CANCEL The Phillies 

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People got their wish. Two teams we haven't seen in the WS in a while

Sorry man, you never stood a chance! My mom was a long time DBacks fan even though she wanted to sack the manager every other day. After she passed, in June I didn’t want to watch much baseball. Then I saw on the internet they had won game 5 and so back to watching. With my phone sitting beside me I watched game 6 and began to wonder what my Mom was doing up there! By last night I was a believer. I sat there and screamed with ever out 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. It was over and the DBacks had another pennant flag! The tears in my eyes were for my self, for the journeymen and for my Mom!!!!!! RIP CAY……….

I'm a Phoenix native and I've been a Diamondbacks fan since '98. Back in May, I told everyone that if they kept up the way they played in the first 20 games of the season, they could pull this off. My wife, who's a Braves fan, just laughed at me. It seemed like only us hometown fans had faith in the D-backs. It's incredible to think that Corbin Carroll's mom and dad dropped him off at Chase Field on opening day this year for his first game, just as if it were his first day of school.

as a dbacks fanatic i absolutely love you dropping your own receipts doubting us. great video

people hating the dbacks for no reason. everyone talking smack and saying they are going to celebrate in their pool and other teams having cocky hit celebrations but the dbacks just played gritty baseball. i’m happy for them, they truly deserve this

Born and raised in Philly and a die hard Phils fan. It sucks but you gotta hand it to the D-Backs. They beat us and played a lot better when it mattered. Congratulations to you guys, hats off. Hope you guys have fun in the WS. We'll be watching and back with fire next year. There are so many good things to look forward to with this Phils team in the futere so im taking it in stride. I feel like getting mad is a waste of energy.

Hard watch as a Phillies fan but yeah. We fell apart.

So happy for the Dbacks and their fans, well deserved.

As a D backs fan for life, born and raised in Az, 20 plus years of heartbreak is paying off and it’s an amazing feeling.

Putting my Rangers fandom aside, this is why baseball is such a wonderful game. You follow every pitch, you don't know what's gonna happen from one to the next. Home field advantage doesn't necessarily mean diddly-poo in the postseason -- likewise with overall records during the regular season. The storylines will be abundant in this World Series -- being that two years ago, the Rangers and Diamondbacks lost 102 and 110 games respectively. In 2022, both teams finished 4th in their respective divisions with losing records. Now they're both on the biggest stage of them all after knocking out their biggest demons -- Arizona beating the Dodgers, Rangers beating the Astros. Unreal.

I had a feeling this video was coming. And we absolutely deserve it. As a Phillies fan, I'm not so much mad as I am very disappointed. They completely blew it. Everything was going in their direction and then shit fell apart. I support the Dbacks in the WS because I like them and have really young talent. Also Zac Gallen and Christian Walker are both relative locals to where I live so I'll be rooting for them (please Walker wake tf up man!).

Game 4 hurt them the most. If they don't blow that lead, they are up 3-1 with Wheeler next game to win the series.

Let’s GO DBACKS. No one believed in us.

Stubbs gloating about being ready to jump in the Dback's swimming pool after they won was the turning point. That over-confidence, lack of respect, and doubting of your enemy. It made Arizona angry and they made Stubbs & company pay. It also doesn't help that the Phillies swing at EVERY ball outside the strike zone, and the Dbacks lured them into doing that. I knew this series was done by game 4.

I've actually watched you for 2 years, and I can say that you are one of the best baseball audio essay channels.

No step on snek Go Dbacks so proud of them

As a braves fan, I’m finally motivated watching baseball again. Thank you Diamondbacks for crushing the Phillies dreams 😂.

As a dodger fan, I’ve been shouting from the roof tops that AZ is an actual threat. Dbacks are a good team and they deserve all this success!! Continuing to doubt them will only make them stronger lol

Have mixed feelings; as a Yankees fan I was rooting for a Phillies / Rangers series. Nonetheless, Phillies had a great year. Nothing to be ashamed of.

This is about to one crazy World Series, two teams that no one expected could make it going head-to-head after both taking down post season giants in the MLB. Can't wait to see what happens.

