CANCEL The Braves 

They had the highest team slugging percentage in MLB history with .501. This series they had a slugging percentage of .250. That’s all that needs to be said.

For the Braves losing like this after a great regular season reminds me of how I felt after the Phillies 2011 team that won 102 games and then got eliminated by the Cardinals in the NLDS

Attaboy Braves

I feel like ATL and LA both have the same issue of being so good on paper that they live in this weird simultaneous head space of feeling both intense pressure to succeed but also an inherent entitlement to success. They feel like they should and will win, but not in a confident way, in a desperate way where they feel like they just deserve success based on who they are and then they get too tight and worried about playing the game. Also it's just sports dude, the best team doesn't always win and if they did it would be pointless to even play the games to begin with.

I’m stunned, I thought this Braves team would at the very least get to the World Series. I also thought they would come into this series with a chip on their shoulder remembering last year. But nope, Phillies just shoved them aside again.

You know, for being a Phillies fan I obviously like this but I can also sympathize with you being a 76ers fan. This is basically the life of a Sixers fan. The last five years have been extremely brutal with the Sixers barely doing anything and always getting knocked out in the second round. The Celtics have owned the Sixers for as long as I can remember and that's not going to change anytime soon.

I don’t want to hear any excuses about the extra days off actually being a bad thing. The Braves got to bypass an entire series where they could have been eliminated, they got to start their ace in two games, had home field advantage, and their bats were fully rested. If they were as good as they think they are, they should have destroyed us. They just got too cocky and showed their true colors.

I know the phils won three to one, but with the way the phils dominated the first six innings of game 2. It really felt like a four-game sweep

It wasn't just the Braves though. Teams that won at least 99 games in the regular season went a combined 1-11 in the postseason. That's quite a shocking result for the "best" teams in baseball.

As a Dodger fan, go for it. This season, I was apathetic in watching their games, even though I had to go to work on late nights. This postseason made me feel nothing.

The similarities between the Braves and Dodgers are uncanny

As a Brewers fan, the Braves' and Dodgers' collapses really heal my wounds. I know my team is pathetic in postseason but at least the juggernauts were taken down.

As a Dodgers fan, I’m just going to be happy that at least my team isn’t the only one who choked.

“Buddy you didn’t do sh** either” that part had me crying of laughter 😂🤣😂🤣

The braves really did that bad. It just shows that the regular season is nothing close to playoffs. You can literally get 100+ wins but that doesnt guarantee you success in the playoffs it only guarantees you a spot in the playoffs. Phillies have the dna to fight in the playoffs. I respect the Phillies for that but as well for their fans. Those fans really are the reason why the Phillies are there in the first place. Truly a passionate fan base. Respect +++

Earlier this season, I remember seeing Braves fans (and even some media people) saying that the playoffs should be cancelled and the Braves should just be handed the trophy and rings because there's no way anyone could beat them. But that's why you play the postseason! It's rare that the team with the best record wins. For real though, the Braves won the division in mid-September and decided the last two weeks of the season didn't matter. In my opinion, this is what killed them - they went almost three weeks without playing hard and got complacent. The Phillies battled through the last month to keep the top wild card seed. The Diamondbacks did the same thing this year, Padres last year, and now two wild card teams are in the NLCS again.

If we were a team, and love was a game, we would have been the 23’ Braves. -Morgan Wallen (close enough)

As a braves fan: no excuses!!! A week off? The Astro’s had the same week off, they’re going to play in their 7th Consecutive LCS. There’s just something with Phillies & october! Tip your cap & try again next year

I think the Braves and their fans were too cocky heading into this series. I saw a lot of people talking about Atlanta's record and how they have all these record breaking players, but as we know and love, the playoff don't care about the regular season. They simply got outplayed by a hot Phillies team spurred on by the desire to win it more (and Arcia). Having the best regular season could be a curse in that you are somewhat satisfied with yourself heading into post season.

As a Phillies fan, I will say that I don't really subscribe to the idea that a great season is erased by a lack of a championship. The Phillies had their own 100+ win season and failed to get past the DS, and it's absolutely a huge drag, but that season is still one of my favorite years of baseball. Watching every single game that summer was a joy. So I could understand a Braves fan thinking fondly of the season in spite of this....they just can't use it to trashtalk the Phils 😆

For all the people talking trash, this isn’t much worse than the 2010-2011 Phillies.

I'm loving this postseason so far... embrace the chaos and the madness! I've been more than entertained thus far. Keep up the good work iTalk, it's great to see your channel continue to grow!

