The Phils and Braves are tied up 1-1 in the National League Division Series. No problem. If you asked any Phillies fan before the series began, they would have been more than happy with a split coming back to Philadelphia on Friday afternoon.

Now that we’ve got the boring intro out of the way, here are six things from the first two games that are very annoying.

 

1. Kenley Jansen’s delivery

Not sure why, but the hanging foot has always bothered me. It’s like Markelle Fultz triple-clutching at the charity stripe. Guys commit a lane violation because they think he’s gonna shoot the free throw. I’d swing early every single time against Jansen, because his motion is so jerky.

 


2. A.J. Minter’s stupid hat grab

My least favorite Atlanta pitcher since John Rocker. We don’t need the dramatic brim grab while you stare at the ground like you’re in a shoegaze band. Throw the damn ball.

 

3. The tomahawk chop

I don’t even have an opinion on the chop. Some people think it’s racist. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t, but what I do know is that it’s annoying as all get out. We’ve been hearing the chop for decades now. It’s not a fad or a passing thing. Every college band is playing Seven Nation Army right now, but they’ll move on to something else eventually. The chop will never go away. It’ll be the year 2072 and I’ll be six feet under and the tomahawk chop will still be chanted in Cobb County.

 

4. This lady

Someone told me not to rib this woman because “she might have something wrong with her,” which is a bit presumptuous, don’t you think? How dare you! The surface level observation here is that Peachtree Nancy Pelosi is just an overly-aggressive clapper:

 

5. William Contreras using Narco

I thought we were done with Narco for the year when Edwin Diaz entered game three of the Mets/Padres series with San Diego up 4-0. Unfortunately, no. We have to listen to Timmy Trumpet now every time this doofus walks up to the plate. I don’t know who used the song first, Diaz or Contreras, but there should be a MLB rule that two players cannot use the same entrance music. They should have to fight it out to see who gets to use Narco. The loser has to go an entire year using Realmuto’s Fancy Like Applebee’s music.

 

6. Orlando Arcia

I already did a two-sentence post about this, but it’s so corny that I’m gonna share it again:

Nice take, dork.