#1007: It Was the Phillies' Best Win of the Season

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

On Labor Day, the Phillies won a thriller over the Brewers for what was easily their best win of the season. On Episode 1007 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis of The Good Phight, Liz Roscher, Editor of SABR's Baseball Research Journal, and Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus discuss Monday's dramatic win, the impact of players like Garrett Stubbs and Harrison Bader, and the performance of the bullpen. As September approaches, the hosts make predictions about the team's chances in the playoffs and the potential for Kyle Schwarber to break Ryan Howard's home run record. Chapters: 00:00 - Phillies' Dramatic Win Over the Brewers 02:59 - Justin Klugh's Upcoming Book on the 1941 Phillies 05:49 - Resilience in the Face of Adversity 09:04 - Key Players Making a Difference 11:53 - The Impact of Garrett Stubbs' Return 14:53 - Harrison Bader's Contributions to the Team 18:02 - Future Considerations for the Phillies 20:55 - Did Realmuto Swing? 26:08 - Managing Player Dynamics: Rob Thompson's Approach 34:38 - Analyzing the Brewers: Strengths and Weaknesses 39:38 - Phillies' Resilience: Learning from Past Series 42:11 - Bullpen Concerns: Navigating Late-Season Challenges 52:38 - September Predictions: Home Run Records and Team Performance 54:22 - Home Run Records and Player Performance 56:20 - Pitching Prospects: Ranger Suarez vs. Jesus Luzardo 59:20 - Aaron Nola's Final Month and Team Dynamics 01:01:11 - Phillies' Division Chances and Playoff Prospects 01:07:15 - Final Thoughts and Reflections on the Season

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0:00.0	Stairs, rips one into the night, deep into right, way out of here.
0:05.6	Swam on, get it, crossed, and the Phillies are going to lead it.
0:09.4	Hardborough, the swing of his life.
0:12.3	The O2 pit, swing and a miss, struck him out.
0:17.1	From W.HY, it is hitting season.
0:26.3	Hey, there, podcast, pals. I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight. You can follow me on X and Blue Sky at John Stolness.
0:33.7	Phillies win a big game against the Brewers on Labor Day. Their best win of the season against the team with the best record in baseball.
0:38.1	Does it mean anything? If so, what does it mean? I think it does. And the Phillies have two more games against Milwaukee here to finish up the week. Joining me here on this edition of
0:44.1	the Roundtable, Justin Klu from Baseball Perspectus, and of course our Hitting Season podcast over at the
0:49.6	Patreon, The Dirty Inning, and Absolutely Hammered. Follow him on Blue Sky at Justin Klu. And
0:53.9	soon to be author of a fantastic new book that's coming out. Can't wait to read it, Justin. Again, for folks who haven't listened in a little while, maybe missed the last podcast that you and Liz did, how can people get the new book? Summer of the Cheap Weeners. Yeah, from Brookline Books. It's available on the Brookline Books website right now.
1:12.3	You can pre-order.
1:13.1	It will be out in February, 2026 is the target release date.
1:17.2	And yeah, it's about the 1941 Phillies.
1:19.8	And when people say, why would you write about the 1941 Phillies, a team that lost 111 games?
1:26.6	The answer generally is that I read a lot of baseball books growing up, and the Phillies
1:31.6	were not in a lot of those books.
1:33.8	And then getting older, I realized it was because they were such a terrible team for so
1:37.7	long.
1:38.2	And so I wanted to talk about a team that had a bad season.
1:42.4	And that was just kind of the story. Not that they had a bad
1:45.0	season and recovered or they were an underdog that eventually figured it out. No, they lost a ton of
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