High Hopes Chapter 3: Is Scott Kingery really making the Opening Day Roster?
High Hopes: A Phillies Podcast
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🗓️ 20 March 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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James Seltzer and Jack Fritz discuss the candidates for the Phillies bench, including Scott Kingery who has had a scorching spring.
Presented by Miller Lite.
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| 0:00.0 | We had John Middleton on the show today and you know, I know he had said a similar quote |
| 0:03.9 | I can't remember what article it was but you know it made the rounds athletic or something like that |
| 0:08.6 | It was in an article a few months ago |
| 0:11.4 | But he said on the show again and it was you know talking about his goals for the team and he had two lines |
| 0:17.1 | It stuck out the first one was you know when I talked to this team if I say I want you to win a world series |
| 0:23.2 | He's like that's not good enough. He's like this team should win multiple world series |
| 0:28.0 | And he said when I look back when you look back at the history of baseball when you talk about the great teams in the history of the sport |
| 0:34.8 | He's like I want this Philly's team to be on that like that is such a |
| 0:39.4 | grandiose and lofty thing to say and a goal to have and |
| 0:44.8 | Again, they have to go out and prove it and stuff but like |
| 0:48.0 | The pieces are there the pieces are there for this team to do what the Astros just did to win two world series in a five year span or whatever like |
| 0:56.5 | They obviously again win one you win one and we would send the same thing about away and they had the chance and all that but like |
| 1:02.7 | But it is it is really exciting to look at this group of what's here now the next few years with these guys |
| 1:09.4 | Everyone under contract already like this the sky is limit with this group |
| 1:15.1 | Yeah, and that's why you know, I feel like I I sound a bit like a broken record |
| 1:20.7 | But you know, I've kind of had that feeling all off season where where it's just like look at how they are now |
| 1:26.6 | Look at how middleton is is spending money on on big stars and how |
| 1:32.2 | Like underneath the surface they are just continuing to build this thing |
| 1:36.4 | You know people freak out about well the starting pitching depth or the or the bench spots and the this and the that yeah |
| 1:42.2 | It's like well, there's more coming like you know when people talk about is Ranger gonna make the what Ranger's gonna be in the rotation |
| 1:50.4 | But you know pain or down and then it's like falter whatever and like these guys get hurt like |
| 1:55.2 | Who's to say that |
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