Bryce Harper's WBC, Phillies Storylines, And the Eagles Sign Hollywood Brown!

The Ringer's Philly Special

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4.8 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Sheil is joined by Anthony Dabbundo to discuss the World Baseball Classic finale and storylines surrounding the Phillies. Did Bryce Harper perform well enough for Phillies fans to feel good about him heading into the 2026 MLB season. Should Phillies fans feel encouraged by Aaron Nola’s pitching for the Italian team? Plus, the Eagles signed Marquise "Hollywood" Brown on Tuesday. Is this a sign of AJ Brown’s eventual departure? Bryce Harper’s WBC - (02:43) Aaron Nola’s performance - (18:07) JT Realmuto - (25:27) Bryson Stott - (31:45) Eagles sign Hollywood Brown - (1:03:34) Email hot takes: Ringerphilly@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok: @ringersphillyspecial Become a member of our Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/RingersPhillySpecial/. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out rg-help.com to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Host: Sheil Kapadia Guest: Anthony Dabbundo Producer: Cliff Augustin Music Composed By: Teddy Grossman and Jackson Greenberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.3	The Ruffian Welcome to it's true it's truly a it's truly a feeling thing here.
1:09.8	Welcome to the Ringer's Philly Special.
1:12.9	Shield Capati here with Anthony Dubundo, aka Tony Buns.
1:17.2	We were saying, when should we do Phillies this week?
1:19.1	Well, let's see how the U.S. does.
1:21.2	Are they still going to be playing during the week?
1:23.8	Are they going to be in the championship?
1:25.5	Are they going to win?
1:26.5	Because there were Phillies-related angles to a wonderful Bunsey World Baseball Classic? I'm all in now on the World
1:33.8	Baseball Classic. What is it? Every three years? Is that when we're doing this? That's right. We also
1:38.2	have Olympic baseball in 28. So you only have to wait a couple years. We're not really sure what it's going to look like because it's happening in the middle of baseball season, but the U.S. will be there. We presume Japan, DR, Venezuela will be there as well. So it could be a really fun event, only six teams in that one. Maybe there will still be a strike or a work stoppage in MLB and they'll get to play there. So we're going to talk World
2:01.1	Baseball Classic, Phillies with Bunsey. Then at the end of the pod, I'll give you some
2:05.9	thoughts on the Hollywood Brown signing for the Philadelphia Eagles. But Bunsey, I don't know
2:10.7	where to begin here. You know, this is what we love about baseball is that I would say about
2:16.2	an hour ago, I thought we were going to lead this pod with
2:18.9	that was a miserable world baseball classic for Bryce Harper.
2:23.0	The vibes on this U.S. team were terrible.
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