144 episodes
Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast WHYY
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4.4 • 655 Ratings
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A podcast for fans of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Hittin' Season #806: The Red-Hot Phillies Are Going Streaking!
On Episode 806 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Baseball Prospectus' Justin Klugh discuss the Phillies' 7-game winning streak following their win Monday night over the Reds. Justin & John analyze the win streak, the outstanding starting rotation and the waking bats with a NEW segment called "BULL or BOWA?" Plus, thoughts on the future of umpiring in MLB given some disastrous performances by the dudes calling the balls and strikes.
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Hittin' Season #805: The Good and Bad of the Phillies Lineup
On Episode 805 of Hittin' Season, hosts Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher go down the Phillies' struggling batting order and talk about who is doing their job, who is still scuffling, who is perhaps starting to turn a corner--and why.
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Hittin' Season #804: Phillies Take Care Of Business Against the Rockies
Host John Stolnis recaps the Phillies' three-game sweep of the Rockies, lauding the starting pitching, with special bouquets thrown to Ranger Suarez. Plus, former 94 WIP afternoon host Jon Marks joins the show for his thoughts on the pitching, the bats breaking out, the future of Nick Castellanos and what lies ahead for the Phils.
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Hittin' Season #803: Phillies Can't Win the Zack Wheeler Starts
Presented by WHYY & BillyPenn.com, hosts John Stolnis of The Good Phight, Justin Klugh from Baseball Prospectus and Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports break down the Phillies' disappointing weekend against the Pirates, Zack Wheeler's rough 6th-inning Sunday, silent bats, bad defense, and a .500 baseball team being saved by good pitching. April Phillies will drive you crazy.
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Hittin' Season #802: Do the Phillies Need to 'Fix' Their Free-Swinging?
On Episode 802 of Hittin' Season, hosts Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher laud the Phillies' starting rotation for its MLB-best numbers and discuss the merits of "fixing" the Phillies' free-swinging offensive approach... or letting them off the leash.
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Hittin' Season #801: Phillies Take Cardinals Series & Pitching Injuries Chatter
Host John Stolnis is joined by Fangraphs' Michael Baumann to discuss the recent string of big-name superstar pitchers to go down with elbow injuries, some of them requiring Tommy John surgery. Also, John recaps the big storylines from the Phillies series win over the Cardinals, and talks a little Mike Trout trade, too.
Customer Reviews
More Solo Episodes Please
John does a good job as host. He gives the listener solid Phillies content without biases. The best episodes are probably the solo ones. Justin can give quality content but tries way too hard to be funny. Liz essentially offers nothing but besides loudly cackling.
Errors and weather
Since they all play in the same conditions I wonder the number of errors by us vs the others combined? They don’t seem to count a lot of errors as errors, is there a defensive stat for these non-errors? Excellent pod!
Objective Review
John, Justin and Liz team up to make a formidable group discussing all things Phillies related.
John does a great job as host, leading the group discussion and moving from topic to topic. He’s knowledgeable, albeit sometimes overly optimistic, in his view of the team and does a good job driving and promoting discussion.
Justin, in my opinion, is the most enjoyable member to listen to among the group. His quick witted, dry sense of humor plays well with John and Liz’ more toned down approach. He seems to be the most knowledgeable in the group as well.
Respectfully, Liz is the only reason this Pod deserves 4/5 stars. She offers little in the way of actual analysis and tends to interject her political views into discussions with not-so-subtle comments. She oftentimes highlights race, outside the context of its (I guess?) somewhat normal discussion in sports, which oftentimes comes across as forced and leaves an awkward taste in the mouth. As someone who has listened for nearly two years, she’s also had more than a few awkward exchanges with John and Justin. She also tends to yell into her mic to the point it is jarring for the listener.
Overall, I’d still very much recommend this podcast with the caveat that Liz is anywhere from “not great” to “what is she talking about” bad. The stream of content is very good and if you’re a Phillies fan, there aren’t many Phillies related podcasts better.
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