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!
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! 😂
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
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
You’re doing amazing sweetie pic.twitter.com/zFfYYCJlvx
Me, a Phillies fan, watching the Mets crumple and dïe in the NLCS: pic.twitter.com/7oQn3BQcUr
Phillies and braves making fun of the Mets rn pic.twitter.com/Y9GY7J8kqW
idc the mets eliminated the phillies. fuck off you losers. pic.twitter.com/Xds5NPE2PY
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
Even the brand accounts had some fun:
Grimace got Ohtani'd 😂
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
Down goes Grimace. pic.twitter.com/uxsln7cABW
METS NOT LIKE US? 👀🤧 pic.twitter.com/ilOlC2tGGl
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.
