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Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

Hittin' Season #721: Kevin Stocker on the Phillies' Wild Card Run

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

WHYY

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

4.7693 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 721 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis from The Good Phight & BillyPenn.com is joined by Phils radio color analyst and shortstop of the 1993 pennant winners Kevin Stocker to talk about the starting rotation, vibes, and the Phillies push for the top wild card spot in the NL. Also, John recaps the final two games of the Braves series, including Aaron Nola's encouraging start, a post-season dress rehearsal in the series finale, and the evil voice that lives inside Nick Castellanos' head.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Castiano has it, and the Phillies have the National League Championship that have beaten the Padres four to three, and they celebrate on their home turn as the Phillies of the 2022 NLG.

0:20.0

From WHYY and Billy Penn, it is hitting season.

0:24.6

Hey there, podcast, pals.

0:25.9

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

0:28.2

You can follow me on Twitter at John Stolness.

0:30.4

What a game on Wednesday.

0:31.7

Man, did that feel like a dry run for the playoffs?

0:34.5

Sure felt like it was getting managed that way,

0:36.5

and those two teams wanted that series finale on Wednesday, but the Phillies and Braves finishing up their three-game

0:42.3

series. We're going to talk about the last two games, including the six to five win in 10

0:46.8

innings here on Wednesday, dramatic win, a spirit-lifting victory for the Phil's as they come home,

0:52.7

getting ready to play their final three series of the

0:55.5

season. I'm also going to talk to Kevin Stocker. He's going to stop by. Of course, Philly's color

1:00.5

analyst for the radio works with Scott Francky and does a terrific job over there. I'm excited to

1:04.9

talk to Kevin about what he saw so far this season and what he sees ahead for the Phil's over the

1:10.4

last week and a half of

1:12.2

this season. We spoke on Tuesday morning before the games on Tuesday and Wednesday, so we didn't

1:18.2

get into any of the things that happened in the first two games. But we'll talk about that.

1:22.9

And we'll also talk a little bit about now that we've got down to the last 10 days of the season,

1:26.9

some of the season ending awards where, you know, who's, you know, what are some races still to be determined

1:31.3

other than the National League wildcard teams? And what does the National League MVP race look

1:35.9

like? What does the National League Cy Young race look like? Well, just dive into that a little bit

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