All of this applies to the Dodgers but everyone is so used to it there isnt even a rant about it

To answer some of these questions as a Braves fan: 1. The Phillies aren’t some scrub bottom feeder, that is a loaded roster built for the last 5 years to compete for championships which they have yet to win in that time frame. 2. Yes it sucks, I hate it, but we move on and keep playing baseball next year. Its all we can do. I guess we are just the sons of summer, we fill up the ballpark and play our best ball when its ungodly hot and humid. 3. 2023 will now be solely remembered as Acuna’s mvp season and nothing more. 4. Credit where credit is due, congrats to the the phils and ***k you 🙃

Happened to the Bruins last season in the NHL, had to happen to another team in another sport this season.

This is just an example of why baseball is different from other sports. Any team can win no matter their records. The braves also lost a series to the A’s this year. It’s fun to try to come up with a narrative around the Arica situation, but the truth is, the braves offense just was just at its worst. And the Phillies were able to take advantage of that.

For most of the season, all we heard about was how good the Braves were - and rightfully so. They really were that good. And then when the Phillies didn't just roll over in the presence of their awesomeness, all I heard were excuses as to why they were not as good as they were saying they were. This might be the first honest assessment of the Braves' season by a Braves fan that I have seen. As a Phillies fan, I liked seeing this, but as a baseball fan, I like even more that this will morph into a legit heated rivalry. On my way to your Dodgers video now!

As a braves fan, don’t let the cocky ones speak for us. Every fan with common sense honestly saw this happening. It’s just Philly in October. Just makes me depressed as a fan. Yeah I don’t like the modern day playoff format and I do think it makes it way too easy for upsets and those social media viral moments but what can you do

this dude was waiting for the moment to make and release this video. absolutely waiting

When you said "You are a complete laughing stock," the Dodgers crossed my mind, and then you said "If you wanna hear me destroy the Dodgers next..." I absolutely love it. As a lifelong Astros fan myself, I am more than happy to see all of this big-market teams not even make it to the playoffs. It warms the soul.

Can you make a video about the Astros get into their seventh ALCS and the potential of them winning another World Series

You nailed it! As someone who was rooting for the Braves this year, not only do they gotta win the World Series in 2024, they gotta break their offensive records they set this year to completely wash away the pain that was 2023. Beating the Phillies en route would help too.

The Braves have won about 4 world series in their team's history. While us Phillies fans have watched our team win two world series wins since the team was established in 1883. Don't be too rough on the Braves. It's just been a rough two seasons for them :) The important thing is the game of baseball and the fans enjoyment of watching their team play the game. I wish them luck next season.

Remember the highlight of the A’s was in 23 years was their 27 win streak season that got them to the playoffs and helped usher in a new age of baseball with analytics, but that is only remembered now thanks to a movie, once they lost in the playoffs it no longer mattered and it’s only noted by A’s fans as it’s the only true highlight of their franchise has had in decades. The braves are far from done but this is potentially a step in the wrong direction that could set the franchise on the wrong path. The only thing that could make this worse is if the D Backs sweep the Phillies that would just be pouring the acid in their wounds.

youve gotta talk about the dodgers too, its kind of very embarrassing to be a fan of them rn, especially after our recent postseason games. we dominate in the regular season, but have nothing to show for it since we choke so hard in the postseason.

As a baseball fan I believe postseason should play a factor in MVP voting and I speak for all fans in that if you choke the most important games of your SEASON your BWar should take a huge hit. Mookie and Acunia were worse than anyone ever expected, they both deserve to get MVP points knocked off, I don’t care how good they were regular season, if you turn into a ghost post season you should be given less credit than what you would have received regular season. Especially for choking to a team with significantly less wins and less developed pitching.

I have been a Braves fan for my whole life, and I just want to say to that this is nothing new. The Braves have long been masters of the “art of the postseason Choke”. Remember the team of the 90s? The team that won the NL east 11 years in a row, the team that won the pennant in 5 out of 8 years, and despite all that could only ever manage to win one WS! So to all my fellow Braves Fans, if the Braves keep playing the way they have always played, we can expect another WS title in 2055. So lower your expectations……

As a Braves fan I’m disappointed in the management and how they approach the playoffs. There’s no excuse being off for ten days and not watching the Phillies series or playing to prepare (scrimmage)for this series. No point of winning this much just to lose in October. Snitker needs to get the boot.

What next the Braves winning 118 next season and being knocked out by The Mets in the first round next year ?

