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

And there's a high fly ball. Deep right field. Huffer watches it fly.

From W. H.Y.Y and Billy Penn, it is hitting season hey there podcast pals i'm john stolness from the good

fight and billy pen you can follow me on x at john stolness the first half the unofficial first half

of the twenty twenty four season has wrapped up we have reached the All-Star break and what a first half for your

Philadelphia Phillies. We're going to recap the first half of the season following a bizarre series

against the A's and a Sunday game that defies explanation, really, but we'll dive into all

of that different kind of stuff and we'll take a little bit of a sneak peek, a preview of the All-Star game coming up here on Tuesday night,

and the home run derby on Monday night.

So lots of good stuff to get to here on the podcast.

Justin Klu, Liz Rocher, joining me, as always.

I was off last week.

My thanks to both of you guys for jumping in

and doing a lot of extra podcasting work.

Justin, of course, from baseball prospectus, the dirty inning, absolutely hammered.

Follow him on Twitter at Justin underscore Clue.

Justin, what's up, bud?

Nothing.

Just I feel like that game today was, you know, you dream of wanting to go into the all-star

break surging but sometimes everybody's just kind of in a hurry to get home i feel like we've

had uh days at work like that where it's just uh vibes a little vibes a little down so i think

uh in the end we'll be able to overlook that game and move on,

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