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Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

#1001: A Historic Phillies Sweep of the Mariners

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

WHYY

News, Baseball, Sports News, Philadelphia, Sports, Phillies

4.4730 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Was it the best Phillies series of the Rob Thomson era? The Phils made some history in their three-game sweep of the Mariners at Citizens Bank Park this week, with hitting and pitching heroes galore. John Stolnis of The Good Phight is joined by sports radio legend Jody McDonald of 94 WIP and the Infinity Sports Network to break down the Seattle series, as well as MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred's discussion of radical league-wide realignment once expansion takes place.

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0:00.0

Breaking ball and a call. Strike three. Third strikeout for Zach. He's going to just watch it go.

0:07.0

A grand slam for Bryson Stott. And there's a high fly ball. Deep right field. Huffer watches it fly.

0:20.0

The Phillies are a roller coaster, and we are riding high after perhaps the best series win this team has had in the Rob Thompson era, a historic sweep of the Mariners.

0:31.3

From W.H.Y.Y. It is hit in season, and it certainly was hit in season this week against Seattle.

0:39.1

Hey, everybody, I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight.

0:41.2

You can follow me on X and Blue Sky at John Stolness.

0:44.1

Coming up, I'm going to break down this incredible Philly's Mariner series

0:48.3

that we saw at Citizens Bank Park on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

0:51.8

So much history made in this series, both by the bats and by the starting rotation.

0:58.4

And I've got a fantastic guest coming on to help me break it all down.

1:01.8

Radio legend, Jody MacDonald from 94 WIP, as well as the Infinity Sports Network, is going to

1:08.0

join me.

1:08.5

Good friend of the podcast.

1:09.6

And he knows baseball as well, if not better than anyone

1:13.3

else in the country.

1:14.9

So he's going to break down what we saw from the Phillies this week.

1:17.2

And we're also going to talk about an interesting proposal by Commissioner Rob Manfred

1:22.0

about realignment once two additional teams are added to the majors as expansion teams at some point in the next

1:29.2

few years.

1:29.6

I want to get his thoughts on all of that.

1:31.0

So lots to get to here on hit and season.

1:33.1

But let's jump right into this series against the Mariners because we saw history.

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