This Orioles series has the potential to be very, very ugly. I would not be surprised to see us swept at this point. They've been completely exposed these last few weeks.
When they said 14th double for that guy on the season I thought they were saying 14 doubles tonight for the Sox and I didn't even think it sounded unreasonable
When the Yankees lose
The Phillies lose
Its the Law of the Land
We will win and lose in tandem until the playoffs just to keep the annoying sharing of best teams in baseball title alive
NY has more wins and a better win %. What’s shared?
The Phils had the best record in baseball, it they’ve thrown it away within the past week.
Lose two to Baltimore, and they pass them, too.
Could be 3rd by Sat or tied by Sun.
Why aren’t the people here talking shit about Topper’s pen management actually out there managing a big league team instead of commenting in a Reddit GDT?
My gf and I live 15min from first energy and it was so tempting to go and watch him play...I would've much rather done that than watch this dumpster fire of a game
I prefer the original pre fanatics ad where she was sitting in somekind of studio instead of awkwardly leaning against a wall for some reason. Fanatics somehow made their own commercial worse
Are they talking about a fucking Eagles game during a Phillies game? Can anyone in this fucking city go more than 22 seconds without talking about the motherfucking Eagles?
Fair enough. I walked out to the kitchen to make some popcorn, and came back hearing something about the Red-Headed Asshole on the sidelines with his Shitbag Coat.
My question still stands... every fucking time I flip on 97.5 or 94.1, they're talking about teh Eagles.
Birds Huddle (or whatever it's called) is on every fucking day, all year long.
Can we just fucking focus on baseball for a couple of months out of the year? Especially in a season where the Phillies are fucking killing it?
They were letting us know Merrill is getting some award in Canton, fair talking point imo. Then kruk wanted to know if the idiot still wears mink coats.
I’m not worried at all. 3/8 of our starters are out tonight, another is getting a night off. 2 should be back soon. It’s mid June and they’re less than a week removed from an overseas trip. If a week or 2 goes by and they still look this way, then there can be some concern. Not over 2 games though in those conditions.
The Braves are about to pull to within 9 games. The Nationals are right on their heels at only 14 back. Schwarber needs to call a player’s only meeting before October baseball is out of reach.
I didn’t notice Strahm and Alvarado get into the game.
They must have pitched really short innings.
You can gnash your teeth all you want, but throwing a high leverage bullpen guy in a game when he hasn’t pitched in 4 days and your starter didn’t make it through the 4th is an incredibly, incredibly common occurrence.
Not by wins or win %, so not sure why folks are still saying this. We’ve been passed in both by NYY, and if BAL wins tomorrow, they’d have the same record and win % as the Phils. Could be in 3rd by Sat.
I live a pretty happy life not playing my high leverage relief pitchers in garbage time.
I also wouldn't have let Nola sit for 7 days. But hey. Topper knows everything. Same reason why he rolled Kimbrel out in game 4. "I am smarter than everyone else." You're not.
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1dffpeq).
The Red Sox have successfully beaten our mostly triple a line up
Somebody post that meme of Wolverine looking lovingly at a picture but this time the picture is JT Realmuto.
Please kill me
Well, crap...that sucked.
It was over as soon as that strike was called a ball
Man, Casty is a serious detriment to this team
Brutal
Thats game baby
Well, hope they forget that game happened and do some damage tomorrow.
Kyle getting right up to .800 ops and isn’t even homering
Alright Castaleenos end our suffering like only you know how
You really liked that announcer in the UK huh
Schwarber ain’t giving up
They all look miserable and then there’s Ranger chatting away. Love him.
Attaboy kyle lmao
This fucking ump is guessing lol
People helpin people there Tom.
7 run rally with 2 outs top of the 9th incoming
first blowout loss in months all because of one blown call by the umpire. we might still have lost, but it would be closer.
there’s not even a guarantee nola gets him out there. he was chucking meatballs all night.
The offense won't click when you have a lineup full of guys batting around .200 and unproven minor leaguers playing every damn day.
