Watch Phillies celebrate with expletive-filled ‘Dixieland Delight’ after eliminating Braves

Watch Phillies celebrate with expletive-filled ‘Dixieland Delight’ after eliminating Braves

The Philadelphia Phillies got the last word in a bitter rivalry with the Atlanta Braves with a 3-1 NLDS victory in Game 4 on Thursday night. With the win, the Phillies ushered Atlanta out of the playoffs for the second straight year.

In the process, the Phillies – breaking out in their rendition of “Dixieland Delight” – let the world know just how they felt about the Braves and the Mets.

“(Expletive) the Bravos, and whoever the (expletive) we play next, and always the Mets,” backup catcher Garrett Stubbs and a group of teammates sang to the popular Alabama song.

It’s the latest jab thrown in what has become an even more heated rivalry as of late.

The beef between the Braves and Phillies ramped up last season when the Phillies eliminated Atlanta, but it hit a new level after Atlanta backup infielder Orlando Arcia mocked star slugger Bryce Harper.

Harper committed a baserunning blunder that closed out Atlanta’s Game 2 win, and Arcia cracked “Attaboy, Harper!” inside of the Braves’ jubilant clubhouse. Harper responded with two homers in Game 3, staring at the shortstop as he rounded the bases after each drive.

Harper got the last word Thursday, via a T-shirt.

On the front of the shirt it said, ”Atta Boy Harper.” On the back, “He wasn’t supposed to hear it.”

Nick Castellanos became the first player to hit multiple homers in consecutive postseason games, leading Philadelphia to a 3-1 victory in Game 4 on Thursday night that ushered Atlanta out of the playoffs for the second straight year.

The franchise that put together an unprecedented streak of 14 straight division titles in the 1990s and 2000s tried for one more memorable run just two seasons removed from winning a World Series.

But outside of a fantastic Game 2 rally, little went right for the Braves.

Phillies fans had saved the worst for Spencer Strider, who is 8-0 in the regular season against the Phillies and a disaster in the postseason against them. Phillies fans chanted “We Want Strider” in Game 3, and then reserved their loudest pregame boos for him in Game 4.

Strider, perhaps tongue-in-cheek, had said in an interview “there should be no fans” at the ballgame.

“Get rid of the fans, it’s too loud,” he told MLB Fits. “It’s too loud. Everybody be quiet. We don’t need the cheering. We know you’re watching. I don’t need the fans.”

Joking or not, the Phillies needed little incentive to jump all over the ace right-hander. Some fans wore T-shirts that read “Is This Too Loud For You Spencer?” and others held signs with the same message.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.