Breaking ball and a cold. Strike three. Third strike out 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. Hopper watches it fly.

From W. H.Y.Y. This is Hittin season of Philadelphia Phillies podcast. My name is Justin Klu, and I write for baseball prospectus. With me is Liz Rocher, the editor of Sabres baseball

research journal. Hello, Liz. I was taken by surprise by the energy of your intro.

Yes.

This is called an ambush.

Taking the general mood about the Phillies and everyone's output at the end of another

long week and just kind of turning it on its head.

Just fighting through the haze.

And so we can have a nice, vibrant discussion

here on episode 99 of hidden season

about how, yes, guess who went one for six

with runners in scoring position on Thursday?

Yeah, that'd be your Philadelphia Phillies

who blew game one of a four-game set in Washington, D.C.

Pretty cool, Liz.

Woof.

My husband and I almost went to the game, and we were pretty happy that we weren't, that we

did not go by the, by pretty soon after it started.

It's always a mistake to go to Nationals Park, not because it's particularly dangerous, but because it's a very lifeless and unappealing stadium.

And any games the Phillies lose in this series will be viewed somewhat appropriately as huge disasters.

But I kind of want to talk about that mindset today as well, because once again, we have another struggling player to fixate on and blame for all the Phillies problems.

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