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. Huffer watches it fly.

From W.HY and Billy Penn, it is hit in season.

Hey there, podcast, pals.

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

You can follow me on X at John Stolness coming up.

We're going to go over the Phillies Royal Series.

And as we're talking here, the Phillies are in the latter innings of their Monday night game against the Houston Astros.

So we'll be keeping an eye on that game as we are recording here on Monday evening.

Joining me, my good friends, Justin Clue, and Liz Rocher, Justin from Baseball Perspectus,

and of course the fine podcasts, the dirty inning, and absolutely hammered over on our hit-and-season Patreon.

Follow him on X at Justin underscore Clue.

Justin, how's it going, buddy?

Well, I'll tell you this.

I was recently down at Kaufman Stadium for a couple of games,

and it is like a planet from the 1980s.

A lot of pluses.

You know, people come up to you when you're wearing the other team's gear.

Kind of confused.

Ask you if you're a local fan or you flew in from out of town.

Got asked that a lot.

There were children who were confused and upset in some cases that we were clapping when the other team was scoring and not their team.

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