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Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

The Phillies Are Playing "Bad Baseball"

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

WHYY

News, Baseball, Sports News, Philadelphia, Sports, Phillies

4.4730 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Another series loss in which the offensive went limp, the starting pitching was inconsistent and the bullpen blew a late lead Sunday. All in all, a typical 2026 Phillies series thus far! John Stolnis and Liz Roscher discuss the Phils' series against the Diamondbacks. How much rope does manager Rob Thomson and hitting coach Kevin Long have? Is the fanbase the unhappiest it's been since the beginning of the rebuild?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Stairs, rips one into the night, deep into right, way out of here.

0:05.6

Swam on.

0:06.2

Get it.

0:06.4

Cross.

0:07.5

And the Phillies are going to lead it.

0:09.4

Harper, the swing of his life.

0:12.3

The O2 pit, swing and a miss.

0:14.8

Stuck him out.

0:17.0

From W.

0:18.0

H.Y.

0:18.4

It is hitting season.

0:38.4

Hey there, podcast, pals. I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight. You can follow me on X and Blue Sky at John Stolness. And coming up, we're going to recap Phil's Diamondbacks from the weekend at Citizens Bank Park. Bad baseball right now, gang. It's not just us saying it. The Phillies themselves are calling it what it is.

0:42.9

They are playing some bad baseball right now, and that is resulting in them losing some games they should win and just being a really unpleasant watch right now. But hopefully this will be a

0:47.3

pleasant listen as we talk about it and we commiserate. So we'll talk about some of the bad

0:53.6

base running we saw this weekend.

0:55.7

We'll talk about a lineup that seems to only be able to score one inning per game over the last

1:01.0

week. And we'll take a look ahead to the Cubs series coming up here starting on Monday night.

1:05.4

Monday night. Joining me to do that is Liz Rocher. Of course, the editor of Sabres baseball research

1:10.2

journal. Follow her on X&Blooskye at Liz Rocher. of course, the editor of Sabres Baseball Research Journal. Follow her on X

1:12.2

and Blue Sky at Liz Rocher. Liz, how are you? Oh, peachy keen, jelly bean. This was such a fun

1:18.2

weekend of baseball to watch. So glad I made time on my schedule three times. Yeah, it's a good thing.

1:24.2

It's good to say. And if you want to know why Philly's fans Ornery right now, it's, again, not just because, well, they're off to a slow first 15 games. That's not what we're talking about here. Everybody knows, and we talked about it on the last podcast. This is not just a one-year thing. And so that's why everybody's a little bit testy right now.

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