"Thank you Arizona! Wish ya guys the best in the World Series"-Braves fans

Considering how so many Philly fans clowned on the Braves for how our season ended, watching Game 7 felt pretty good. 😏

As a Braves fan I am proud to back the Arizona Diamondbacks in their NLCS victory

As a Dbaacks fan… Mad respect to your assessment on things and pointing out how overconfidence can ruin anyone no matter how good.. all day I’ve heard people moaning and whining about loosing to the Drachs and saying the same thing “How could we loose to the Dbavks! They are a horrible team! Average! Mid! It’s shameful!” All day long.. Well hey. I guess they are good enough.

Ginkel was displaying an absolute clinic on the Phil’s last night. That slider had a mind of its own 💔

This postseason has been crazy. Watching the Rangers beat the Astros in Houston was amazing and watching the Dbacks beat the Phillies in Philly was glorious (Mets fan here, love when the Phillies get beat lol) Two teams that lost over 100 games in 2021 are in the world series this year is insane. Both teams deserved to be here, it's going to be a good series.

I was born on the day this team won the World Series. I was there when Rocktober in 2007, Nyjer Morgan in 2011, & LA embarrassing us on multiple occasions broke my heart. I experienced the nightmare 2021 season. And, I will cheer them on in this World Series & beyond! I might be a world away from Arizona(I'm from Houston), but I will forever be a chaotic snake. So once again, I say this: EMBRACE THE F**KING CHAOS! OUR CHAOS!

So happy for the Dbacks!!! Never understood why they were looked down upon so much. Sure their second half wasn’t the best but they looked phenomenal in the first half. All they’re doing is playing like they were then

Pride before the crash. While I'll admit the Phillies are extremely talented, the fanbase should have learned from last year including the pattern of chaos that has happened this post season. When you're making comments like the series is over, and even doing foolish tactics like buying extra seats in Arizona and calling them loser fans ... yeah that's gonna bite you in the ass like it did last year when you're too prideful before actually getting the job done. Props to Arizona for proving the underdog can win.

No matter who wins this World Series between the Diamondbacks and Rangers a former Giant has a chance to get a ring this year whether it’s Bruce Bochy or Madison Bumgarner/Evan Longoria it’ll be a fun World Series this year for sure. As a Giants fan I couldn’t be happier for these guys going back to the fall classic can’t wait for Friday.

Feels like the D backs were trying to figure out the Phillies first 3 games. They didnt start playint their chaotic style until game 3 and they took it to them every game after. Give credit to the AZ bullpen tho for shutting down those heavy hitters when it mattered most.

1. The Diamondbacks were not going to let Bryce beat them, even if it meant walking him with runners already on base. You saw that in the last couple of games. Other guys needed to fill that sudden void in the lineup and failed. 2, You can't rely on a Kyle Schwarber (Max Muncy replica) to save your team with a key hit (or HR) when the guy is batting below .200 for the season. It's a matter of time before that his bad habits (lots of strikeouts) come back to kill him. 3. Kimbrel continues to be a good closer but he hasn't been a lights-out closer for a few seasons now. No one should have been suprised by that meltdown inning. 4. As for Castellanos, I'm just glad they finally quit showing his kid on the TV. It's a series the Phillies should have won but not because they expected to. They still needed to go out and earn it.

I was already bracing myself for an Astros loss in the World Series to the Phillies. Guess neither is going to happen 😆

As a Braves fan, I'm so happy that the DBacks beat those jerks from Cheesesteak city. That'll shut them idiots from Philly up big time. Congrats to Arizona and Texas for making The World Series great again.

Glad to see people shocked that a team plays really good fundamental baseball.

Phillies fan here. I was talking too much shit about the Braves. Now I’m sitting on the couch with them 🥸

As a Rockies fan, I'm glad a team from our division that isn't California is going to the world series.

Brit living in Arizona, I’m still relatively new to watching baseball and support the Dbacks as I do all the local teams. Great analysis of the series btw and good to hear it from the Phillies perspective. I would say that although Dbacks were always behind in the series I always felt like the mentality was to take it one game at a time and as long as we were still in it we might as well keep playing our hearts out. At 2-0 down people said we had no chance, at 3-2 down people said we had no chance, but Baseball games can turn in your favor real quick and I always felt like we still had a chance all the way til the end. No one expected us to get this far so really there was no pressure on the team to perform.

