00:00is for whatever reason the Atlanta Braves sort of middling through the month of August it feels
00:04like they clinched their playoff spot in July but I don't think Tom what they counted on were
00:08the Philadelphia Phillies for the second time this season getting scorching hot remember when
00:13they fired their manager and brought in Don Mattingly they got scorching hot fell back to
00:17the pack and now here they are again having going into Sunday won seven games in a row they won
00:21every game this week including two against the Cardinals and three against the Marlins and you
00:26know as we talked about last week this is exactly what I anticipated I thought at some point
00:30Philadelphia was going to get hot I still Tom don't think they win the division I think what
00:35people forget is now that the Phillies have pulled themselves within a few games of the Braves they
00:40still will have to win like another 10 games in a row to overtake the Braves so that's not going
00:44to
00:44happen but I think Philly has a really good shot of now securing that second wild card position
00:50they pulled themselves a little bit away from Miami and Arizona San Diego still hanging
00:56it around there I fully expect the Phillies who on fan graphs now have over a 90 chance of making
01:02the postseason I expect them to be in that second wild card spot with an outside shot of winning the
01:08division but I think their spot is secured how about you I would totally agree and you know looking
01:14back when the Braves had a nine game lead or whatever it was in in the division I thought it
01:19was all
01:20wrapped up there you know then done in June whatever it was early July but the Phillies I
01:26think the division is still up for grabs I think they can get the number one wild card they're only
01:30two behind that from the Cubs they're three behind the Braves and really what it comes down to which
01:35you know I just don't have off the you know at the top of my uh at top of hand
01:38right here is how
01:39many times the Phillies have to play the Nats or the Mets to end the season because we got you
01:44know
01:44five six weeks left if they have more games against those teams than the Braves do it really
01:49just sets the Phillies up to like hey they can take two out of three in every series they'll be
01:52constantly winning games putting them in the spot to really just challenge the Braves for the division
01:57title at least yeah it could go down to the end it's that's very possible
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