This is the High Hopes Podcast.

It's a bunch of baseball nerds talking about the Philadelphia Phillies on radio.

and sports radio 94WIP.

Yoo! It is another edition of The House Pie Guest Jack. You know how I know that it's time for baseball to start?

How? Because there's nothing to talk about. It's time to go. Like we're going to talk about

J.T. Romino leading off. We're going to talk about the Harper Bombs. We're going to find things to talk about because we love baseball and we know the

high-ups listeners are, as you like to say, diseased Phillies fans like we are and that's why we love them and that's why this whole thing works.

But we're at that point where it's like let's just go. Can we just start

the season? I'm just ready Jack. I'm ready for March 26. I'm ready for real baseball I'm ready for it to matter

Let's go

I know and my problem is is that I'm at the point where I'm like talking myself into

every single aspect of this team like that that's the thing about spring training

for me is that I think we all know that, Jack.

We've heard.

Yeah, well, like, I can't not be positive.

I'm like everything with his team.

Jackio, baby, Jackio!

I'm trying my best to be realistic, and I want to be realistic.

And I don't want my opinion to be you

know messed up because I love the Phillies so much but like I'm with the point where I'm

predicting like 35 Homerers for Hoskins.

40 Homers for Bryce.

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