Craig Kimbrel sold them

As a Mets fan (aka someone who will never experience happiness) seeing the DBacks go this far is something I didn’t expect, and I’ll gladly be backing Arizona in this World Series hopefully they win it all.

“I had a conversation with myself….” “I told myself…” “I had a conversation with myself…” Can someone please get this poor man a friend? 😜

You have to remember this is professional sports all time losing franchise, a team who has no problems tanking games. As a boy living in south Jersey I remember when they crushed their fan base in 1964 blowing a 6 1/2 game lead with 12 games to go cruising to a 10 game losing streak. They can talk the talk-the walk ah, that’s a different story! 2 championships in 44 years, a team who’s motto is “wait till next year, we’ll show ‘em!😩

I think one of the big reasons why PHI lost was because they believed too much in their own hype. Made them arrogant. They beat ATL, easily. They took the first two games in this series. They thought they had already won it all & it cost them. 🤷‍♂️

That was a great video. Im a die hard D-Backs fan for 20 years and man did your video make this day even better. Great analysis and breakdown!

Bro you are a true American finding a way to keep your business alive despite all odds. The animated slideshow is so good - a perfect compromise, I don't even care it's not the real footage and I'll actually say I prefer this format.

He wants every team that doesn’t win cancelled

that series loss is on Kimbrel ... but even more so on the Coach for bringing him in to blow 2 games. Literally both times i said "oh no, Kimbrel is coming in, he is going to blow the game wtf is the coach thinking" ... and then it happened. and lose the series as a result. How does a head coach with all his experience not have the same discernment? I would fire him

Karma is a bitch, you can't go staring down players and slit throat signs or mocking an entire fanbase and expect it wont come back to bite you, i expected the Phillies to lose sooner or later due to there behavior on field including the fans

While I thought they had a shot, I didn’t expect them to do it. After going up 2-0 I went the Phillies subreddit and they were all talking about how great it was they were back in the world series… That’s when I started getting nervous for them lol

Yeah I mean I thought they would lose to Miami in the first round because they seem cursed against that team ,but they somehow went all the way and shocked the Braves and were only a game away from the world series again. It's a disappointing end to a surprising postseason. They had their chance.

That whole “they bought out tickets just make it look empty” thing was a lie. I went to games 3 and 5 there were no empty seats. Every time Phillies fans tried to get any chants going they were IMMEDIATELY drowned out by boos. I mean it was a cool story, I guess.

It couldn't happen to a better fan base. A Philly fan punched my coworker's husband during game sixth while going to the restroom. No provocation just because he was wearing a D'backs hat. Talking about hostile.

"Vibes" is peak cringe. Also, the Phillies players and their fans deserved this.

As a Padres fan living in Phoenix...this is hard for me to say ..but GO DBACKS

Thank you for bringing up Dancing on my own that song is cursed! Another example is the Bruins last year they had the best team in NHL history and after every win when they interviewed people outside the locker room that song would be heard blaring from inside their locker room. That team got elementary in round 1. No team should ever listen to that song, ever!

I gotta hand it to the Dbacks. They got a lot of heart and determination. Much respect coming from this Dodgers fan. They 100% deserve to be in the WS.

As a Phillies fan, it was frustrating watching this team turn into a baseball version of Tin Cup. But hats off to the Diamondbacks. Those players are gritty, great defenders, great baserunners, put together some really professional at-bats and played awesome fundamental baseball over the last couple games of that NLCS. Their pitching was really impressive also, Merrill Kelly is a guy I left this series really respecting. They also have some really difficult bullpen arms, just a great TEAM, and they deserve to be in the World Series.

As a Braves fan I hated your cancel the Braves video for obvious reasons, but I have to say that you are hands down my favorite baseball channel on RU-vid. Like always another incredible video bro. Looking forward to some great content for the 2024 season.

Talk about the Braves all you want but at least they have a championship in this decade. The Phillies, Mets, Yankees, Angels and White Sox have all spent a bunch of money with nothing to show for it in this decade and the Dodgers only have a fake championship to show for their spending.

