The Dirty Inning

The Phillies have named their 2020 Wall of Fame honoree: 1980 World Series champion and NLCS MVP Manny Trillo. Justin and Trev talk about the skill, attitude, and impact Trillo made on that historic Phillies team... and how Trillo cost them a big win years later.

Ah, the extreme pain of the "What if...?" scenario. Trev and Justin discuss the career and 2008 Phillies legacy of little-to-not-at-all known pitcher Les Walrond: How he got to the majors, his appearances therein, and his dirtiest inning in a Phillies uniform.

A visit to a 1926 Phillies game reveals that umpire Bill Klem may have been very serious about his job, but he was even more serious about not being called "Catfish." Justin and Trev do what the listeners love--re-live their adolescent traumas in public--before breaking down an inning between some furious Phillies and Cardinals.

Darin Ruf signed a minor league deal with the Giants this winter, so you know what that means: A comprehensive look at his career as a prolific Phillies slugger that never was. Justin and Trev go back and remember Darin Ruf's time as a draft pick, prospect, and sort first baseman/outfielder for the Phillies, as well as his awesome career in Korea. They almost called this episode "Ruf Stuff," and then didn't.

With the passing of Phillies legend Dick Allen, Justin and Trev forego their whining for one episode (sort of) and talk about the 529-foot home run Allen slugged on May 29, 1965, as well as how Allen was able to hit it, and the massive bat he swung to do so.

Scott Kingery. A name that will serve as an example for many things that it maybe shouldn't. Or should it? Justin and Trev discuss the undoing of the super utility extension-haver.

Cole Hamels has tragically signed with the Braves. Many had hoped that the 2008 Phillies World Series MVP would come home, but it was not to be. Instead, Justin and Trev talk about Hamels' sun-drenched, at times excruciatingly painful path to the big leagues and the worst inning he ever pitched for the Phillies once he got there.

Meet Joe Cowley. Six-foot, five inches. Lexington, Kentucky-born. Phillies starter for five games in 1987. Hurler of one of the sport's worst no-hitters in 1986. He never won another game again. Join Justin and Trev for a look back at Cowley's time in the big leagues as he attempted to find his control in the eighties; an endeavor and a time period that both made very made little sense.

The DH in the NL. What??? One-time Phillies pitcher and career .275 hitter Jack Scott would have something to say about that. And it would probably be very witty, so imagine that instead of this tweet.

Former Phillies outfielder Jay "Moon Man" Johnstone seemed to fill every moment of his life with a memory; as likely to hit .300 as he was to set off a series of small explosions in the locker room. Justin and Trev talk about the Phillies career of a beloved player whose reputation preceded and followed him.