I think the funniest yet-unsaid fact from these playoffs... the Astros have now achieved more post-scandal than before they were exposed. 2017-2019: 3 ALCS appearances, 2 pennants, 1 title. 2020-2023: 4 ALCS appearances, 2 pennants, 1 title, with the possibility of another pennant and title. I'm not even an Astros fan, but it's funny to see they didn't skip a beat, even with all the turnover.

As a braves fan that was hard for me but to be honest the only thing that made me happy at that last game was at least we put up a fight this time. Wednesday night was a disgrace. I don’t mind much if we lose but at least go down fighting. This was depressing.

2023 Braves: We're going to redeem ourselves! 2023 Phillies: (Speaking to the Phanatic) HOLD MY BEER!

I would feel exactly the same way if I were a Braves fan... But I'm a Phillies fan, so this video was just made smile!

Call me crazy but this is exactly what Atlanta needed. We went on a couple runs prior to 2021 and always choked. It was the same ole braves we knew from the 90’s. Hall of fame level lineups and pitching that was second to none only to disappear when it mattered most. We broke that in 2021 and followed it up w 2 insane regular season division titles. We thought we broke the curse and took that crown off our head. The Phillies just firmly took that crown and shoved it back on our heads w attitude in a way that only leads to a rage induced fan base. I believe this Atlanta team is too good to not go back to the post season in the coming years, and this type of embarrassment we just endured is the perfect scenario to respond to. Either we strike back next couple seasons or we forever bury our franchise reputation further into the realm of being perpetual chokers. It is now do or die from here on out.

5 out of the 6 division winners this year have been eliminated from the playoffs after the first 2 rounds. This is all that needs to be said.

There are a few good men that ended the Tyranny of the Braves. These men gathered one bright day in Philadelphia and decided to prepare for battle, to bring victory to their home, and free the MLB from the grasp of an evil empire known as the Atlanta Braves. These men each signed their name to a binding contract, guaranteeing their allegience to the great Philadelphia organization. These men are brothers. Heroes. These men, these delegates, by position, are: Pitchers: Aaron Nola Craig Kimbrel Cristopher Sanchez Dylan Covey Erich Uelmen Gregory Soto Jeff Hoffman Jose Alvarado Matt Straham Michael "No-Hit" Lorenzen Orion "The Kid" Kerkering "Red Power" Ranger Suarez Seranthony Dominguez Tijuan Walker Zack Wheeler Catchers: Jacob Tyler Realmuto Garrett "The Bear Jew" Stubbs Infielders: Alec Bohm Bryce "Staredown" Harper Bryson "Utley Jr." Stott Edmundo "Edmuuuuuundooooooo" Sosa Rhys Hoskins Trea Turner Outfielders: Brandon "Swampthing" Marsh Cristian "The Pistol" Pache Jake "Caveman" Cave Johan "The Rookie" Rojas Nick "Nicky C" "Mayfair Nick" Castellanos Designated Hitter: Kyle "Schwarbomb" Schwarber Manager: Rob "Philly Rob" Thomson GM: Dave "Da Bomb" Dombrowski Owner: John "The Only Billionaire people actually like" Middleton In 87 years our youth will look back and think: Four Score and 7 years ago, our forefathers brought forth on this city, a team like no other, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all Philadelphians are created equal, and fuck the Braves. I pledge allegience, to the teams, of the great city of Philadelphia, and to the people, for which it stands, one city, under God, in loyalty for it, for the Birds, Phils, and all God Bless Philadelphia. Go Phightins!!!!

Never forget the Braves stole $450 million dollars from the taxpayers of Cobb County to build a stupid ballpark. Glad they lost!

8:42 - I can't immediately think of anything more embarrassing than this right here

As far as Arcia goes, I want any Braves fan that tried calling Harper soft for using Arcia for bulletin board material, to look at that Arcia clip of him sticking his tongue out at Phillies fans like a 4 year old and say that again with a straight face.

Here’s my theory, Braves need to trade Acuna because he’s the reason they don’t win championships, here’s the stats. Since Acuna got called up, 4 nlds eliminations (18,19,22, and 23) and 1 nlcs elimination (2020) when he was injured that’s when they win their WS, WITHOUT Acuna

Just remember they lost to the Dodgers in '18 and '20 then beat them the 3rd time, maybe the 3rd installment next goes in the Braves favor or it will end up being the Astros vs. Yankees where Houston owns the Yanks in October From: A Braves fan

Words cannot express the heartache I felt after they collectively went out there, (minus Austin Riley,) and took a big fat steaming dump and threw daggers into all of the hearts of the entirety of Braves Country.

