The Worst Fans

Within the last few days, the Baseball World Series has been set: it is the Texas Rangers vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks. 

Along the way, the Diamondbacks beat the Philadelphia Phillies. There was much talk this week about the Phillies fans (or is it "phans?") being the "best" fanbase in baseball. Certainly, at times, their ballpark sounded very loud as the fans cheered. But that is not the whole story. 

These same fans booed and left early in the Phillies final two losses at home. The losses were by scores of 5-1 and 4-2. Certainly not blowouts. Real fans would have stayed until the end. 

That and their fanbase seems to be a nasty bunch. The only Phillies fans I know that are decent humans are "Lefty" and his son. 

Oh, and Baseball needs to end the 5-game Division Series where the top seeds have 5 days off. Since going to that format, Top teams have a record of 12-18, losing 5 of the 8 series. The only 100-win team to advance was the 2022 Astros, who went on to win the World Series. This setup is making a mockery of having a better record. Baseball is a game of rhythm and timing, and 5 days off disrupts that. Baseball should go back to a 1-game wild card series, and offer the top teams 2 days off, and the 2nd place teams get 3 days off .