High Hopes: A Phillies Podcast - THEY'RE NOT DEAD YET!

Episode Date: September 30, 2026

The Philadelphia Phillies evened the Wild Card series against the Braves with a 4-3 extra-innings win on Wednesday afternoon. James Seltzer and Jack Fritz react to the heroics from Bryce Harper, Kyle ...Schwarber, Alec Bohm and Andrew Painter before looking ahead to tomorrow's winner-take-all Game 3. Presented by Miller Lite.

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Starting point is 00:00:25 The crowd is singing high hope. I feel a little less alone. Give me, yo. Let's fucking do it. Yo. The show of the high-hobs podcast sponsored by Miller Light official partner of the Philadelphia Phillies taste like Miller time Philadelphia. You celebrate responsibly.
Starting point is 00:01:15 Fritzing! What a, what a, look, look, game three is tomorrow. I get it. We get it. We get it. That was a freaking all-time great playoff win in terms of just, what a game, man. What a game, man. even if you're not a Phillies fan,
Starting point is 00:01:31 like watching that game was freaking awesome. That was why playoff baseball is the best. And look, yesterday was a great game too. It just didn't go our way. But today, I mean, the moments, the Bryce having the all-time baseball moment back on one end going back the other way. That's like baseball to its core.
Starting point is 00:01:50 And Andrew Painter is a freaking stud, a freaking stud, as composed and cool as any Phillies pitcher we've seen this post season. Fritzie, thank God, man. Thank goodness we get to watch his team play again tomorrow. It felt, especially doing this pod yesterday with the ransomment himself, it felt over. It felt dead. It felt like, and again, I thought they had a chance to win today, but it just felt like
Starting point is 00:02:14 there was a real shadow hanging over everything. And it felt that way when Bryce dropped the ball and then Chorber and Bryce boom, boom, and Boomer and Bryce boom, boom, and Boehner wins it. And let's rigging go. You can't kill what's already dead. You can't kill what's already dead. That is the rebirth of an era, baby. That is the re-freaking birth of an era.
Starting point is 00:02:45 They needed a little bit of Uncle Mo. They needed a little bit of momentum. And I tell you what, we've begged, begged, begged for the stars to be stars. And what did they do when they really, really screwed up, when they really screwed up. And all I could think about, honestly, the second happened, all I could think about was I wanted to use the dumb and dumber gift.
Starting point is 00:03:07 Like, just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber, you go out and do something like this and totally redeem yourself. Holy cow. I mean, that is a win. That's a win that can start a run. Did you hear how silent that ballpark fell? I mean, first off, No one was in it anyway.
Starting point is 00:03:30 Oh my goodness. Take baseball out of Atlanta. They don't deserve to have a baseball team. Holy Snikes, I thought Riley was hitting one 700 feet. I really did. And I don't know if I've ever seen a ball get out like Alex Bomes in my life. Oh, yeah. Like in a moment, of course, but, but just from the standpoint of that home runs happens
Starting point is 00:03:52 to us. That always freaking. It was the Riley one. It was the Riley homer. He basically hit it to the same part of the ball. Park same spot in the game like that was the austin riley homer you know what it was it was it was a rod no nine and it was rebe and 10 that's what it was and we finally got that break we never get the break we never get that break this team has needed a spark since 2023 they have needed a spark and my goodness
Starting point is 00:04:18 can that please be the start and this is a message for zach wheeler take the ball oh fight for it Take the freaking ball. I don't care if he's got to like literally throw cuffs with Madigley in the clubhouse. He has to have the ball. Like I know that Nola's never come out of the pen and Wheeler has theoretically and you know, whatever. And you do the ball thing. Screw that. Hand the ball to Zach Wheeler and let him go as long as he can freaking go.
Starting point is 00:04:44 Yeah. He didn't say with Sanchez. Credit leaving Sanchez in there as long as he did. And it got to the end. But like that's what he has to do tomorrow with Wheeler. I don't care that it short west. He has to give the ball to Zach Wheeler. say go big dog do your business you're up and i just i we you talked about it 100% i don't think
Starting point is 00:05:00 i even mentioned during that rant i kind of blacked out a little bit but dude our 23 year old former number one prospect that people were mocking in the first half of the year soft couldn't handle pitching at the big league level was a bus should have traded them oh my goodness the redemption arc on Andrew painter and and coming into his own in that spot and not being afraid of Riley one bit, which made me so happy. That was a, that was a... I mean, he made Riley look stupid.