I mean the week off doesn't help, but it doesn't negate the fact that we manage to choke in the DS more often than not. We need the kind of leadership and drive the team had in 2021, until that happens we aren't making it back to the World Series

“Dicked down by the Phillies” 😂😂😂

As an Astros fan with hopes that we make it to the World Series, the Braves were the team that I least wanted to face. The Braves were a beast all season and scared me the most.

I’m a Phillies fan and I thought we were poking the bear by calling out Strider during game 3. Certain guys can handle it, and strider was solid in game 4. I just think our squad is built for this fanbase and for October. I hope Phils fans turn the trolling and heckling up even higher

Painful to sit through as a Braves fan but you are right, Braves needed to play better they didn't. Philly is a damn good team and they were better this past series. Nothing we can do about it now but hopefully prove you wrong soon

You know what, Cancel the postseason, it sucks

If anything should be canceled, it should be you and your channel!!!! Stick with your team and leave ours alone, our team is our team, don’t worry about us, worry about you and your team!!!!!

Analytics ball will get you into playoffs, winning playoff games are completely different thing. Billy Beane proved it, TB proved it, Dodgers proved it, Braves proved it.

Other than Strider, the Braves pitching was banged up at the end of the season, so giving up all those runs was not a surprise. Frankly, it's disappointing that the video didn't mention that fact - kind of lazy. Speaking of lazy, the lack of hitting, was inexcusable. I guess that age old saying, "Good pitching beats good hitting" still rings true to this very statistically-driven decision making day.

There's one piece of misinformation in this video: Acuña doesn't own up to his failures

As an Astros fan. Watching the Braves lose in the first round was pure bliss. 😅

Early prediction for 2024- Braves win 107 games and Phillies win 93, so philadelphia finish 14 games back from the Braves, for the third straight year. They meet each other in the NLDS again, and the Braves get swept again

As a Phillies fan I had no doubt in my mind we would win that series. The Braves are not built for the postseason currently like us, yet they were cocky enough to think they were because of regular season accolades. You can blame the Dodgers’ failure on injuries and the loss of players like Urias (although one total hit between Freeman and Betts is pretty pathetic too), but the Braves had the same powerhouse train going from the regular season and couldn’t get it done. I would also love to say that to anyone thinking all the offdays is the reason why, PLEASE lose the division next year then, be a wild card team having to use 2 of your top starters (sometimes not even, if you had to use them right before the season ended in games 161 or 162), then play game 1 of the DS with your #3 starter while the entire bye-team’s rotation and bullpen is well rested. Completely pathetic. I would love to win the division and have a bye round going into my first series to have the best possible chance of winning with homefield advantage. Braves fans just gotta admit their superstars are pathetic in the limelight. That 2021 team is drastically different from what they shove out on field now, and ironically enough, the 2021 remnants are the only ones that produced anything substantial, in Albeis, Riley, and d’Arnaud.

“Atta-Boy, Harper.” well, that escalated quickly.

In the word of an older baseball family friend of mine "a team closer to 90-95 wins probably had a harder schedule than the one at 100+"

“Nah I’m going all in” Music to my ears 🤭

that explains the the whole “we want Houston” thing…

iTalk, this is nothing new for the Braves. From 1991-2005 they won the division every year and only got 1 world series win. Starting in 2002, they lost in the first round of every postseason appearance until 2020. Overachieving in the regular season and choking in the playoffs is who the Braves are. Those of us who have been fans for long enough know this.

Give credit to the Phillies pitching staff. They shut them down.

As a braves fan, I could tell this was coming by the way they played at the end of the regular season against the nationals in 2 series. They went cold out of nowhere and not just the offense, the pitching staff imploded too

One of my favorite parts about this channel is how you can read any of the comments in the same cadence you talk and it sounds identical

Agree to disagree, “No weakness in the lineup”? Phillies proved there was weakness

"Ohh, sorry. Was that your lunch, Braves? We ate it.", The Phillies.

