Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

On Episode 711 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis, Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher recap the Phillies' sweep of the woeful St. Louis Cardinals and revel in the heroics of Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola, Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber, and the rest of a team that is playing its best baseball of the season at just the right time.

They lost the last game of the series, but as Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus and Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports discuss, the Phillies' play against the Giants still gained them some momentum. And with five MLB franchises threatening to move, what if the Phillies did the same?

On Episode 709 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Billy Penn chats with New York Times and soon-to-be Athletic national baseball writer Tyler Kepner about the Phillies' series win over the Giants, the NL wild card race and the downfall of the Mets and Yankees. Also, what are sports "vibes" and how can teams and players harness it like the Phillies seem to have? Vibes expert Professor Jason Del Gandio joins the show to talk about vibes in pro sports.

On Episode 708 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis from The Good Phight, Liz Roscher of Yahoo Sports and Baseball Prospectus' Justin Klugh chat about Monday's Phillies win over the Giants, the first of three games that could determine their chances of earning the top wild card spot. Also, some thoughts on the Phillies-Nationals series over the weekend, failing to take advantage of a cake schedule, and more dumb words uttered by the owner of the Baltimore Orioles.

On Episode 707 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Yahoo! Sports' Liz Roscher preview this weekend's series against the Nationals and Michael Lorenzen's attempt to pitch MLB's second back-to-back no-hitters, the state of the NL Wild Card race, and a special Sunday Night coming up in Williamsport.

On Episode 706 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight & Billy Penn recaps the Phillies' quick two-game series split in Toronto with baseball analyst and talented actress Ellen Adair, discussing Bryce Harper's power surge, whether Aaron Nola is fixable and if he should start a playoff series if things don't turn around. Plus, Johan Rojas, Zack Wheeler and NL wild card thoughts as well!

On Episode 705 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Justin Klugh from Baseball Prospectus recap the disappointing Phillies-Twins series and Sunday's loss largely attributable to a home plate umpire recently called up from AAA. No, seriously. Also, was the 6-4 homestand a disappointment, or just fine, considering the Phils have the 3rd best record in the National League? And it was Alumni Weekend at CBP, who would we most want to hang out with this weekend?

On Episode 704 of Hittin' Season, hosts Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus and Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports share their thoughts on Michael Lorenzen's historic no-hitter, Trea Turner's reawakening, Ken Rosenthal's assertion that Philly fans' recent outpouring of audible support to struggling players make them "softer than a Philly soft pretzel" and the weaknesses of the rest of the NL wild card teams, all of whom are now chasing the Phillies.

On Episode 703 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis and Mike Robertson of @FranzkeLA Twitter fame talk about a historic night at Citizens Bank Park, the 14th no-hitter in Phillies history, thrown by Michael Lorenzen in his first start at home in a Phils uniform. Also, Weston Wilson homers in his first career at-bat in the Majors, Nick Castellanos hits his 200th home run, and thoughts about the team's bullpen usage heading down the stretch. The vibes emanating off this team are impeccable right now.

On Episode 702 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Liz Roscher from Yahoo! Sports discuss the Phillies' weekend series against the Kansas City Royals and the thrilling love affair between a city and their superstar shortstop, Trea Turner. Did the fanbase help Turner break out of his season-long rut? Also, the Big 5 do damage in the series while another veteran star, Aaron Nola, continued to struggle. If the playoff started today, would he start a game? And Cole Hamels announced his retirement this week, so John & Liz reminisce on the left-handed superstar's time in Philadelphia and whether he's Hall of Fame worthy.