Oct 20, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrate in the clubhouse after defeating the New York Mets in game six of the NLCS for the 2024 MLB playoffs at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
This is how the healing begins.
After a Phillies season ends in disappointment, as almost all of them do, most of us want nothing to do with the team for a while. Come spring training, we'll be back on the roller coaster. But there's a process that needs to unfold first. Step one was seeing the division-rival Mets get bounced from the postseason.
The Dodgers sent the Mets home on Sunday night, and Phillies twitter was ready:
The New York Mets have been eliminated from the Postseason!
— Phillies Tailgate (@PhilsTailgate) October 21, 2024
pic.twitter.com/OnCP00zXDj
Mets with the highest payroll in baseball being treated like they’re scrappy underdogs… like their season wasn’t LITERALLY World Series or bust! 😂
— Philly Sports Sufferer (@mccrystal_alex) October 21, 2024
Let’s be honest, the Mets season was a DISAPPOINTMENT!
They have NOTHING to be proud of!
Let’s all laugh at the Mets! 😂🫵 pic.twitter.com/WskwJSuczV
“what a storybook season for the mets” pic.twitter.com/H9sjOziCpf
— one dozen bats at a keyboard (@PanasonicDX4500) October 21, 2024
No more Grimace
— Cancún Muse (@Phillies_Muse) October 21, 2024
No more Playoff Pumpkin
No more OMG
No more Hawk Tua
NO MORE METS BASEBALL!!! pic.twitter.com/WoJEp0vMIu
The Mets devil magic is finally dead. pic.twitter.com/KemqFIiElb
— IcyVert (@IcyVert) October 21, 2024
You’re doing amazing sweetie pic.twitter.com/zFfYYCJlvx
— Fire Sirianni (@Go_Sixers_Go) October 21, 2024
Me, a Phillies fan, watching the Mets crumple and dïe in the NLCS: pic.twitter.com/7oQn3BQcUr
— Jack Inacker (@JackInacker) October 21, 2024
Phillies and braves making fun of the Mets rn pic.twitter.com/Y9GY7J8kqW
— Drew bland (@drewwbland) October 21, 2024
idc the mets eliminated the phillies. fuck off you losers. pic.twitter.com/Xds5NPE2PY
— Absolutely Hammered (@ah_pod) October 21, 2024
I say this as a Phillies fan, I pray the Mets hang an NLDS banner. There may not be a greater “rent free” moment in sports if that happens. https://t.co/W5E15ud3C7
— Brian Coulter (@PhilaBCoulter) October 21, 2024
Even the brand accounts had some fun:
Grimace got Ohtani'd 😂
— ESPN (@espn) October 21, 2024
The Dodgers eliminate the Mets to advance to the World Series❗️ pic.twitter.com/4pvj0lztgf
The #Dodgers end the Mets' OMG run. pic.twitter.com/NPLg51mMz7
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 21, 2024
Down goes Grimace. pic.twitter.com/uxsln7cABW
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 21, 2024
METS NOT LIKE US? 👀🤧 pic.twitter.com/ilOlC2tGGl
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) October 21, 2024
Good stuff.
Does any of this put the Phillies in the World Series or absolve their failure? Of course not. But a Mets championship would have been salt in Philadelphia's wound, and we've at least avoided that.