Are we just going to say this is a Braves problem??? The top 5 teams with the best records in baseball went 1-13 and the one win was from Atlanta and top 3 out of 4 teams that started their playoffs in the DS lost

As a Braves fan I already knew we lost the series after game 2 and that’s the game where everyone got hope but I saw all the other players who weren’t getting hits and knew it was over

I'm enjoying this as a Mets fan. From "Throw it again" to "Atta-Boy" 😂

They've been doing this stuff my whole life. They can't win when it counts nothing out of the normal here.. i hate baseball

FACTS: • The Seattle Mariners is the only MLB team that has yet to play in a World Series. • There are six MLB teams to have never won a World Series. Those six teams are: 1. Colorado Rockies 2. Milwaukee Brewers 3. San Diego Padres 4. Seattle Mariners 5. Tampa Bay Rays 6. Texas Rangers Being a suffering Braves fan, I have decided to pull for the underdog Texas Rangers to finally win it all this year. Go Rangers!

It reminds me of 22 previous seasons thrown down the drain. It’s kind of the norm in the playoffs for the Braves. They did manage to win two World Series. That’s why 2021 was so shocking - because we were already accustomed to the opposing team celebrate on our field. At least last two years it was on the road

As a Braves fan, I was never mad at one of their game like I was at game 1, all the players went cold. Like they didn't care at all. They were a true embarrassment to the franchise. They handed Strider (the only guy that tried) 2 losses and practically shit on his jersey.

SHUDDUP ABOUT IT!! i don’t wanna talk about it..

Braves fan here. Great video overall, and I agree this series was embarrassing and humiliating. Arcia especially didnt help the reputation of Atlanta fans being soft by acting like a child in the dugout, or not just embracing the trash talk and playing the villain by playing harder the next game. Everybody in the lineup save for Riley, D’arnaud and Albies were asleep at bat and a break is no excuse for that, like Strider said. But I don’t think the historic season we had is totally washed away from the loss. You made a lot of great points and the Phillies deserve the praise, but it was still an incredible regular season. It’s hard not to feel like it was all for nothing, but I’m still holding out hope we’ll do a great season in 2024 and hopefully keep it up in the post season.

As a Mets fan, it scares me that a team like the Braves can bow out of the playoff like this two years in a row to a Phillies team that finished so far behind the Braves. The NL East division is turning into the AL east. Two years in a row both divisions sent three teams to the playoffs.

No matter how great the regular season was, Braves cant handle playoff environment plain and simple,

Maury says...."Philadelphia You..............ARE the father"

As a Braves fan I didn't want the regular season to end because I knew something like this would happen, things were too good to be true, I expected it to be the pitching but I didn't think it'd be the offense

If the Phillies don’t win a championship this doesn’t mean shit. Like Tommy said you ain’t shit until you win a WS.

I’m a Braves fan but, the Phillies wanted it more. They showed more heart and determination than the Braves never had the whole series. It was like the Braves were playing defeated from the fry go! This video is so true.

This is why you never doubt Philadelphia in the playoffs-Go Phillies!

As an Angels fans, the fans making fun of the Angels being sucky, at least we have valid reasons and we have accepted it that its far from a strong team. But for Dodgers or Braves, no reason to lose. But hey, Angels fans are not known to be cocky or obnoxious so its ok. Hopefully this will humble other fans...hopefully...

Old Braves fan here, i saw probably one of the most amazing regular seasons of my team EVER, of any team really BUT as soon i saw that first game with the phillies, a shutout with 5 hits i knew we were done. My friends was flipping out when we won game two and i had to tell him yeah he score 5 runs on 4 HITS>....nobody is hitting the ball. game 3 was a disaster and game 4 again 5 hits, nobody step up. super disappointed.

As a Braves fan, congratulations, Phillies, and I hope the Diamondbacks beat you like a rented mule. As for the Braves, I've been watching them snatch defeat from the jaws of victory since 1991. They drive me nuts.

Honestly, the way the Braves son'd the Mets, the Phillies son'd the Braves

Heard it put really well. The regular season is a marathon....The playoff are a sprint. If you focus on the marathon all year, you won't be ready for the 100 yard dash.

A Brave player, called out to his father in the crowd, "Hey, Dad." Bryce Harper turned around and asked "What."

As a lifelong Braves fan, I completely agree. The regular season means absolutely nothing. This team choked when it most mattered.

As a diehard Phillies fan, your analysis is spot on; however, in 2024, your team lost 2 of its best players, if not their best two players, frankly, maybe the two best players in baseball, to season-ending injuries, if I'm not mistaken, that is a monumental blow to any team. I hate the Braves, obviously, but they, as I write this, are still in the mix for a wild card berth. That should tell you a little something of how good this team really is...

As a braves fan we played horrible and need to have short term memory because we thought to much of what happened last year and they didn’t again next year hopefully we can gain a leader who will help us have some fight