Blooper Braves mascot, Blooper, strikes a pose at the Atlanta Braves World Champion Welcome Weekend at CoolToday Park in North Port on Sunday. The event featured former outfielder Andruw Jones signing autographs for fans, food, drinks and an appearance by the Budweiser Clydesdales. MATT HOUSTON/HERALD-TRIBUNE Sar Npbraves 03
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The passion (we’ll call it passion) baseball fans get during a playoff run can be dicey. Once you bring social media into it, all bets are off.

With the Phillies and Braves heading into the National League Division Series, there wasn’t any shortage of Philadelphia passionate fans, but they went after Bloopers — the Braves’ beloved mascot.

It got straight-up weird.

All Blooper did was post “one more day,” on Twitter/X in reference to NLDS Game 1 which begins on Saturday.

It appeared to be seemingly Phillies fans who responded, one in particular said “til your death.” Blooper responded as well.

“my favorite thing about Philly fans is how well adjusted they are, probably the most even keel fanbase out there.”

Blooper also addressed posts regarding the legendary Phillie Phanatic and how the two compare to one another. Or, not so much.

“I get that the Phanatic is an OG but his last highlight was recorded with a flash bulb, it’s shocking you guys hate Dallas so much because you relive Phanatic’s glory days the same way they relive their super bowls,” Blooper wrote.

“I was told Philly fans were tough but apparently if you just point out the fact that their mascot is famous because he’s old, they’ll cry and threaten you. unserious behavior.”

Naturally, Philly fans continued to lay into Blooper. One fan even called Blooper “the Wish dot com version of the Phanatic.”

Yes, I laughed, but harsh.

[Blooper]

About Jessica Kleinschmidt

Jess is a baseball fan with Reno, Nev. roots residing in the Bay Area. She is the host of "Short and to the Point" and is also a broadcaster with the Oakland A's Radio Network. She previously worked for MLB.com and NBC Sports Bay Area.

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