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Winning in the MLB Playoffs is almost entirely about hitting home runs

The formula for Playoff success: good pitching, good defense, hit homers. And the D-backs are hitting homers. It's not about grinding out at-bats and wearing down the pitcher. It's: can you hit homers at a rate that you can out-homer the other team? The Playoffs is all about hitting home runs.

The 2023 postseason saw the Rangers and Diamondbacks rely heavily on home runs to advance, supporting Carrabis's point.

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Oct 13, 2023
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The Braves are soft and complainers after their playoff exit

This series [we learned] Braves kind of soft, kind of complainers. If you're a Braves fan, you won a World Series a couple years ago, you'd be happy with that. But now you seem pretty soft. This postseason between the complaining about a reporter tweeting out an accurate statement from the clubhouse... gimme a fucking break.

The Braves were indeed criticized nationally for their reaction to the reporting, and they did lose the series, lending credence to the 'soft' narrative for that postseason.
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Oct 13, 2023
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The Diamondbacks are scary and should not be taken lightly

The [Diamondbacks] are scary. The Diamondbacks are scary. They're very scary. I'm not—Zac Gallen is for real. I'm not looking at that team lightly at all.

The Diamondbacks did push the Phillies to 7 games and eventually won the NLCS, proving they were indeed scary.
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The Broncos will bench Russell Wilson and he has played himself out of a Hall of Fame career

Russell Wilson stinks. He turtles so fast in the pocket. He threw for 95 yards. It was never close. I think they might bench Russell Wilson. He's played himself out of a Hall of Fame career as well.

Sean Payton officially benched Russell Wilson in Week 17 of the 2023 season. The HOF claim is subjective but Wilson's career trajectory certainly took a massive hit in Denver.

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Bryce Harper embodies the city of Philadelphia more than any superstar

I'm so jealous of Philly fans because you got a player that is a superstar potential Hall of Famer someday. And he's such a dirtbag—like Phillies fans. He is one of them. When he signed his deal, he was like 13 years, I don't want any opt-outs, I want to die here. Bury me in Philly. He embodies everything that fan base is all about.

This is a subjective evaluation of player-city chemistry, but widely accepted by baseball fans and media.
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The Astros have proven they never needed to cheat to be successful

What they've proven to me—and should be to a lot of people—is that they never had to cheat in the first place. Whether or not they would've won in 2017, that remains to be seen... but as far as getting there seven straight [ALCSs], I don't think that they needed to cheat to do that. They were talented all along.

While their talent is undeniable, whether they 'needed' to cheat is a subjective counterfactual.
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The MLB should move back to a one-game Wild Card and make the Division Series a best-of-seven

I want to mix up the Playoff format again. I want to go back to the one-game Playoff for the Wild Card, and then I want to make the Division Series best-of-seven. I think it rewards teams with more depth. Something specific to the Braves-Philly series... this deserves to be seven games.

This is a suggestion for a rules/format change.

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