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.H.Y and Billy Penn.com, it is hitting season.

Hey there, podcast, pals.

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

You can follow me on X at John Stolness.

Look, folks, never have we had a better time to be a Phillies fan than right now.

Two weeks ago, we weren't saying that.

But the Phillies now with three straight great series wins and a monster,

three game, four game series victory against the Atlanta Braves to, I don't know,

did they put the National League East away this weekend?

We're going to talk about it here on this episode

of the podcast. Justin Klu, Liz Rocher, joining me to talk about a fantastic series by the

Phil's, an important series by the Phil. He's doing what they needed to do in their most important

series of the season. Justin from baseball prospectus, the dirty inning, absolutely hammered. Follow him

on X at Justin underscore clue. Justin, Buddy, the Phil's did it. They sure did, and it is now September.

I just wanted to point out that 17 major league baseball teams feature the color red in some way,

which means 17 major league baseball teams feature the color red in some way, which means 17 major league

baseball teams have potentially now changed their social media banners to say red October.

And I wanted to ask you guys if you thought that when Tom Clancy wrote his debut novel in

1984, that it would be used forever by any number of the 17 teams that use red in Major League Baseball as a play on words every September,

even though it is about a rogue Soviet submarine and not baseball.

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