Author: Julian Bravo
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What is Next for Phillies?
The Phillies lost their final of the 2025 MLB season 1-2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Former Phil and coach Howie Kendrick without no hesitation that the Phils would swing into this series dead even, but instead the worst happened when newer reliever Orion Kerkering blew a game with the waning seconds remaining!
94 WIP, local Phillies radio station, called this a travesty and similar to Ben Simmons not dunking the ball.
It is sour, is it not.
What is worse the Phillies fall back into a scenario they have to regroup with a hopeful new GM, Preston Mattingly, the son of Don Mattingly.
Don has come up across scenarios like this, as a former head coach for the Dodgers. The Dodgers are luckily headed to their 7th NLCS with future Hall of Fame manager, Dave Roberts.
He has just done an absolute job than former interim manager, Rob Thomson.
Thomson faced the questions already last night from reporters whether his job is secure and he simply said the best he could was go check on sixty other heartbroken men that adjourned on the road, just to lose against the Dodgers.
Many questions face the Phillies but it is unfair to say jobs come down to Dave Dombrowski or Thomson at the moment.
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The Latest on Kevin Durant Saga
I like to call Kevin Durant a saga almost because it is just that.
First, he wants to leave Oklahoma City for the Golden State Warriors. After he wins a major championship, Durant picks on another legendary teammate in Draymond Green.
These are the tales of Kevin Durant’s NBA career. He went from one of most prominent to complete off the scale.
Mind you he still looks the same after every off-season, players have figured how to hack into the KD program.
It is such as hacking one of Clippers owner Steve Ballmer’s Microsoft machines. You just do not exactly know what is going to process on the scale these days beginning with the Brooklyn Nets.
He wanted to essentially poke fun at the media at futuristic NBA All-Star games with Kyrie Irving and reinvent himself without Russell Westbrook.
Then more recently, he suited up with the Phoenix Suns. Yet, another well-rounded organization and what is the last straw. He attacks respected head coach around the league, Mike Budenholzer.
If you want to switch the station, then do so, but I believe KD is still capable of anything, especially with reports of Westbrook entering back in to the fray.
It maybe always a mystery but not hurtful to find out what kind of magic KD and Westbrook do to co-exist as one for a purpose. That grand staging opportunity of a NBA championship leftover from 2012.
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Bill is Being Bill
Bill Belichick came off a huge, disappointing loss to the Clemson Tigers on Saturday.
It was not only his undefeated game but failure on behalf of that North Carolina got off to its worst start since last year. What is unsteady is what is present about this program.
They are guaranteeing Belichick the first seasons of his contract and there is already chatter of him being fired.
News flash.. Bill is Bill.
He is going to finish the season strong and admirably so by critics and doubts. Nobody knew Belichick would change his life but not only having his two children on coaching staff, manipulating the system and drafting Tom Brady in the sixth round.
In North Carolina football’s most recently upsetting loss to Clemson, they opened the game with yet some significance by a 3-pt field goal. Clemson’s quarterback Cade Klubnik who could be considered a pro-style quarterback delivered on all cylinders.
He mastered four scoring possessions and had critics talking not necessarily but throwing Belichick under the bus.
Bill is going to be continuing to be Bill and adjust the program until it is great.
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The Evolution of Bryce
Bryce Harper is a man of his words.
When he first began in Major League Baseball, he played smart and competitively as a younger teenage phenomenon.
Fast forward to today, Bryce suits up for the proud stand-up Philadelphia Phillies organization of baseball. If you go on YouTube, take a strong look at all the acrimony that took place til his Phillies introductory press conference.
Has Bryce lived up to the big stage and moment of the 2025 MLB World Series?
That depends on who you ask, but, Bryce has taken the Phillies by his shoulders and tried to recreate history, especially when he discusses things on his mind with the media, too.
Bryce is Bryce.
This season, he will hit, again, close to the 134 mark in 2023 and try to ring in Runs Batted In close to the same year. This very year, it was always about Bryce Harper despite what critics want to say.
People forget Kyle Schwarber low-balled himself in Boston and could have retired, then, but it was Bryce who uplifted this team from its misery. Beside, Ryan Howard was a great ball player that can still match vise versa as to what decisions have to be made by Bryce and the whole rest of the team.
Bryce and Schwarber have been a reckoning force during the offseason, that was the regular season, so, they must regroup now and all use their past attributes to recreate history.
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Friendly Reminder: King James is Not Pronounced No.1
Lebron James, again, misses practice on his accord! Talk about a player who is coming back for his 22nd NBA season and bails out the respective teammates of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Austin Reeves was stroking the other night, while, Bronny James and Lebron were nowhere to be found.
Speaking of other news, former Laker Anthony Davis was told he has to wear goggles for the rest of his career.
Not a good situation for him and the fact that during his tenure in Los Angeles, he went onto win the Bubble championship with a capital asterisk mark. Davis was the best Laker that season and I would be remiss to say that Lebron carried the load.
From place to place, whether L.A., Cleveland, or Miami. He has failed to show. In his own right, he would like to be called King James.
Lebron is a strong coward.
He left Cleveland and returned to a team consisting of poor-habited Kyrie Irving and sluggish Kevin Love. Lebron saw the whole big picture like he is familiar with calling and jotting down x’s and o’s with coach J.J. Redick.
If Lebron wants he will start a different tenure and coach with the same inspiring goals of wanting to be No.1. He could not replicate what Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan did.
He plays selfishly and will do so until he craves the burden of championships. Not necessarily, the team sport of NBA basketball.
Go practice!
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