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Old, nightmarish video comes back to haunt Padres after embarrassing Phillies sweep

Phillies fans are making San Diego fans re-live one of the more cringe moments in Padres history.
Eric Cole
Eric Cole

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For the San Diego Padres, getting swept by the Phillies last weekend was bad enough. The Padres' pitchers couldn't slow down the Phillies at all with Philadelphia averaging north of seven runs a game during the series. Making matters worse, the Padres' offense was inconsistent at best, and some of the missed scoring opportunities were pure nightmare fuel.

When a series against a big market team goes as sideways as last weekend's did, the opposing fans come out in force. Most Phillies fans were just out there beating their chest about how amazing they are, but a few took the opportunity to unearth a gem of a video where Padres fans were trolling the Phillies (or at least trying to) that has very much not aged well.

Padres fans' "That's what's in" video making the rounds for the worst reason

For reference, several Padres fans managed to get in front of a news camera before the 2022 NLCS against the Phillies to show off their "That's what's in" rally song. The song was always very cringe, to say the least, but that also added to some of the charm of the whole thing -- at least if you're a Padres fan who was looking for any excuse to get hyped up.

Unfortunately, if you put yourself out there like these fans do, it can really come back to bite you. Not only did the Padres lose that NLCS 4-1 in convincing fashion to the Phillies, but Philly fans have clearly not forgotten about the song, and made absolutely sure to use it to rub the sweep in the Padres' faces.

This isn't a full "when bulletin board material goes wrong" type of thing because fans say and do wild stuff all the time. However, the Phillies destroying the Padres ever since that video came out was a reminder that if you poke the bear, especially when the bear is a fanbase as toxic as Philadelphia's, you may end up regretting having a public record of your cringe-level trolling.

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Eric Cole

Eric Cole

I started my career writing about baseball covering the Atlanta Braves for SB Nation's Talking Chop back in 2015 which has since been renamed Battery Power. After years of writing for those fine folks, I made the decision to take over as Site Expert at House That Hank Built before becoming a full-time MLB Staff Writer for FanSided in 2023. Along the way, I have been a guest on multiple ESPN radio affiliates as well as 680 The Fan and 92.9 The Game to discuss Braves baseball and especially Braves prospects and was a long-time host on the Battery Power podcast. These days, I continue to write about the Braves as well as covering the Astros, Padres, and Angels with particular expertise with minor league coverage, the MLB Draft, and bashing Anthony Rendon when possible. When I am not writing about or talking about baseball (which is seldom), I am an avid baseball card collector (Maddux and Soroka being my primary personal collections) and I also collect shark teeth. All other sports are mostly dead to me as my Bills have broken my heart too many times.