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Hittin' Season #707: The National League Wild Card Free-for-All Aug 18, 2023

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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.

Hittin' Season #706: "I Was Surprised the Phillies Won That One" Aug 16, 2023

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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!

Hittin' Season #705: No More Human Home Plate Umpires Please Aug 13, 2023

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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?

Hittin' Season #704: Phillies Fans Are Apparently "Soft" Now Aug 11, 2023

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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.

Hittin' Season #703: Michael Lorenzen Throws a No-Hitter Reaction Show Aug 09, 2023

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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 ever 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.

Hittin' Season #702: Did Phillies Fans Save Trea Turner? Aug 06, 2023

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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.

Hittin' Season #697: Phillies Bounce Back w/ Series Win Over the O's Jul 27, 2023

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On Episode 697 of Hittin' Season, the Good Phight's John Stolnis recaps the Phillies' series win over the best team in the American League, the Baltimore Orioles. Also, why Trea Turner was forced to take a day off on Wednesday, why the time is NOW to put some distance between themselves and the rest of the NL Wild Card rabble, and a conversation with Brian Michael with the Philadelphia Negro League Baseball Exhibit, now featured at Cherry Hill Street Pier until the end of August. Check out the website at A League Apart!

Hittin' Season #696: Can the Phillies' "Big 5" Turn it Around? Jul 24, 2023

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On Episode 696, hosts John Stolnis of The Good Phight, Justin Klugh from Baseball Prospectus and Yahoo! Sports' Liz Roscher discuss the Phillies riding the struggle bus once again after a lackluster weekend in Cleveland and a rough opening-game loss to the first place Orioles. Can the Phillies' "Big 5" free agent signees, (Harper, Realmuto, Schwarber, Turner and Castellanos) pick it up and score consistently? Which outfielders should the Phils target at the trade deadline (don't say Tommy Pham), and why telling John to "relax" about the Phillies is apparently a trigger.

Hittin' Season #694: Andrew Painter Tommy John & Juan Soto Trade Talk w/ ESPN's Kevin Negandhi Jul 19, 2023

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On Episode 694 of Hittin' Season, host John Stolnis of The Good Phight and BillyPenn.com breaks down the disappointing news that pitching phenom Andrew Painter will need Tommy John surgery, likely keeping him out of action until 2025, as well as whether the Phillies would and/or could trade for Padres star Juan Soto, with ESPN Sports Center Anchor and Philly native Kevin Negandhi. Also, John recaps the first two games of the Phillies-Brewers series and responds to trade proposals submitted by Hittin' Season listeners.

Hittin' Season #693: The Resilient Phillies Have Their 2022 Vibes Back Jul 17, 2023

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On Episode 693 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis from The Good Phight and Yahoo! Sports' Liz Roscher recap the Phillies gleefully enjoyable series win as they once again rip the hearts out of the San Diego Padres. Are the 2022 playoff vibes back? Sure feels like it! We talk Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper, Johan Rojas' debut, Shohei Ohtani trade rumors and preview the upcoming home series against a Brewers team that features one of the very worst offenses in baseball.

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