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Gamethread 9/27: Pirates at Phillies
Kyle Ross-USA TODAY Sports The Hangover, Part IV Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: Lineup looks a bit different today! #RingTheBell : @NBCSPhilly : @SportsRadioWIP : https://t.co/HhDxScbmEV // https://t.co/vgbMhIMsON pic.twitter.com/IK4ZrYTJXD— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) September 27, 2023 For the Pirates: Lineup Update: Connor Joe will now start in RF, Henry Davis will start at DH. https://t.co/lEc2J6W8dZ— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) September 27, 2023 Let’s talk about it.
www.thegoodphight.com 7 hours ago
Ranking the Phillies’ playoff clinching celebrations
Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/ Here’s my official, undisputed ranking of all 13 postseason clinching celebrations since 1950. Red October is back. After their thrilling, 3-2, walk-off win in 10 innings over the Pirates last night, the Phillies are back in the playoffs to defend their National League pennant. They’re back, thanks to a moment that will live in franchise lore, the first-ever walk-off hit to clinch a postseason berth in Phils history. Normally, we see players pile around the pitchers mound after the final out is recorded, so last night’s celebration was...
www.thegoodphight.com 11 hours ago
Rise and Phight: 9/27/2023
Kyle Ross-USA TODAY Sports They’re in They’re in and they’re spectacular. Clinchers of a postseason spot, owners of the top wild card seed, there is nothing to do but make sure everyone is available next Tuesday. On to the links. Phillies news: Even with the rehab going well, Rhys Hoskins remains a longshot to make the postseason roster at any point. Bryson Stott visited Bobby Dickerson this offseason. It has helped turn him into a Gold Glove-worthy second baseman. Orion Kerkering got lots of love on this here site, but he also got some love over at...
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Philadelphia Phillies clinch NL wild-card berth, head to postseason for second straight year
Bryce Harper extended his arms as wide as they could stretch and waited for his jubilant Phillies teammates to sock him in the midsection with bottles of bubbly that had been turned into super soakers.
www.thegoodphight.com 20 hours ago
They’re Going to the Postseason: Phillies 3 Pirates 2
Kyle Ross-USA TODAY Sports Win number 88 clinches a postseason berth with a Johan Rojas walk-off single. Taking you all the way to the top of the eighth (I want to make this quick for the both of us), Aaron Nola gave them a gem through 6.2 innings. His curveball danced on its own for seven whiffs on 18 swings. He fanned eight batters for an encouraging start heading into the postseason. With a 2-1 lead heading into the eighth, Rob Thomson had Craig Kimbrel face the bottom of the Pittsburgh Pirates order. After recording a strikeout on catcher Endy Rodríguez, Henry...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 26, 2023
Gamethread 9/26: Pirates at Phillies
Photo by Rich Schultz/ I can feel it, coming in the air tonight... Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: Let's get it done. #RingTheBell : @NBCSPhilly : @SportsRadioWIP : https://t.co/HhDxScbmEV // https://t.co/vgbMhIMsON pic.twitter.com/SwTy284dr6— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) September 26, 2023 For the Pirates: Game 1 in Philly. AT&T SportsNet 93.7 The Fan | The PRN#LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/s7n4C7KJ3r— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) September 26, 2023 Let’s talk about it.
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 26, 2023
Finish it off: Phillies vs. Pirates series preview
Can Aaron Nola win the clincher for a second straight year? | Photo by Todd Kirkland/ Give us a week of no stress before the real games begin It wasn’t always easy, but the Phillies are on the cusp of doing what most of us expected them to do before the season began: Make the playoffs. All they need to do is beat the Pirates. (Or not really. They could lose every game the rest of the way and still get the top Wild Card berth, but I don’t think anyone wants to see that, and it’s much more fun to clinch with a win.) With the Yankees win over the D-Backs, the...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 26, 2023
Could Cristopher Sánchez be 2023’s version of 2022 Ranger Suárez?