Evan Longoria hasn’t been to a lcs or World Series since he won rookie of the years honors back in 2008 with a young rays team, contemplated retiring this year just to come back one more time with a young dbacks team that has a rookie of year as well ( Corbin Carroll will win) and was a great veteran presence for the team. All I hope for is a good series because on top of this, two teams that had losing rebuilding seasons before this are in the World Series and they had to topple heavyweights to do it. Honestly this postseason was a treat 😁

man i was waiting for this video. gonna give me a big laugh, it’s so well deserved for my poverty franchise

Because of 2011 and the Fact that...Most fans still cannot name a Player on the D-Backs is why most want to see the Texas Rangers win it All!

I've loved the D-Backs my whole life. Never lived in the USA or even been to Arizona. The Big Unit was my childhood hero! It's absolutely amazing to see them prove the word wrong. Let's go D-Backs!!

I definitely had tears in my eyes for both teams last night. Great wrap-up, Isaac.

Man does it feel good to be a dbacks fan. Everyone has doubted us and it makes it so much sweeter. Go Snakes !!

I don’t think the teams should be cancelled but i think that it’s just the beauty and unpredictability of baseball it’s not like any sports just having a full team of stars doesn’t win a World Series you still need a great pitching staff a great bullpen and you need to be able to hit in all moments

After the second game, the Phillies imagined that they were invincible. INVINCIBLE! Which is why they choked and lost. The Diamondbacks played gritty fundamental baseball and won, while the lazy, fat, and stupidly cocky Phillies rolled over and died. I watched in disbelief as the Phils swung at balls way out of the strike zone and struck out, while the D-backs never did that. To that end I blame Rob Thompson for not berating his hitters, telling them to play some small ball, make contact and get the runners over. But no, he didn't do that as they continued to swing for the fences, never coming close. And his worst single sin was letting Johan Rojas hit with the bases loaded in the late innings of game 7. At that point Rojas was hitting about .094 and wound up striking out, missing on strike three with a ball nearly 2 feet away from his bat. Sheesh!!! Future baseball teams should look at this series and learn how not to play an important series.

As a dbacks fan we are too up rn , as an Arizona sports, fan we are going to rise up

"One of the most - maybe the most - improbable and shocking endings to a playoff series in baseball and sports history." You got it right with "MAYBE!" Yankee fan here and the 2004 Yankees blowing a 3 games to NONE series to the Red Sox remains THE most improbable and shocking ending to a playoff series in baseball and sports history.! So, I do feel your pain - I rooted for the Phillies and expected them to crush the D-Backs (who,memorably, administered another improbable and shocking ending to the Yanks in the WS in 2001!). I thought the Phillies would win the WS this year, no doubt. Just glad the D-Backs didn't. The Rangers, even after losing Adolis Garcia, showed why they deserved to win their first WS championship.

Damn that one Phillies fan had one tooth, and still said fuck the dentist. I'm spending my money on Phillies tickets. 😂 Now that is what you call a diehard fan.

And now Mad Dog said he won't retire. Imagine that: a loud mouth New Yorker not owning up to a bet he was sure he was going to win. Guess we can't have nice things.

Never, never, never underestimate any team in the playoffs. The ‘06 Cards only won 83 games and the press said they would lose the World Series “in 3 games.” When will people learn not to gloat before the games are finished???

Jays fan here. So happy for Gurriel and Moreno going to the WS ... and absolutely livid at our front office for trading them away for a guy who had ZERO hits in the postseason (it was only two games because lol Blue Jays but still).

this aint iTalkStudios this is iRantStudios

I was hoping they’d win and when they won game 6 I knew it was over since they have the momentum and ability to silence the crowd just like alcs

If you are a professional ball player, you are among the best in the game. The talk of any of them joking is BS. They simply get outplayed by other professionals on a given day or in a series. I'm looking forward to next year. Thanks for the run.

When the Phillies lose America wins!

ANY pitcher who succeeds this post season should have their success multiplied by at least two. Bobby getting all of those juiced balls in these games is truly getting tiresome. Not only are old postseason records completely meaningless due to the insane number of more 'playoff' games there are, but each game now is averaging.. what? 5 homers a game? Against the supposed best pitchers on the best teams? Give me a break.

