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Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

Bryce Harper Comes Up Clutch in the World Baseball Classic!

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

WHYY

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

4.4730 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Bryce Harper had his "elite" moment at the World Baseball Classic, slugging the biggest home run of the tournament for Team USA. John Stolnis of The Good Phight breaks down another iconic blast from Harper and ranks it among his top-10 HRs all time as a Phillie. Also on Episode 1053 of Hittin' Season, powered by WHYY, John breaks down the latest Phillies' position battles in spring training, Adolis Garcia's big day, and chats with Atlanta Braves writer Demetrius Bell of SB Nation's Battery Power to preview their 2026 season.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Stairs, rips one into the night, deep into right, way out of here. Swam on. Get it. Cross. And the Phillies are going to lead it. Harper, the swing of his life. The O2 pit, swing and a miss. Stuck him out. From W.H.Y. Y, it is hidden season. Hey there, podcast, pals. I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight.

0:22.4

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

0:25.2

Coming up, Bryce Harper delivers in the world baseball classic better late than never.

0:30.6

Where does his home run in the WBC rank among the best in his Phillies career?

0:36.3

I got a list of 10, and I'll tell you where I've

0:38.1

slotted it among my 10 best. Also, how did the other Phillies do? Two Phillies named to the

0:43.0

all WBC team. We've got some roster decisions coming for the Phil's as they get ready to break

0:48.3

camp in just a few days. We'll talk about that. I also have my 10 bold predictions for the

0:53.6

2026 season out for the good fight. I know we did a podcast a couple weeks ago where we each gave one bold prediction, but I've got 10 new ones hot off the presses. And we're going to talk with Demetrius Bell, who is a writer for SB Nation's battery power, Atlanta Braves website. We'll get a preview on the bravos here on this edition of hit and season. Just before we get into all of that, though, folks want to encourage you if you listen to us on Apple Podcast or Overcast, if you could just give us a follow on Spotify. We're trying to grow our audience over there just a little bit. So if you've already done that, thank you very much. If you listen to us on Spotify,

1:31.3

probably no need to do that. You probably already follow the show, but if you don't, and you wouldn't mind doing that, that would be great. But continue to listen on your podcast, host of

1:35.9

choice. And again, our roundtable editions of the podcast, I mention it every week. It is located

1:40.7

on the W.HYY YouTube channel. So subscribe there. All right, let's get into Bryce Harper,

1:46.2

delivering in the World Baseball Classic.

1:48.3

We had to wait until the very last moment of the championship round, but in the end,

1:48.8

Bryce Harper came through for Team USA, even in a losing effort, with the biggest blast in the

1:53.8

tournament,

2:00.3

a game tying two-out, two-run, home run, in the bottom of the eighth inning

2:04.1

when it seemed like everything was dead for Team USA.

2:05.1

Harper sends a fly ball to deep center field.

2:09.7

Better late than never.

2:13.2

Brice Harper has tied the championship.

2:15.1

And for those of you who haven't seen it, I can't imagine most of you listening,

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