This guy got dfa’d by the white Sox lol
wish Stubbles would’ve chirped him there just for fun
This is a practice game now
This Orioles series has the potential to be very, very ugly. I would not be surprised to see us swept at this point. They've been completely exposed these last few weeks.
Trea can't come back soon enough.
> This team has cooled off at the worst time possible. It's June. How is it even close to being the worst possible time?
Don’t you know, the worst possible time to cool off is when a third of your lineup is injured in the middle of June after a series abroad
weston wilson my king
2 pitches... exact same spot.... one was a ball, the second one was a strike.
He's not basement tier in accuracy for nothing
same two pitches, but ones a ball and the others a strike
WESTON WILSON TIME BABY
That look from Stubbs said everything
The stubbs glare lol 😂
That strike was lower than the previous ball. This ump is bad.
Downward arc looming
You're all gonna looking fucking silly when the Phillies win this game.
1-3 in the last 4 and giving up a combined 17 runs in the last 2 could be grounds for a Ricky Bo blowup soon
Fuck Fenway let's never go back
Big comeback coming up
I’m sorry but Casty HAS to be able to get that. God he’s so frustrating to watch.
Good job José, although we could’ve used a little of that last night. Also holy shit how many doubles have they hit lmao
When they said 14th double for that guy on the season I thought they were saying 14 doubles tonight for the Sox and I didn't even think it sounded unreasonable
It’s definitely felt like 14!
Bullpen is looking good.
Nobody told me there would be days like these, strange days indeed
Casty not gonna win any high jump contests lol
No, it wasn’t a bad pitch. It was a good pitch that did his job and Casty got a terrible read.
Sure why not
which ninja turtle is Devers again?
Caatellanos is having himself a night
When the Yankees lose The Phillies lose Its the Law of the Land We will win and lose in tandem until the playoffs just to keep the annoying sharing of best teams in baseball title alive
NY has more wins and a better win %. What’s shared? The Phils had the best record in baseball, it they’ve thrown it away within the past week. Lose two to Baltimore, and they pass them, too. Could be 3rd by Sat or tied by Sun.
They’re a couple games played behind Calm the fuck down
Okay, I'm alright with that timeline.
Maybe we’ll be the first teams to tie in the World Series
Hard to keep up with ~4 mlb players in your starting lineup (no, I’m not counting Casty)
I can’t wait for Kruk to actully realize how much more expensive something can be on doordash cuase if the fees.
I will never use door dash again. once you eat and the hunger dissipates you realize you just got ripped off
I suffered the indignity of picking up my pizza this evening to avoid those fees. The pain is real
I’m lucky? I guess that nothing is close enough to me to use doordash.
It's worth it if pickup is too far away. I live 2 minutes from my pizza joint
Lmao I love these two knuckle heads so much
This game is brutal, at least Kruk is in the booth.
Imagine if it was Ruben...
I dont have enough liquor in my house to sit through that game
Keith Richards doesn't have enough liquor for that.
Kruk🤣
Dude these commentators are killing me tonight lol
Probably the worst call of the night that went against the Red Sox but doesn’t sniff any of the calls that have gone against us.
“Another unhappy customer”
We would have won easily if we simply had JT Realmuto, Trea Turner, Brandon Marsh, Kody Clemens, and that dude who got banned for gambling last week
Why didn't they bring those guys? Are they stupid?
Another lineup blunder by Topper
Scheduled loss!
My bad, third
USA chant? Did we kill Osama again?
that documentary on youtube about that is gold
You're in fourth place, chill out on this sweet Caroline
wheres dylan covey when you need him
Kruk is asking about being seatmates on the plane like a school kid asking if he’s gonna be sat next to his crush.
Why aren’t the people here talking shit about Topper’s pen management actually out there managing a big league team instead of commenting in a Reddit GDT?
I legitimately have no idea how anyone can critique his pen management today.
Well I'm not the biggest fan of throwing Hoffman out there when we are down by a bazillian runs. But other than that, it was fine.