Starting point is 00:05:32 I mean, that was, that was, that was the furthest out of the plate through the whole outing, you know? And how about the stones of, I know you beat me on 99 yesterday. Here's a hondo. And here's another hondo. Reaching back for it in that third inning as well.
Starting point is 00:05:46 And then a game, I think you mentioned this, like the first podcast of the season, that a playoff game is going to end on ABI. call and we got one. I know. And that makes up for the 2-2 pitch to Alex call last year. That makes up for it. Finally getting that pitch in that spot. And because, man,
Starting point is 00:06:04 when Michael Harris dunked another one in there, it was, oh my, not again. Not this nonsense for Michael Harris. My goodness, I think I had the flu. This is a Jackford's flu game. I be profen, I be shoving. And holy cow, what a win.
Starting point is 00:06:20 Yeah. I mean, and think about the fact that Painter had to go through Riley and Harris and Acuna and, you know, Baldwin and Albi's like he, it wasn't like they brought him in and he was like, all right, you're facing seven, eight nine and get him out, rook and you're done. Like he came in and faced the entire Braves lineup, all the big hitters in the biggest spots with a one run lead at the end there. I mean, that's, that's as tight and as to look, no offense to our to, uh, Duran. I love him. He couldn't do that yesterday. He didn't do the same thing that a 23-year-old kid pitching in his first playoff spot, and by far his biggest spot in his career, did. And Kruk mentioned in the broadcast, I think it was clear watching him.
Starting point is 00:07:03 Like, that dude had it. Who knows? Like, I'm not making any proclamations for the future or anything like that. But he was a freaking slow heartbeat out there today. Like there was, he didn't look phased one bit. He looked cool. He looked composed. His stuff is the best.
Starting point is 00:07:18 It's been all season. I mean, even the fact. is back to being a really good pitch for him. And we've talked about this, but I think having the fastball be such a problem early and having to really develop that other stuff and learn to pitch with it. And to your point, like you've said, many times,
Starting point is 00:07:34 throw those in like three-ball counts or big spots. I mean, he is such a better pitcher today than he was when the season started. Well, I mean, the change-ups has been a total game changer for him. Him developing that change up in the middle of the season, ditching the splitter and going to that pitch. And the confidence he has to throw it in any count, whether it's 3-1, whether it's 2-1, whether it's 0-2.
Starting point is 00:07:53 No matter, the nice part about it, he doesn't care he throws it, though. Like, he'll throw it in whoever he wants. You saw it against Harris. Like, at the end there, he was throwing, like, it's a go-to pitch. Yeah, no, it was, it was huge. And, dude, you want to talk about, like, my mental health, the Harper misplay. Well, so let me, real quick, I've got to, let me set this up because we trust tree, right? We never lie to I hope's listeners, and we don't lie to each other.
Starting point is 00:08:18 I instead of texting our baseball guys chat with you me and elliott our favorite chat i texted elliott on the side and said i can't even text the guys chat because i'm worried about jack like when it happened because i was like this is like obviously i knew you'd be devastating if we lost this game period but for it to be like a bry where it's like look bryce has dumb base running mistakes we see that and if you want to talk about that should he be in right feel whatever that he took a lazy route to the ball he didn't get position and he misjudged the jump And he half-assed it in a major spot because he saw a lazy fly ball from Drake ball And he's like, I got it.
Starting point is 00:08:53 And it was a horrible play from Rice Harper. It was horrible. And I was ready. I was like, I'm going to have to come on here and just destroy this guy when we lose. And look, it still was a horrible play. But you know what baseball is all about? We saw it with the Mendo Sosa earlier this year. Remember when he had the didn't run the thing out?
