Go Birds Radio here at the beautiful Parks Casino got a lot of good college football

games going on got a lot of good sporting events in general last day of the year here

with Ruben Frank of NBC Sports Philadelphia. Rub how you doing man? Doing great great

to be here. Yes exciting exciting. Lots to talk about. Lots to talk about. I'm really

excited to have you here as someone that I get to spend you know most of the week

at with practice where we're down at the Novakare every day and it's an interesting time

with this team because I think all year you know as as we've talked as you know me you

and your great colleague Dave Zangaro everyone down there I think has felt good about where

this team is at all year and it's hard not to they got out to 13 and 2 you know they

seem like everything was clicking but I think is the playoffs come and as we enter a new

years we enter January I think this postseason run that they're about to to start is one

that's had more pressure than really any postseason run I can remember in recent years

I mean oh four you know oh three those teams certainly went into the postseason expecting

to win oh eight to a certain degree but you look at 17 they were underdogs in all those

games the Phillies last postseason run you know they were the wild card so this postseason

run is really what everybody's been gearing up for it's what everyone's been excited about

and I want to hear how you guys feel about it too 2155929494 but Rub heading into the

postseason I think the feeling around this team at least for me is different than it has been

all year I think there's real reason for concern all year they have shown they can overcome

things they've looked like a great team that is flat out not in the case the last two weeks

they weren't great in Chicago they lost in Dallas they're dealing with multiple injuries

I think for the first time all year you can say the arrow on this team might be pointing

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