Can we all agree to be added to the trust tree for a second? I’m frustrated after Saturday night, so public opinion shouldn’t fault me ​​for anything I say in this blog. I might have a completely different attitude after Game 2. Fair? Impressive. Because this quote from Trea Turner and Nick Castellanos about the sun really bothered me. The last thing fans want to hear from players is an excuse about the sun when both teams are experiencing it. Especially from a team that was annoyed by the Braves’ excuses in the playoffs last year:

Nick Castellanos and Trea Turner say the shadows didn’t help either team Saturday afternoon. pic.twitter.com/a79e17Navh

— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) October 6, 2024

Nick Castellanos on the #Phillies Offensive fights:

“I feel like from the first inning to the seventh inning it was really hard to watch the baseball. I think on both sides. What three hits did we have in the first seven innings?

“And then, I think, both teams – after the sun…

— Jeff Kerr (@JeffKerrCBS) October 6, 2024

These quotes drive me to the wall.

And am I crazy or do these bats not have a spark of sunshine in them at the start of the game? Isn’t this the perfect situation you could ask for?

It’s a stadium you’ve played in hundreds of times. Games at 1 p.m., games at 4 p.m. You should know what influence the shadows and sun in front of the batter’s eye will have at this time. It feels like some players are facing a possible series of bad hits. Especially when you know that the first three games will start 4:08, 4:08, 5:08. Does that still mean you should get a pass when swinging at pitches in the dirt? If we’re going to sit here and blame the sun, then “Here Comes the Sun” would better be the opener to the 2024 Phillies annual. Just stop it and just admit that the Mets are better at bats than you are.

Statistics after the 7th inning:

• Runs: Mets 6, Phillies 1
• Hits: Mets 7, Phillies 3
• Strikeouts: Mets 2, Phillies 3

Nick Castellanos scored his first goal in a postseason game since Game 2 of the 2023 NLCS. Trea has a record of 0-16 in his last four playoff games. These games started at 5:07 (in a dome), 5:07 and 8:07. The second 5:07 game had sunset at 6:10 p.m. in Philadelphia. Yes, I’m so mad at these people because I’m researching atmospheric physics to own Trea Turner. Because those are the two most important guys in the lineup. They protect Bryce Harper and complain about the sun. In Bryce’s first two at-bats, he saw a hit. On his third at-bat, a strike out, he barely saw a pitch in the box:

It’s reminiscent of last year, when Turner and Alec Bohm finished fourth with the same results.

It’s frustrating enough that a team with so many great personalities is under borderline fraud scrutiny. If this team falters at the end, I don’t think the fans will ever be able to forgive these guys. It could have borderline dangerous psychological side effects like the 2000-2004 Eagles teams and the entire Sixers trial era had on these fan bases. A whole generation unable to trust and love because the team couldn’t see. They went 62-34 into the All-Star break and finished the season at .500, limping to the end of the season with a slash line of .255/.316/.741. They played like an average team for the second half of the season and looked like an average team in the first game. Once again I’m just talking shit. Anything I say cannot be held against me in the court of public opinion after 4:08 p.m.

All I ask is that if the Phillies lose tonight, take the Marshawn Lynch approach after games: “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.” Do your five minutes and go back to the Cage:

Nick Castellanos and Trea Turner both said the Shadows were really bad through the first seven innings. There were only 3 hits in the game until 7 and after that it was easier to spot.

Trea completed additional batting practice in the cage following the loss pic.twitter.com/RioW1AJLqy

– John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) October 6, 2024

The bat boy might have been better off having a floodlight right in Trea’s face for two hours.