Game 3 of the NLDS at Citizen’s Bank Park is undoubtedly going to be a raucous affair. It’ll be the first postseason game there since Game 5 of the 2011 NLDS, a 1-0 loss to the Cardinals that sent the Phillies packing.
Philadelphia has been starved for another appearance since, and they’re welcoming a 1-1 Phillies-Braves series that is shaping up to be a divisional standoff. Adding to the drama, staff co-ace Aaron Nola looks to be on the mound for the Phillies after throwing in the Wild Card Round, while the Braves appear to be trending toward throwing rookie Spencer Strider in his first start since Sep. 18.
While Philadelphia will undoubtedly be rocking, Braves manager Brian Snitker isn’t sweating the atmosphere.
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Per The Atlanta-Journal Constitution:
I’ve been in Philly when it’s crazy. When I was a third base coach, every game we played there was nuts.
These guys are used to it. It’s going to be I guess the so-called hostile environment, obviously. But they’re used to, the last two nights, the last — this whole year has been nuts here. It’s been like playoff baseball pretty much the entire year here.
And I don’t think it’s anything that they haven’t been exposed to and probably they’ll feed off it like they feed off our fans here in Atlanta.
Whatever Snitker meant — and he probably wasn’t dissing the Philly fanbase here — Phillies fans aren’t going to take kindly to that commentary. They’re going for hostile hostile, not “so-called” hostile.
Truist Park, of course, is hardly a walk in the park either. Braves fans are particularly aggressive this year as they look to defend their championship, and with this being an NL East matchup, both fanbases are out for some extra blood.
Game 3 is a pivotal one as each team tries to take a 2-1 lead. Don’t expect to see anyone welcoming Snitker and the Braves with open arms.
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