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Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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A podcast for fans of the Philadelphia Phillies.

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449 episodes
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Episodes449

May 19, 2023 · 52 min
Hittin' Season #668: And Just How Does One Hit with Runners in Scoring Position?
Liz and Justin have three questions for each other about the Phillies' struggles with runners in scoring position, the Phillies Phantastic Auction, and what sort of additions you'd like to see at Citizens Bank Park. Then, get set for a weekend home stand against the Cubs!
May 19, 2023 · 56 min
Hittin' Season #667: Don't Ever Let the Phillies Play in California Ever Again
On Episode 667 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis recaps a brutal series in San Francisco in which the Phillies went 2-for-2 jillion with runners in scoring position, made a ton of fielding mistakes and had two starting pitchers combine for four outs. The answer is simple. No more games in California. Also, MLB Senior Writer for The Sporting News Ryan Fagan stops by to share his thoughts on the Phils' early struggles and to chat about the other playoff teams from last year who are having a tough time so far, too.
May 15, 2023 · 47 min
Hittin' Season #666: Bryce Harper Really Seems to Hate the Rockies!
On Episode 666 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis, Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher recap the Phillies' successful weekend series in Colorado against the Rockies, Bryce Harper's ejection and jawing at Rockies players, his monster weekend at the plate, and a discussion of whether Harper is the most perfect marriage of athlete and Philadelphia in the city's history. Also, starting pitching has been pretty good, the bullpen has been awesome, and the gang wonders if strong emotions regarding Gabe Kapler are still warranted as the team begins a three-game series against his San Francisco Giants this week.
May 12, 2023 · 46 min
Hittin' Season #665: When Phillies Players Try to Change Positions
On Episode 665 of Hittin' Season, hosts Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus and Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports chat about Bryce Harper's eventual move to first base, and take a look back at other instances in recent Phillies history when other, lesser players tried to change positions. How did they all work out? (Hint: not all that great). That plus chatter on the state of the Phils as they begin a weekend series in Colorado against the Rockies.
May 11, 2023 · 48 min
Hittin' Season #664: Phillies Sweep the Jays & Avi Wolfman-Arent on Being a Phillies Fan in Sixers Mania
On Episode 664 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis recaps a fun couple of games against the Toronto Blue Jays to finish up the Interleague homestand, including outstanding performances by Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola, the bullpen and Nick Castellanos. Also, Jose Alvarado hits the injured list, but it could have been a lot worse, the Phillies are heading to London next year, and WHYY's Avi Wolfman-Arent joins us to talk about making room for the Phillies as the city is obsessed with the 76ers, which Phillie he'd most want to have a beer with, and whether John Middleton's claims that injuries are the reason for the team's slow start are valid. Powered by WHYY and BillyPenn.com!
May 9, 2023 · 59 min
Hittin' Season #663: Hittin' Season Tailgate Recap & Phillies Help Save Boston Weekend
On Episode 663 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis, Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher recap a rough weekend of baseball against the Boston Red Sox, discuss the issues with the starting rotation, how it's NOT OK for multiple members of the veteran lineup to simply take the first two months of every season off, the plethora of young people at Phillies games and highlights from the Inaugural Hittin' Season Tailgate last Saturday afternoon! Powered by WHYY and BillyPenn.com!
May 5, 2023 · 1 hr 7 min
Hittin' Season #662: Your Complete and Total Evaluation of Aaron Nola
On Episode 662 of Hittin' Season, Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus and Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports devote nearly the entire episode to answer this one simple question. What is Aaron Nola? Pitcher? Certainly. Human Being? No doubt. Ace? Ehhhhh. Bad Pitcher? No way. Something in between? You betcha. Justin and Liz went through his history, each start of 2023, and developed a definition for his varying performances that will ultimately not please anyone.
May 4, 2023 · 51 min
Hittin' Season #661: A Phillies Disaster in Los Angeles Even Though Bryce Harper Is Back
On Episode 661 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis from The Good Phight recapped a truly brutal Phillies series in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. Here's the good news... there is no way the Phils will play another series as bad as that one, right? Right? Also, Leo Morgenstern of Fangraphs joins the show to discuss Bryce Harper's return to the lineup, Aaron Nola's velocity drop, and some of the other top storylines around baseball through the season's first month.
May 2, 2023 · 49 min
Hittin' Season #660: Bryce Harper is Back!!!
On Episode 660 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports in NO WAY discuss Taijuan Walker's disastrous series opening start against the Dodgers. Instead, John and Liz chat excitedly about the return of Bryce Harper from Tommy John surgery faster than any human being in the history of the world and wonder, is Harper a Metahuman? Also, the positive developments from Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler in last weekend's series against the Astros, and some other baseball thoughts as the season's first month came to a close.