It hasn’t been a good showing for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Championship Series.
On Thursday, the Diamondbacks arrived back home at Chase Field down in the NLCS 2-0 to the Philadelphia Phillies. And it hasn’t been a particularly close series either, as the Diamondbacks looked rattled in front of the wild crowds at Citizens Bank Park.
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One of the big stories headed into Game 3 of the NLCS is that Phillies fans had been doing a bit of trolling, as they often do. Before Thursday’s game, Phillies fans were buying cheap seats — as low as $15! — in the upper decks at Chase Field so Diamondbacks fans couldn’t use them, hoping to fill a bunch of the stadium with empty seats.
So, when 2 p.m. in Arizona rolled around, Chase Field was looking a bit … sparse. Of course, a lot of that has to do with Game 3 being an early afternoon game during the work week — and the stadium did fill out later — but people noticed the stark difference between Chase Field and Citizens Bank Park.
Open seats behind the dugout in the NLCS is pathetic pic.twitter.com/W3xYH9KSuU
— NBA Slime (@TerryFranconia) October 19, 2023
However, the Diamondbacks Twitter account decided to speak up in an attempt to clap back at Phillies fans and, well, it didn’t go so well.
Guess certain fans shouldn’t have bought tickets they weren’t planning to use…🤷
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) October 19, 2023
That is definitely not the come back the Diamonds think it is. Again, a lot of the Diamondbacks attendance issues come down to the game being an early afternoon start, but it’s clear there is not nearly as much interest in playoff baseball in Arizona as there is in Philadelphia.
MLB fans took the opportunity to roast the Diamondbacks for their ill-advised attempt at a clap back at Phillies fans.
https://t.co/2STvQKJoiy pic.twitter.com/f1RifEVXqL
— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) October 19, 2023
Is this tweet real? LOL. https://t.co/MB7VKLQ7Nf
— James Seltzer (@JamesSeltzer) October 19, 2023
https://t.co/jn0gXyIcL6 pic.twitter.com/4mQJTrDluP
— Frances Patano (@FrancesPatano) October 19, 2023
https://t.co/lLjCb4We0a pic.twitter.com/7YZF4wLMTl
— Katie (@KayTeeeOh) October 19, 2023
https://t.co/U9QS9TpyGp pic.twitter.com/rrEFOTB7lg
— shamus (@shamus_clancy) October 19, 2023
https://t.co/1pv2kxeglB pic.twitter.com/ZNpKFuuNuy
— Mary Clarke (@marycclarke) October 19, 2023
This isn’t the “gotcha” they think it is.
Philly fans were able to buy tickets because they were BELOW 20$ because the demand was so low. https://t.co/ejU9Ox7z9l
— Erin Grugan (@eringrugan) October 19, 2023
Oh, this is so embarrassing. https://t.co/7rmho8qEM8
— Rob Hanna (@RobHanna85) October 19, 2023
https://t.co/P8CfQwrHCW pic.twitter.com/MToXVwrKiq
— Whiz Wit Sports (@WhizWitSports) October 19, 2023
