If you were around for the post 2011 decline you’ll prefer either of those options than leaking 3-4 games a year for the next 4 seasons before they finally shift gears.
Hot take: the Phillies missing the playoffs is good, actually.
Let’s assume they lose 5 of 6 to end the misery. If they do that against the best 2 teams in baseball playing games that don’t matter, it’s that evidence they were never going to win a World Series this year…
This is a team that needs a dramatic shakeup to win it all. Squeaking in and maybe winning a 3-game set is a status quo result. Missing the playoffs either shifts to rebuild mode a couple years early, or inspires ownership to push….
@TheWARmonger_ I get the impression his footwork was terrible and cost him the ability to switch his feet on the bag, which would have allowed this to be a pretty straightforward scoop
I have not seen a single piece of outreach video from Jackson.
With Platner, you couldn't go a day without seeing some Town Hall with him...
What the fuck is going on in Maine?
Just listened to a retired two-star general suggest the only way the war with Iran ends is with the use of tactical nuclear weapons. The American military mind is completely unwilling to even consider accepting defeat and that is a truly terrifying thing.