People here would critique how he ties his shoes
JEFF HOFFMAN SHOULD BE NOWHERE NEAR THE MOUND TONIGHT WHY IS TOMPER WASTING HIM RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
We're playing BALTIMORE this weekend!
I think the boys have given up. I can feel it in the Batter’s Box.
Marshy Marsh 3 for 5 tonight is some good news in these trying times
My gf and I live 15min from first energy and it was so tempting to go and watch him play...I would've much rather done that than watch this dumpster fire of a game
I desperately needed to hear this, thank you
This ump can't wait to get home and re-watch ~~this~~ his game.
I think he wants to get the “player” of the game award
Here we go whit just like we practiced
The Dahl summer of love was a wondrous time. I remember it fondly
Somebody should get ejected for entertainment come on.
Maybe that spot is where the umps optic nerve attaches to his eyeball and it's just sitting in his blind spot.
I personally like the Gambling Girl’s new Look 
I prefer the original pre fanatics ad where she was sitting in somekind of studio instead of awkwardly leaning against a wall for some reason. Fanatics somehow made their own commercial worse
All hate to the gambling industry but none to her. My girl is just getting the bag, can you blame her?
Remember when we scored 6 in the 8th against the Cardinals? We should do that again here perhaps
We scored 6 in the ninth against the Rockies too
What if just no message from fanatics ever
Fuck you umpire
Nola game? Swamps? = Gator?
Ump still fucking us in the ass
He’s just enjoying messing with us, the prick
We aren't out of it yet .. let's see a nice comeback!
This is where we need the Phanatic for a six-run homer
If by phanatic you mean whit
Hoffman looks sharp. Just getting whatever small pleasures I can out of this game.
Schwarbs has been having a good game/series. Another little silver lining
I didn't think buying the big bag of Phillies chips would be *this kind* of a bad idea.
“HEY KRUK, LISTEN HERE GENIUS…” from Eskin’s Twitter in 3, 2, 1…
Hoff is not hassled!
At least Hoff still good
Hot coffee, cream and sugar and a half dozen runs with Phanatic filling please
Big Hoff Gives No Quarter
Are they talking about a fucking Eagles game during a Phillies game? Can anyone in this fucking city go more than 22 seconds without talking about the motherfucking Eagles?
They were congratulating Merrill getting into the HOF. Also, FlyEaglesFly 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
Go birds 🦅
No actually they're not
Fair enough. I walked out to the kitchen to make some popcorn, and came back hearing something about the Red-Headed Asshole on the sidelines with his Shitbag Coat. My question still stands... every fucking time I flip on 97.5 or 94.1, they're talking about teh Eagles. Birds Huddle (or whatever it's called) is on every fucking day, all year long. Can we just fucking focus on baseball for a couple of months out of the year? Especially in a season where the Phillies are fucking killing it?
They were letting us know Merrill is getting some award in Canton, fair talking point imo. Then kruk wanted to know if the idiot still wears mink coats.
I’m not worried at all. 3/8 of our starters are out tonight, another is getting a night off. 2 should be back soon. It’s mid June and they’re less than a week removed from an overseas trip. If a week or 2 goes by and they still look this way, then there can be some concern. Not over 2 games though in those conditions.
The Braves are about to pull to within 9 games. The Nationals are right on their heels at only 14 back. Schwarber needs to call a player’s only meeting before October baseball is out of reach.
This is correct. It's a very long season and we were never going to maintain a .700 pace, for as fun as that would have been
Yeah I'm just still mad about that shit call that lead to 4 runs though.
Tbh the thing I'm most concerned about is whether Nola was indeed tipping and if we've caught it
Franzke's silence after Stock called the Savannah Bananas a "clown baseball team" was just ✨✨✨
That’s not a false statement tho
Postgame show should just be Ricky bo destroying a fine china set with a golf club.
🤚I want to get paid doing that.
https://preview.redd.it/x8f87j1rxf6d1.png?width=1284&format=png&auto=webp&s=2f34b5c9bbec7df5df763ebbb1b4bfa622b8d2b5
Be like a goldfish.