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Suárez was a major postseason weapon. Could Sánchez follow suit? Cristopher Sánchez has been arguably the Phillies’ second-best starter for the majority of the second half of the season. The wiry lefty’s changeup has become one of the best changeups across all of baseball, as he became the first pitcher since Luis Castillo in 2019 to collect 10 strikeouts in a game all on changeups in his last start against the Mets. Rob Thomson has acknowledged that Sánchez has thrust his name into the conversation for a role in the postseason,...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 26, 2023
It’s the final week of the regular season. What are we watching for?
Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Not just the playoffs, friend-o As the famous song once said, “Looks like we made it...” After weeks of inconsistent play that had many people scratching their heads, followed by some really good baseball, the Phillies have entered the last week of the season. The tests that were in front of the team have been passed and now we know that the Phillies are likely going to be in the playoffs. You don’t want to say that’s been a foregone conclusion for a while, but c’mon - even the Phillies aren’t going to blow this opportunity....
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 26, 2023
Rise and Phight: 9/26/2023
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports One more... All they need is one more. With the Diamondbacks losing yesterday to the Yankees, the magic number for the Phillies to not only clinch a playoff spot is at one, but the number to get the top wild card spot is at one. It’s the Pirates, man. Just do the damn thing. On to the links. Phillies news: Orion Kerkering was the talk of yesterday for the Phillies, but it was his dad who also grabbed some attention. The playoffs are ever closer and the team is in a solid position: their pitching is relatively healthy and good. It took...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 25, 2023
Bi-Weekly Report Card: How Do They Matchup for the Postseason?
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports As the season reaches its regular season finish line, the questions start to change. At 87-69, the Philadelphia Phillies are getting closer and closer to clinching a second consecutive postseason berth. Their magic number for a postseason berth is down to one and can clinch with a win or a Marlins/Cubs loss on Tuesday. The questions change for a team like the Phillies. How do they stack up in the postseason? The first task we will have to do is to figure out how many players this team is going to need. In the wildcard round against the...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 25, 2023
Predicting the Phillies’ 2023 Wild Card playoff roster
Photo by Rich Schultz/ The Phils will clinch a playoff spot this week, so here’s my first crack at their roster will look like for the wild card round. For once, the Phillies aren’t making us sweat bullets in September. After finishing with sub-.500 records in the season’s final month each of the last five seasons, the 2023 Phils appear to have figured out this whole “winning in September” thing. Following their four-game sweep of the Mets over the weekend, they’re 13-10 and have whittled their magic number to clinch a playoff spot to just one game....
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 25, 2023
Let’s go full overreaction on Orion Kerkering
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Yes please You’ll find no rational thought here. You’ll find no “small sample size” arguments within. What you’re about to read is full on overreaction to one appearance against a team that looked incredibly ready for the season to end. It’s always dangerous to see a hyped up pitching prospect come into the majors, blow away the competition with relative ease and get lost in the dreams created by such an appearance. Most of the time, it’s a starter, one that explodes onto the scene as Stephen Strasburg did oh so many years...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 25, 2023
Rise and Phight: 9/25/2023
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports A well deserved day off What a series. Sure there is no game today (most of us are focusing our attention on Tampa Bay this evening anyway), but it’s nice to have a day off after that kind of series. I believe the broadcast last night used the word “meandering” when describing the Phillies in September, a term I find quite appropriate. They haven’t really dazzled anyone, but things have been clicking in place lately. No, they aren’t peaking too early. They’re just getting on their roll now. On to the links. Phillies...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 24, 2023
You say “sweep”, I say “MOP!”: Phillies 5, Mets 2
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports A nod to you, Cespedes Family Bar-B-Q There are many baseball podcasts in the world. There’s our very own Hittin’ Season, as well as several others on the Hittin’ Season Patreon that are available for your ears. One of my favorites is the gentlemen from Cespedes Family Bar-B-Q. Their takes on baseball sometimes venture into the absurd, but one of the things I’ve come to love is their terminology for when a team wins all four games of a four game series. You, the old timer, might call that a sweep. They have coined the term...
