Phillies (Luzardo) vs Blue Jays (Bassitt): 6/5/25, 3:07pm

[Laika]

B******* must not want to pitch the 7th with how he is doing this inning. 

[Masterbather]

Why does Vladdy have a two-strike approach on the first pitch?

[Orgfiller]

Springer being a bro and getting Kirky an RBI when it wasn't necessary at all.

[Omar]

Kirk is an assassin when he has two strikes.

[Spanky__99]

10 minutes ago, Laika said:

They just told Walker they might use him in high leverage so he felt better about getting demoted to the pen 

Dude is cooked and would have been out of MLB after 2024 if not for his contract. Getting lucky somehow this year, though. He might be better than Bowden Francis actually. 

Yeah, he's a swingman at best, like I said.

 

[Omar]

Remember after the opening game this series when everyone was  "this is what happens when you play a real team"  type of comments.  The doomers were ready to mercilessly tar and feather everyone else on this board.

I could pull the comments but I don't want to be that guy.

[Spanky__99]

4 minutes ago, Omar said:

Remember after the opening game this series when everyone was  "this is what happens when you play a real team"  type of comments.  The doomers were ready to mercilessly tar and feather everyone else on this board.

I could pull the comments but I don't want to be that guy.

I believe only two members of the doomers are here, lol.

 

[Orgfiller]

John Schneider will put in Mason Fluharty in the highest possible leverage to begin his career and now that he's an established stud he also pitches blowout games, lol.

Sure would be great to use our worst arms or those needing work like Swanson instead.

[glory]

4 minutes ago, Orgfiller said:

John Schneider will put in Mason Fluharty in the highest possible leverage to begin his career and now that he's an established stud he also pitches blowout games, lol.

Sure would be great to use our worst arms or those needing work like Swanson instead.

Swanson better pitch the 9th. 

I guess I’ll give Schneider the benefit of the doubt here because the low leverage relievers on the team will all be pitching tomorrow hoping to get through 6, so options aside from Swanson (who better pitch the 9th!) were limited.

[neverbeenhere]

I am glad Vladdy's so called streak is ended

[Spanky__99]

Great series win by the Birds... 😎

[Spanky__99]

4 minutes ago, neverbeenhere said:

I am glad Vladdy's so called streak is ended

 

[Omar]

Series Win!!  Let's head to Minnie.

[Masterbather]

Easy peasy. Off to Twinkie Town 

[Terminator]

39 minutes ago, Omar said:

Remember after the opening game this series when everyone was  "this is what happens when you play a real team"  type of comments.  The doomers were ready to mercilessly tar and feather everyone else on this board.

I could pull the comments but I don't want to be that guy.

The Debbie Downers are completely shook right now

The boys have won 7 of 8 games, and 4 out of the last 5 series

If the current scores hold, we will also take sole possession of the 3rd wild card spot 

Only 5 games back of the fraud Yankees

[Terminator]

I'm proud of everyone on Team Positive for remaining strong in the face of the negative hoard who were tarring and feathering us every chance they got

It took a lot of courage from all of us but it's great to see good people getting rewarded for doing the right thing

[Spanky__99]

1 minute ago, Terminator said:

I'm proud of everyone on Team Positive for remaining strong in the face of the negative hoard who were tarring and feathering us every chance they got

It took a lot of courage from all of us but it's great to see good people getting rewarded for doing the right thing

Team positive...

[Terminator]

Tons of stuff is breaking the right way. The lineup and the bench look good and there is enough depth that we can withstand injuries.

Same goes with the bullpen.

The rotation is fine right now, as the big 3 are firing away. But if one of them got hurt we would be in some trouble. Just need to keep keep this patchwork rotation together until the deadline at which point we can make an add. Which shouldn't be hard to do because our prospects are also on fire.

On to Minny

[Spanky__99]

Term, I was going to use that gif earlier, but decided that McMahon gifs are off limits, the Sheriff's bullets, lol.

[Terminator]

1 minute ago, Spanky__99 said:

Term, I was going to use that gif earlier, but decided that McMahon gifs are off limits, the Sheriff's bullets, lol.

Oh by all means use them.

McMahon, Flair and Macho Man are absolute gold mines.

They are only off limits to the Debbie Downers who can use Bubba the Love Sponge or Ultimate Warrior gifs if they'd like. 

[Spanky__99]

As of this minute the Blue Jays own the 3rd WC, playoffs baby!

[Spanky__99]

 

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Birds need to win this series against the Twinkies, Lopez just hit the IL for 8 weeks with a lat injury and Correa's banged up, lets get it. Take WC 3, hell take WC1 while we're at it. 😎

[Terminator]

1 hour ago, Spanky__99 said:

 

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Birds need to win this series against the Twinkies, Lopez just hit the IL for 8 weeks with a lat injury and Correa's banged up, lets get it. Take WC 3, hell take WC1 while we're at it. 😎

You know how the old saying goes....the playoffs will be easy to make! 😎

[jaysthebest]

Hope other pitcher starts on Sunday. Francis is expected to start that day and I am not feeling great about it.

[G-Snarls]

8-2 stretch 

But the only AL East team we've really gained ground on is Boston 

Everyone else has been playing pretty well too 

[G-Snarls]

8 hours ago, Terminator said:

I'm proud of everyone on Team Positive for remaining strong in the face of the negative hoard who were tarring and feathering us every chance they got

It took a lot of courage from all of us but it's great to see good people getting rewarded for doing the right thing

Thank you, Macho King