Breaking ball and a call, strike three, third strikeout for Zach.

He's going to just watch it go!

A grand slam for Bryson Stott!

And there's a high fly ball, deep right field.

Hopper watches it fly!

From W. HYY and Billy Penn, it is Hittin season.

Hey there, podcast, pals.

I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight and Billy Penn.

You can follow me on Twitter at John Stolness.

Coming up, we're going to dip into the Hitton Season mailbag and take some of your questions and comments about the team that was on a roll

up until Tuesday and Wednesday in their series against the Cincinnati Reds.

Two disheartening, frustrating, and I would even say maddening losses to a spunky young

Reds team, but a team the Phillies are better than and a team they should beat.

But these two nights on Tuesday night, Wednesday night, the team just not playing well.

Some head scratching lineups by Rob Thompson and some head scratching in-game decisions.

By a manager I normally like very much and agree with much of what he does.

But Rob Thompson doing some things these last couple of nights here in Cincinnati that are driving me crazy.

We're going to talk about that.

We're going to talk about the continued struggles of Nick Castiano's and whether it's

time for that guy to ride the bench for just a little bit and maybe even see if we can find

a way to get this guy on another team at some point.

So lots to get to here on this episode of hit and season.

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