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Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

Hittin' Season #661: A Phillies Disaster in Los Angeles Even Though Bryce Harper Is Back

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

WHYY

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

4.4730 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 661 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis from The Good Phight recapped a truly brutal Phillies series in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. Here's the good news... there is no way the Phils will play another series as bad as that one, right? Right? Also, Leo Morgenstern of Fangraphs joins the show to discuss Bryce Harper's return to the lineup, Aaron Nola's velocity drop, and some of the other top storylines around baseball through the season's first month.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Castellano, yes!

0:04.3

And the Phillies have the National League Championship that have beaten the Padres,

0:09.8

four to three, and they celebrate on their home term as the Phillies of the 2022 NLG.

0:17.2

From W.HY and Billy Penn.com, it's hitting season.

0:24.6

Hey there, podcast, pals.

0:26.2

I'm your host, John Stolness from The Good Fight.

0:28.2

You can follow me on Twitter at John Stolness.

0:31.2

Well, coming up a rotten week in Los Angeles.

0:34.5

You talk about a demoralizing loss by this baseball team. Coming off of a great series

0:39.3

against Houston and winning four series in a row, they laid an absolute egg in Los Angeles.

0:44.9

And Bryce Harper's return to the lineup. Couldn't think of a worse way for Bryce Harper to return

0:49.4

to the lineup than with the way they played against the Dodgers over these last three games.

0:53.3

And we'll talk about it here over the next few minutes.

0:55.7

And we'll also digest what Bryce Harper did in his first couple of games back.

0:59.7

We're going to talk to Leo Morgan Stern of Fangrafs, formerly of the Good Fight.

1:03.6

Now on to Fangraphs.

1:05.3

And he's also the editor of a new baseball website called Just Baseball.

1:08.6

So you want to make sure you check that out as well. And also run down the April award winners around Major League Baseball 2.

1:14.6

Plus, I will have your stat of the week.

1:17.1

But before we jump into the show, I want to remind you guys about this Saturday's

1:21.1

tailgate event at the Citizens Bank Park Jetro Lot, Lot M.

1:26.4

Myself, Justin Clue, Liz Rozier will be there.

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