Starting point is 00:09:12 Everyone's crushing him. And then he hit that grand slam in Los Angeles. And it was like, yeah, dude. Like baseball is all. about we talk so much we talked about this yesterday it's all about failure and failure big moments and and like eating it and when you get a chance especially right away like that to redeem yourself and you do it like man i hated the play but i moved past at the moment he hit that ball like a freaking tank shot right at the same spot it's like that same home run with different guys um
Starting point is 00:09:42 like you just got to give him credit where i think he knew that he he blew that and he turned around and he redeemed himself. And that's, that's sports. That's awesome. Yeah. I mean, listen,
Starting point is 00:09:52 Judge dropped a big ball in the World Series a couple years ago. So it happens to the great ones too. It happens. It happens often. Yeah, that was a,
Starting point is 00:10:00 I think he, I think he just thought it was hit way shallower than it was and that he just got completely crossed up out there. And I was ready to curse the trade deadline of like,
Starting point is 00:10:09 you put him out in right field, a 33 year old, you know, with injury history. And look, it came back to bite you in the biggest spot. But, you know,
Starting point is 00:10:17 Schwerber has been a guy who has been a tone setter. And by the way, I mean, Dylan Lee has been a monster this year against left-handed, against left-handed pitching. Left-handed hitters. But overall, he's been awesome. He got him in 22, and he got him again today. Schwabber hitting the one, and then Bryce being like bleeped, I got to redeem myself now because I was,
Starting point is 00:10:40 you want to talk about trust tree? You want to talk about you? Yeah, take me inside. I texted L.A. Tell me where you were at. I was like, Jack must be a mess. right now. Well, because I'm sitting next to Spike. So that's my point. I know. I was it made it so much
Starting point is 00:10:51 worse. Ten time. And thankfully he didn't say anything or I mean, money got cold cocked. He knew better. I think Spike knows. Like he likes to needle, but he knows when it's like, all right, this is a moment where I could get in trouble. But but, you know, Schwabert is the one. And you want to talk about trust jury and like just where I was at,
Starting point is 00:11:09 I was actually annoyed. It was like he's, Harper misplays the ball. That costs them the runs. They're going to end this one three, too. I know. I, I, I, I tweeted. I'm like, you know, much to you and Homer, but they need more. Got to get more. It was just like you couldn't get too excited. Yeah. No. And, and dude, he does it. And you know, it was tough is we're sitting out in the Xfinity mobile area, Xfinity area. And dude, KYW is like 30 seconds ahead of us and they start clapping,
Starting point is 00:11:37 but it was like a, it was like a subdued clap and it was like, well, that sounds like a double clap. And then the balls just bleeped on. And we're like, why don't you just learn sports back there? You know, I mean, they look. Except Dave, your rem. You're good. We'll throw you in that. Your arm's good.
Starting point is 00:11:54 Your arm's good. And then Mr. improbable. Mr. improbable, boomer. I mean, I just,
Starting point is 00:12:00 because again, we heard them clapping behind and it was a subdued clap. And I thought it was the top of the wall. No, no, no, no, no. The thing just kept going.
Starting point is 00:12:11 Actually, I was waiting for Acuna, to just like, catch it nonchalantly. Well, he did that stupid thing he does. where he kind of tried to fake people out. Like at the very end, he's like,
Starting point is 00:12:18 uh, and he like, knew he couldn't get it. It was like, come on, dude. That's a jerk move. Rip our hearts out. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:12:23 Um, but yeah, I just, I want to just, you know, say about the team in general, losing that game yesterday the way they did. And,
Starting point is 00:12:33 and to fight back in this one after the Harper moment, we've gotten on this team a lot about, you know, being quitters and being losers. And some of it has been earned. And I tell you what, when they were going to, shut down by Tyler Mowley for six innings.
Starting point is 00:12:50 It felt like we were about to head into a, oh my God, blow up the team kind of kind of podcast. But the resolve, the fight, to steal that one in Atlanta. It makes yesterday hurt like more. Yeah,
Starting point is 00:13:03 I mean, we could be done so, buddy. We could be like, let's go to LA and get ready for Saturday, you know? Because believe it or not, they still have to win a ball game tomorrow.
