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Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

Hittin' Season #773: Remembering Former Phillies Coach Jimy Williams

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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

4.7693 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On episode 773 of Hittin' Season, host Justin Klugh throws in some commentary on the big trade that sent Corbin Burnes from the Brewers to the Orioles, and shares some stories from former bench coach (and co-manager) of the 2007 and 2008 Phillies, Jimy Williams, who passed away this week.

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0:00.0

From W.HYYYY and Billy Penn, this is your weekend edition of Hinton season, a Philadelphia Billy's podcast.

0:28.4

My name is Justin Clue. I write for baseball prospectus and Billy Penn. And it's just me today,

0:33.9

as we head into another weekend of the off-season without a lot to talk about.

0:38.7

But there was just enough to mention that I felt like I would at least give you some talking

0:43.8

points as we head into another late winter slate gray weekend here in the Northeast.

0:52.1

As John Stolness told you last night, we had a big trade go down in Major League

0:56.7

Baseball as the Orioles finally pulled the trigger on a deal for a big name pitcher and

1:02.4

an ace in Corbin Burns of the Milwaukee Brewers.

1:06.4

Now, the Brewers, I think people forgot about this.

1:08.3

The Brewers didn't, the Brewers made it clear that they were open for business earlier

1:13.9

this offseason.

1:14.8

And that was big news when it happened, because guys like Burns were Devin Williams or

1:19.0

Freddie Peralta, another starter, were all pretty valuable players to other teams.

1:25.9

There were plenty of other teams trying to build out their pitching staffs,

1:28.8

and the pitching staff has been the strong point in Milwaukee for quite some time.

1:33.9

I'm sure Reese Hoskins, the Brewer's newest acquisition as far as major league contributors

1:40.0

go, is very pleased to see the team that he signed with not too long ago is trading away from its biggest point of strength

1:49.0

but you know disregarding the Brewers as is often the case the Orioles are of course the big winners of this trade

1:56.0

this has been a pretty big week for Baltimore not just because of what happened to the Ravens,

2:02.4

but also because the long, fabled, occasionally rumored change in the ownership landscape for their club

2:10.8

seems to be taking place. The Angelo's family has for so long been at the helm of the Orioles.

2:19.2

If you've been keeping track of what Orioles owner, John Angelos's actions have been in the past two years or so,

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