This is Postseason. Unsung heroes, live the unexpected all around. Can only hope for more stories in this WS. Thanks for the content as always

As a Phillies fan, the moment that Merrill Kelly walked Bryce Harper to get to Alec Bohm and he couldn’t produce was the moment that I knew the Phillies wouldn’t be able to win. Arizona’s pitching exposed the offense, when the Phillies aren’t hitting home runs they aren’t able to put the ball in play. They are 7 for over 40 with RISP in this series which has been a problem for them all season. It doesn’t help that stars didn’t show up for Game 7. Changes are going to have to be made regarding the offensive philosophy. It sucks, it’s a brutal way to end the season, but I think there’s still time to right the ship, it’s only one upsetting playoff loss with this core, I don’t think they are in Sixers territory yet. I hope Aaron Nola does re-sign though. If he leaves there is really no other option for a #2 starter other than ones you would get through a trade.

I feel they lost it because of the insanely ill balanced batting order. If you have guys like Harper and Turner batting 3rd and 2nd, you don't want to see guys like Stott and Bohm ass clean up hitters. I'd like to see how many times they struck out or hit into a DP with RISP. And then there's Rojas. Nice guy, but he had no business being on that roster.

I had this thought in the back of my head that the inconsistent hitting would be a problem for the Phillies and sure enough I had the same reaction that you did till the very last out..Even if the World Series was cancelled from this point forward. I would still say that the '23 season was the most unexpected season of baseball I've watched. What a riot.

Pullin for D backs this WS. Fk the Rangers😭

The Phillies were streaky all year long. They got hot at almost the right time. There is absolutely no similarity between this Phillies team and those 14-15 Royals. Those teams were built on defense, situational hitting and bullpen dominance

At this point I just feel bad for iTalk. Dude is losing his mind over these playoffs

As a diamondbacks fan, this is the happiest I've ever felt for Arizona sports. We never lost hope for our snakes.

I think the Phillies won the first two games and said to themselves. “This series is over”, and they never played the same again.

Nobody: This channel: "I say, how dare all these amazing teams make it to the playoffs and LOSE, quite unheard of." It's like this guy is surprised that only 1 team out of 30 can win the WS per yr 😂

Pfaadt really came through for the Dbacks because he got the game to the bullpen. The Phillies have a really good team, but the bottom half of their lineup isn’t that great.

The good well rounded hitter is under estimated for whatever niche stat to define value if you have enough good hitters your team will have success.

Wanted to root for this team until its “fans” bought out all those tickets in AZ to leave the seats empty on purpose. That was the most pathetic moves an adult could have pulled in sports. Worst fans in baseball by miles.

This is so funny I know my Mets suck but damn this feels good

Neither of these teams should have been playing for the pennant anyway. 14 games back and 16 back? And if you're shocked an 84-win team defeated a 90-win team, you don't know baseball very well.

I love watching this as a lifetime Diamondbacks fan.

Ginkle with the big o dingle.. Let's GO DBACKS ! 🐍🐍🐍 THATS DIAMONDBACKS BASEBALL INCH BY INCH. Knowing their roles and understanding the fundamentals. I saw Philly just as power hitters. I will be there at the World Series

You said out loud that you’d bet your life savings. Who gives a s**t. Those words mean nothing because you didn’t bet your life saving. Wierd you use that statement like it’s some kinda leverage to make a point. Hearing you repeat this over a over is like uhh wtf okay we get it. You said something out load to yourself but actually did nothing. Wow congratulations

As a Cubs fan, I saw the D-backs take 6 of 7 pivotal games near the end of the season. They play fundamental baseball. Small ball, make contact, speed on bases, solid starting pitching, and good defense. I told everyone to look out for them in the playoffs. They have not disappointed. Just wish I had put money on them in Vegas. As a life long Cub fan all I can say is “suck it up buttercup”😁

The Phillies were super good at celebrating all their small moments though, pimping every homer, every hit, every strikeout.😅

@iTalkStudios How come you didn't cancel the Astros? They were terrible at home during the playoffs.