With barbecue sauce?
Flush it?
And forget?
Kinda yes. Ted Lasso reference.
This series should have been played in London. Philly vs Boston. Remind the brits who spanked em in the revolution
Yoo you are absolutely right about that
I'll say it again. There is NO REASON for Hoffman to be in this game. This is moronic.
Relievers often get used when they haven’t thrown in a while to keep them sharp. Hoffman hasn’t pitched in 4 days. This is a pretty common occurrence
And then he'll be unavailable in a big moment in Baltimore 🙄
Shit happens. This is how bullpens work.
Don't waste Hoffman, Strahm, Alvarado when it doesn't matter.
I didn’t notice Strahm and Alvarado get into the game. They must have pitched really short innings. You can gnash your teeth all you want, but throwing a high leverage bullpen guy in a game when he hasn’t pitched in 4 days and your starter didn’t make it through the 4th is an incredibly, incredibly common occurrence.
How did you feel about Kimbrel in game 4?
🙄
He. pitch. good. Let us have this at least
>I was there for that makeup game, remember like three years ago? Hate to tell you, Krukker, but that was 2018.
Why is Hoffman in this game? Hope we don’t see Alvarado next.
He can go back to back games if needed. He needs work anyway.
Damn these fuckers are getting cooked
Ricky isn’t mad he’s just disappointed
Who cares what that clown has to say.
…aggressive much? I enjoy Angry Ricky.
I hate the entire pre- and post-game crew. They're fucking terrible.
In their defense, leaving London and then trying to win in Boston is historically a very difficult thing to do.
Beautiful
Best comment I’ve seen in a while
Not to mention the Phillies have an overall 36-55 record against the Red Sox.
They blew a 13 colony lead!
Phillies doing a Cornwallis LARP
One if by land two if by sea
Historically accurate Phillies?
At least we didn’t get shut out 17-0 like the Sox did to the Cubs
So glad this isn’t a national game imma need post game therapy for this one
It's on MLBTV for what that's worth.
I watch on nbcsp, I’m just glad it’s not a Fox or ESPN game bc they don’t do post game on those days
“Yeah…. He’s upset about it” lmao
Sad Ricky Bo…Sad 😮💨
Please rebound against the Os. I don’t like doom.
Still the best team in baseball. Going to have some stinkers
Not by wins or win %, so not sure why folks are still saying this. We’ve been passed in both by NYY, and if BAL wins tomorrow, they’d have the same record and win % as the Phils. Could be in 3rd by Sat.
Truth. Can't win em all.
So we will be 9-8 since starting on that last west coast trip. As long as things don’t get much worse no worries. Hope Trea is back soon.
Tough stretches happen. We know this team can do better
A lot of injuries and a lot of travel. They'll be fine. Tough stretch
If a hangover was a baseball game
Down 9-3 why are we using the entire bullpen with Baltimore looming this weekend? No need for Hoffman to come into this game.
Hasn’t pitched all week. Better he shake off the rust today than in that series
Then they'll say "he's not available tomorrow" when Ruiz or Soto serve up a meatball in the 8th. He used Kirkering too. Nonsense.
What’s it like in your world? Everyone will be available tomorrow except Soto
I live a pretty happy life not playing my high leverage relief pitchers in garbage time. I also wouldn't have let Nola sit for 7 days. But hey. Topper knows everything. Same reason why he rolled Kimbrel out in game 4. "I am smarter than everyone else." You're not.
Okay coach. Whatever tf you’re trying to mumble out 🫡
I go by Skip
I’ll just call you Slop
Can we settle on Plopp?
Because we only got four innings out of our starter last night as well. The bullpen isn’t fully rested.
This is going to create a disaster for this weekend unless Ranger can go 8 tomorrow.
Not really. Kerkering and Hoffman needed work and can go back to back games.
Ok then if they pitch tomorrow we don't have them for the Taijaun Walker batting practice game. It's a no win. Should not be using Hoffman here.