Those are typically huge attendance days, whether the Phils are home or away. That's a really dumb move on the part of MLB.
The advantage of the new format is there isn’t any more arguing about schedules, every team in the NL east will play the exact same teams the same number of times other than each team plays a different AL team 4 games instead of 3 like they do against the rest of the AL
I’m sure someone out there has figured this all out. To me, they lose numbers against the Nats and Marlins which probably offsets the reduction of games against the Mets and Braves. The rest of it is too complicated given that they played interleague on a rotational basis so it’s not like you never played the Yankees and better AL teams.
I’d guess it’s neutral to maybe slightly better or worse; I’d be surprised I guess if it REALLY helps them or REALLY hurts them but who knows.
I’m with you, playing the division a lot in Sept made you hate those guys more and you had the opportunity to run down a team like the Mets in 07.
I wanted 3-3 for the trip knowing they never play well in SF. I was hoping for offsetting 2-3’s in each series. They need to regroup and put some distance up over the next 2 series.
It doesn’t help or hurt anyone. If you’re in the same division you play the exact same teams the same number of times. Phillies Mets Braves nats marlins will have identical schedules other than dates of the game obviously.
I understand what you’re saying and maybe I’m not as sophisticated as LionJim but what I’m asking is whether say the Phillies opponent winning percentage has gone up or down year on year as a result of the scheduling change. The Phillies have beat up on the poorer record teams this year; what happens next year as it relates to opponent win %?
Looks like Wheeler is one step closer to coming back. Good sign.
Gutsy win tonight. Bryce doubled with 1 out in the 9th and Segura drives him home. They needed that!
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If ever they need him, it’s right now. Nola was good tonight. Very good. They need both of those guys at their best. The other three rotation spots are a nightly crapshoot.
Harper was fortunate to reach 2nd after jogging out of the box. Can't be doing that in a must win game. Huge break on the dumbest rule in baseball. Sosa gets thrown out at the plate on a great throw, but it's overturned because the catcher didn't give Sosa a lane.
Sometimes you need luck to escape the voodoo that’s been dogging them.
Rockies win with a 3-run walk off HR in the 10th, 10-7. Brewers gave up 9 runs in the last 3 innings. That's a crusher for them.
Never saw a tag like this! Wow!
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They took 2 of 3, but damn. They should have beaten Alcantara yet again.
Naturally the bullpen makes tonight's game more interesting than it needed to be. We all know they need a healthy staff to have a puncher's chance in October. Good sign is seeing Harper and Schwarber go yard. Nice to see a big crowd tonight.
It sounds like Dominguez and Elfin will return in the next few days. Wheeler is maybe another week away.
That will help.
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Play is resuming after a 3 hr. 36 min rain delay. Apparently, it's the long in-game rain delay in Phillies history. (They've had games where multiple delays were longer, but not a single delay of this interval.)
