This is the High Hopes Podcast.

It's a bunch of baseball nerds, well without the computers.

Talking about the Philadelphia Phillies on radio.

and Sports Radio 94WIP.

What's going on High Hopes listeners? I'm Tim Kelly. and Sports Radio 94 WIP.

What's going on?

Hi Hopes listeners.

I'm Tim Kelly.

This is the second episode of Mound Visit with yours truly.

And believe you me in the recent weeks between James and Jack, there's been plenty of coverage of the hot stove.

I've had plenty both for 94WIP.com and Phillies Nation and believe me I love that stuff I look forward to the trade. I look forward to the trade deadline. I look forward to the winter meetings.

And to me, the winter meetings specifically are both the most exciting and stressful times to write about baseball, because there is so much coming in

things are so fluid it's exciting but it's also a little bit unnerving that you know

at any second I mean there's been times in the last couple

years where I'm laying in bed at 2.30 in the morning thinking I'm done for the day and

I remember specifically last year when there was some thought that the Orioles

could trade Machado.

I mean there really isn't a time.

One of the things in sports media is there's some safe times where you think you're never really completely off the clock but

you think Fridays through Sundays you're in the clear for the most part as far as

major breaking news and you think you're in the clear after about midnight, one o'clock on the east,

that goes out the window, the winter meetings and really for much of the off season.

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