Starting point is 00:13:11 Yeah. And like, obviously it is what it is, but they also have to use Wheeler tomorrow. And, one today, one yesterday. You've got Wheeler lined up for game one. But anyway, that's a different world,
Starting point is 00:13:22 we're not going to live there. Just win tomorrow. Just win tomorrow. Just win tomorrow. And I mean, maybe Zeus can go Saturday. I mean, oh, I think Zeus could definitely go Saturday. But Tuesdays Saturday, it's five days.
Starting point is 00:13:34 It looks like he's like, I'm not saying you can go like super deep. But if he was able to go there after pitching an inning a couple days before, I think he's going to start it. If they win tomorrow and please, I think it's a lock that Zeus starts. Dude, they can't lose tomorrow. They can't lose tomorrow.
Starting point is 00:13:49 They can't not for that, man. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? This team finally hit three home runs. Oh, my God. The stars finally were the stars. Random guys stepped up. I mean, I don't, I mean,
Starting point is 00:14:00 we got a starter come out of the bullpen and Dominie. Like, that's all you, look at the Dodgers. Why can you do that? Look at the whole way. I wish we had. That's like, we've been waiting for that. We've been like, just use your starters. Just do something different.
Starting point is 00:14:11 Like, yes. And if they're fully arrested, they'd be having, they would have even more guys. guys out there. Toronto will be good to go tomorrow, which is huge, which is huge. Obviously, painter will be down. They'll have Nola.
Starting point is 00:14:23 Sylvan used bowling. I just pray that Wheeler takes the ball. I really just pray. Now, maybe they just start Nola and, and bring. That was my thinking. Because of the two, Wheeler has come out of the bullpen. It seems like Wheeler's less maybe finicky about that. Who knows?
Starting point is 00:14:37 I mean, we've seen him do it. And obviously, Nola's never come. Wow, by the way, I did the White Sox are 4-1, Homer from the, but still, the white, I don't care. I know, I just saw it out of the corner. I was shocked. I'm sorry, you're right. You're right.
Starting point is 00:14:50 I don't care either. I was just like, holy crap, the white's like. Okay. I'm with you. Look, I, uh, I, the question is like, I think for tomorrow you need Wheeler to take the ball. You, I, I understand the Nola thing. My issue with the Nola thing is, first and foremost, I just don't trust Aaron Nola nearly
Starting point is 00:15:07 as much as I trust Jack Willer start the game. I think it's big to get a lead early tomorrow as it is in all these games, even though the Phillies, you know, have gotten a lead in each game and, and, you know, flipped it and then in each one, one, one, lost one. But I just think that if you don't start Wheeler tomorrow, you're kind of just saying, oh, let's get what we can get out of Wheeler. I would start Wheeler and say, the ball is yours, sir. Like, go start, pitch as long as you can.
Starting point is 00:15:32 Like, I think the confidence in giving it in the ball. I think Zach Wheeler deserves the ball. I think that it just feels silly to me. And look, Nola could go out and give him two innings and Wheeler coming to give him five. And it's like, look how good that work. Like the Luzardo Ranger, or the Nola Ranger thing last year. or you could just give the ball to one of the greatest postseason
Starting point is 00:15:49 pitchers in the history of baseball and just say, let's see what happens. Like in a do-or-dive game. I just, to me, like, Nola could be fine.
