This is the High Hopes Podcast.

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

Talking about the Philadelphia Phillies on radio.com and sports radio 94 WIP.

Yo, it is another edition of the High Hope's podcast are real beginning of the off season type shows.

I am James Selter with me as always.

My guy, except when he's ripping me, buddy Jack Fritz what's up buddy I'm

watching the playoffs has just been it's so hard because man they're the best

there's nothing better than the MLB playoffs.

It's the best.

And there's no bigger difference in all of sports than regular season baseball

into post-season baseball.

Regular season baseball is like, let's go to the ballpark.

Let's have a beer, let's have a hot dog cheese take whatever and

then she's like let's leisurely watch the Phillies and when they hit a home run he

cheer and he cheery like so relaxed and then the playoff happens and it's like every ends every pitch matters you want to die

yep I wanted to die watching the ninth inning of that Red Sox Yankees game with with

Kimbrough with Kimbrough. I mean I loved it because remember Kimbrelle blew the game in 2011 and then there was an urban legend that he just went out and drank the whole town dry basically. He was everywhere in Atlanta that night just drinking the way away sorrows which I always love.

Hard to blame him in that spot.

That's a rough one.

But just play off baseball's back and I thoroughly enjoy it and also the Astros are just a machine.

It's man they might sweep the playoffs they're that good and I'm sure the Red Sox will take a game

some will take a game here and there from them but man they are as well set up to be a

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