Is it 7:05 Yet? A Phillies Podcast

Today, we have Bad Luck Brandon making an appearance as he has not watched the last 3 games and guess what...the Phillies are now on a 3 game winning streak! We get into game 3 of the Brewers series as our boiz play live while we record (Brandon doesn't watch). Brandon has some issues to get off his chest. And Alex talks minor leaguers as the minor league seasons began yesterday (May the 4th be with you). We have a listener email with some great topics to discuss and then we get into the first two games of the Brewers series that the Phillies win by only one run each. Enjoy...AND PLAY BALL!

We hate Major League Baseball. The Phillies have been above .500, below .500, and at .500 several times this season. And it's only May! Alex and Brandon take turns ranting about the Phillies not knowing what a winning streak is, the umpires being terrible, and all the dumb rule changes from last year. Not to mention all the other rules that have changed over the years for player safety. Well MLB, where was the player safety rule for taking a pitcher out of the game after two wild pitches? One 96.9 MPH fastball to the face and a 95 MPH fastball to the back. On two pitches. That's just a little taste of what is in this episode. We also discuss the Cardinals 4 game series and the 2 games played against the Mets briefly. And we also watch the end of game 3 against the Mets live. Boy, what a finish. Enjoy...and PLAY BALL!

The Phillies weren’t so high in Colorado this weekend as they only take one of the three game series. Before we get into the bad, shoutout to Yuengling for shouting us out for the Phillies 16oz. Beers we got for the season. Gotta Lager Up somehow and be prepared for the long season. Buy Yuengling Lager…#lagerup. The road woes continue and the Phillies are dead. Rhys, Harper, JT and Nick Maton are the only Phillies doing anything right now. So if you want your team to get hot, just play the Phillies. We go over the next series against the Cards and Mets. Enjoy...And PLAY BALL!!!

Bryce is fired up! He clearly wants to win as we get down into the last three games in tonight’s pod. Gabe Kapler comes back to Philly as Skipper...of the San Francisco Giants. And he can stay there with all his coconut oil. Today we have games one and two of this series with the Giants. They are not pretty. No offense in game one. No pitching in game two. So we discuss those along with some great and not so great milestones like Nick Maton’s first major league hit and the hitless streak in center field. An avalanche of Home Runs in game two on both sides. And we have game three with another youngin milestone for MICKEY, the return of Jet Packs and Spencer Howard, and Andrew Knapp subtly calls out the fans for doubting them in what we would call a roller coaster of emotions. We have some final notes on this series and end on the road trip starting Friday in Denver with the Rockies and then in St. Louis with the Cardinals again. Enjoy...and PLAY BALL!!!

Tonight, we get way more into the Metropolitan/Sewer Rat series than either of us care to talk about. Technically, the Phillies DO NOT get swept as the fourth game in this series gets rained out. The Baseball Gods are not on the Mets’ side with three rainouts already AND a snowout? JOJO and Spencer Howard also return for the double header games so at least we have that going for us! We talk about the mystery of Adam Haseley’s disappearance and if/when he will return to the team. We also talk about the Cardinals series and how much fun it was to see these guys win again. The Phillies take advantage of some defensive miscues and Aaron Nola earns his first ever 9 inning complete game! We talk about the center field issue again as well as the recently popular “the best ability is availability” debate in regards to Roman Quinn. Enjoy...and PLAY BALL!

On tonight’s episode, we start by watching the end of game 3 against the Braves which ends wildly controversial. The Phillies finally have one go their way and get lucky on a call at the plate. One of our favorite players, JoJo Romero, gets called back up to the big leagues as Archie Bradley is unfortunately put on the 10-Day IL. We hope he can earn his keep in the big leagues. We get into the 3 game series in Atlanta which didn’t completely go the Phillies’ way, but they get the win Sunday night to avoid the sweep. The Phillies have a 4 game series against the Mets at Citi Field starting Monday night that will end with a great matchup of Eflin v. deGrom. We finish up with our Phillie of the series and talk a little about the recent suspensions the league has issued along with the Mets recent walkoff victory thanks to a BS hit by pitch in the strikezone. Enjoy...and PLAY BALL!

The Phillies are now 5-1. Our dreams are now crushed but hey, now they can go 161-1. Today, we discuss the 3 game series versus the Sewer Rats *cough* Mets. Lots of ups and downs in this series, but mostly ups with the Phils taking 2 of 3. The new lefty Matt Moore pitches well for a few innings after not being in the league for a couple seasons. deGrom deals. He is not fair. He is a cheat code. But good AF. AND, the Mets are gonna Met. The return of Mr. Hot Garbage in game 2. The train came off the tracks in the bullpen and the offense fought back late in the game but disappointed. And in game 3, the bats came alive. Multiple Phillies go yard and send the Mets packing. Next series away against ATL and NYM again so we’ll see how that goes and we’ll be back to talk about the Braves on Sunday. Enjoy...and PLAY BALL!

Today, we have the Phillies opening the 2021 season strong with a sweep of the Atlanta Braves. The TRIO that is Aaron Nola, Zach Wheeler, and Zach Eflin. These three guys and the revamped bullpen hold the reigning NL East Champs to 11 total hits and 3 ER. Amazing. We talk about the series against the Braves. Phillies pitching has definitely improved along with fielding overall. Webgems! It’s Knapp Time. John Kruk, and commentators in general are jinxes. And the umpires are already pissing us off. The Phillies have the Mets at home Monday thru Wednesday. Then a road trip against the Braves and Mets again, so that’s fun. And to wrap things up, we give our Phillies of Opening Week. Enjoy...and PLAY BALL!

Today, we have the 26 man roster that is set for the season. We expand on the Phillies making this roster and the starters. Although our picks for CF are not who we thought they were. We talk about Scott Kingery, Odubel Herrera, and JoJo Romero unfortunately getting sent down to Triple A and the Auxiliary Camp (Which we are most upset with the JoJo decision). We discuss our Opening Day Lineups and between Cutch leading off, the 8th and pitcher spot, we are all over the place when comparing each other’s lineups. We each have 3 BOLD predictions that turn into 6, EACH. And we wrap things up with team MVP, Breakout Player, and NL East predictions for 2021. Enjoy...and PLAY BALL!

On today’s pod, we have more games! The Phillies don’t play them particularly well but hey, it’s Spring Training. They go 2-4 since our last episode losing tragically to the Blue Jays 14-5 on Tuesday the 16th. Other than that, they’ve had some pretty normal outings with stellar pitching performances from starters and, dare we say it, the bullpen. During the pod, the Phillies beat a hefty Yankees squad 4-0 while Aaron Nola throws a gem backed up by the bullpen. We also have Scott Kingery in a precarious situation with possibly starting the season down in Lehigh Valley Triple A. Odubel Herrera seems to be the favorite for the Center Field job. And we cheez it up for Daryl Morey and his appearance on the Rights To Ricky Sanchez podcast to see if he 1) will listen and 2) will pay our shoutout forward to have Sam Fuld and Dave Dombrowski just listen to our pod. More to talk about on the next episode with starting lineups and bold predictions so stay tuned. Enjoy...and PLAY BALL!