Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

The Phillies and Mets' wives played a couple innings before the game on June 19, 1973. The Phillies... got crushed. But only in the game that didn't impact the standings! Let's talk about a cool Phillies win, featuring a grand-slamming rookie off the bench who just needed a chance.

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On Episode 567 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis of The Good Phight, Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus and Yahoo! Sports' Liz Roscher recap the Phillies' series against the Diamondbacks and the unfortunate end of their 9-game winning streak. Still, there were lots of great moments to remember. Do we believe the Phils are "good" now? Will they continue their winning ways against a weaker schedule? Also, the Braves keep winning too, 11 in a row after Sunday. How worried should the Mets be?

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The Phillies are putting themselves in a good spot; a spot already occupied by the Mets and being elbowed into by the Braves. Is this the NL East we were promised years ago? Who is your favorite Phillie at the moment? And hey--how about a nice conversation about fandom in the wake of what players like on social media?

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On Episode 566 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis recaps another series sweep by the suddenly red-hot Phillies, this time over the Brewers in Milwaukee. Also, Ryan Fagan from The Sporting News joins the show to chat about the Phils' remarkable turnaround under new manager Rob Thomson as well as the state of the Mets, the also-red-hot Atlanta Braves, the pecking order in the National League and an interesting what-if for AL MVP.

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On Episode 565 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis of SB Nation's The Good Phight and Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus is joined by Dr. Trevor Strunk, one-half of the acclaimed Phils podcast The Dirty Inning, and host of the popular video game podcast No Cartridge. Together, they discuss the Phillies' remarkable weekend sweep of the Angels, whether it will serve as a springboard the rest of the way, Bryce Harper's grand slam, who called it best, and lots more!

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On this episode of Up & In, host John Stolnis recaps an insane series sweep of the Los Angeles Angels, capped off by incredible drama from Bryce Harper and Bryson Stott on Sunday afternoon.

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On this emergency, BONUS episode of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis, Justin Klugh and Liz Roscher react to the news that, just two months into the 2022 season, the Phillies have fired their manager, Joe Girardi.

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On Episode 563 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis breaks down some of the numbers as the Phillies struggled through a rough month of May, and what they need to do to get back into contention. Also, history shows changing a manager mid-season doesn't result in the playoffs, so should the Phils still do it? And why are Phillies games taking so long?

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The Phillies led the Orioles by a bunch of runs in 1896, but that wouldn't stop them from losing in truly insane fashion. If that's not enough for you, we've got 1890s Philadelphia wedding superstitions, a public dog-whipping, and a game recap the author abandoned in the middle out of disgust.

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On Episode 562 of Hittin' Season, hosts John Stolnis from The Good Phight, Liz Roscher from Yahoo! Sports and Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus try to figure out what's gone rotten with a Phillies season that was supposed to be different this time. Can team president Dave Dombrowski fix whatever is ailing them? Would firing Joe Girardi do anything? How can they shake things up? Also, John and Justin will try once again to guide the Clawing Cats to the World Series in their "choose your own adventure" novella, "Can You Win the Pennant?"

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