Hittin' Season #673: The Phillies are Borderline Unwatchable Right Now

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

WHYY

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

4.7 • 693 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 673 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis recaps the first two games of the Phillies' three-game set against the New York Mets as an awful month of May draws to a close. John is joined by Grant Hill, the host of the outstanding podcast Serum, from WHYY's The Pulse. A die-hard Phils fan, Grant joins the show to offer his take on what we've seen from this disappointing and maddening baseball team here in 2023.

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0:00.0	Castiano has it, and the Phillies have the National League Championship
0:07.4	that have beaten the Padres, 4 to 3, and they celebrate on their home term
0:13.0	as the Phillies of the 2022 NLG.
0:20.5	From WHY and BillyPenniePen.com, it is hidden season, unless you are wearing a Phillies jersey.
0:27.4	I'm your host John Stolness from the Good Fight and Billy Penn.com.
0:30.6	You can follow me on Twitter at John Stolness coming up.
0:33.7	I'm going to recap the first two games of this Philly series against the New York Mets,
0:37.0	and it has been a loser of a series for a loser of a baseball team.
0:42.5	Let's just let's, I'm going to cut through the noise.
0:44.3	The Phillies are playing like a bunch of losers right now, and it is really tough to watch them play.
0:49.2	No fight against the New York Mets.
0:50.9	The offense filled with stars littered with high-priced guys
0:54.5	who are supposed to hit the cover off the ball, are flailing and fumbling around at the plate,
0:59.8	swinging at everything coming their way, no plate discipline whatsoever, and it is a brutal
1:05.1	thing to watch right now. We also, on Wednesday night, got to see another lackluster
1:09.2	aeronola start, not as bad as some previous starts.
1:12.0	Also, not terribly what you're looking for from your number 1A, number two starter, whatever it is he has to be.
1:18.6	And mercifully, the month of May is over.
1:20.9	A very disappointing month of May for the Phillies, as they are still in the, you know,
1:26.4	playoff hunt and will be for a long time.
1:28.1	But now five games under 500 at 25 and 30 here following the first two games of the series
1:35.4	against the Mets.
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