Starting point is 00:15:56 He could also give up a couple runs. You lose because of it. Like, I just, I don't know. I don't think anyone's going to be upset if you hand the ball to Zach Wheeler. That's what I would,
Starting point is 00:16:04 I think on the team too. I think the players want you to hand the ball to Zach. Well, and I, in my gut, I just feel like Wheeler is going to want the ball. And I think that there's a, if,
Starting point is 00:16:13 If Wheeler can do it and let's say his arms in good enough shape to do it, you know, because he's obviously coming back from the injury and just pitch Sunday. I don't know if three days rest is something that's in his repultois yet. But there has to be a little bit of a sinking feeling in that in that Braves clubhouse of, man, we got Wheeler, you know, like there has to be a little bit of, nah, they got a guy. And I worked with Lazzardo yesterday. I mean, Lazzardo, I think was a bit of a man, we thought. we were getting like nola in game one or painter in game one and who knows i had painter pitch
Starting point is 00:16:47 maybe goes seven shut out because he because he's a freaking son man he's he's got the biggest stones in the world now that Andrew painter um but i love it it makes me so the painter thing makes he was awesome yeah yeah well listen it's set up for next year when andrew bainer's 24 just like hamels was yeah you're right i like that right there but i mean seriously when was the last time a a philly's rookie came in in a play i mean you know and did something for them for real. I mean, a catch against the brave, but I mean, he stunk offensively. Like, when was the last time
Starting point is 00:17:17 we had a Phillies rookie come in and be like, that could be a harbinger of something bigger, you know, like, that guy could be, look at this. This guy's 23 and, you know, like, we haven't had this for a long time. When we're doing this podcast with the Andrew Painter going into the Wall of Fame and, oh, hopefully, all of fame. I mean, let's not
Starting point is 00:17:33 get it. Let's get ahead of ourselves a little bit. Yeah, buddy. We can go back to this moment. Say, hey, the moment our Lee Phyllic Painter was, was something special is when I pitched three innings out of Relief down in Atlanta. Like, 20 years from now. Honestly. 20 years from now, when you're 65, we're going to be doing, we're going to be doing this podcast talking about Andrew Payter in that moment tonight.
Starting point is 00:17:50 It's just, it's beautiful. I love baseball. I love baseball. I love baseball. Well, yeah, I mean, there are so many great. And Chad to Tucker, he's right. Bryce, this dot double off striers, the last time a rookie did something real. And it was like, wow, you know, great call.
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Starting point is 00:18:26 The bar is open. It's fantasy football happy hour with Matthew Barry, wherever you get your podcast. But I, to that point, there's so many great tweets to go around and everyone hits of the, like, you know, versions of the, you know, baseball is, um, but I, uh, to that point, to that's, um, to that you know, baseball is, is, uh, your favorite thing until the, but the, the David Murphy when I just saw, like, playoff baseball is like watching a love one to fuse a bomb or like any versions of these type of things. We're just talking about how playoff baseball. It's like, playoff baseball is a joy if your team's not playing in it. If it is, it's the worst experience you've
Starting point is 00:18:57 ever had. You know, like it is, it is so. Dude, the mental anguish. Like physical and mental. You feel in your body too, man. I was worried about, you know, getting it back up for this game. After, after, after yesterday. I know. The average yesterday with the, just the mental dream. I mean,
Starting point is 00:19:16 you were so down. Dude, you were so down. I came on to that pod yesterday. Like, I expected us to be bombed, obviously. And like,
Starting point is 00:19:21 that was a brutal loss on that. You were like significantly more down than I expected. I was like taken aback. I was like, was it a one game series? I didn't know about it. Like, like,
Starting point is 00:19:34 yeah, man, I'm, I'm happy to see you back where you're at. I really. You got to have a feel. For, I can't remember it was like Jason Sweeneboro, whoever it was who called the post game show,
Starting point is 00:19:45 maybe it was Nick in Wilmington, or Nick and Princeton. It was one of those people, but someone said at what time will Jack, you know, turn the page and be like, we're winning tonight, we're in. I saw the tweet like seven in the morning or something like that.
Starting point is 00:19:57 I don't know exactly what it was. It was, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You said 9.30 in the moment. I was like it'll definitely be earlier than that. It was significantly earlier than that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, yeah, no, thanks, thankfully the boys were one of the boys
Starting point is 00:20:09 is up in the four o'clock hour, five o'clock hour and six o'clock hour. So we had a lot of time to think about the game two happening today. And if Tucker could do me a solid and delete the line where I said this is the death of an era. Because we might be going on a run. We might be going to do. Don't let them win tomorrow. Don't let them win tomorrow.
Starting point is 00:20:30 If they win tomorrow and you better, dude, I want that I want that Dodger. I want the Dodgers. Come on. They don't let the Phil's win tomorrow. Don't let the Phil's win tomorrow because you wonder why? because they got a little Uncle Moe right now. And the Uncle Mo is screaming. Three homelons today.
Starting point is 00:20:45 And the big part is, is that the stars were a big part of it. Yeah. And I just, I just hope that that carries over. Because you know what? I was getting prepared for. I was going to crucify those three.
Starting point is 00:20:57 And Troy is still mostly crucifurified. I mean, no, not mostly fully, fully. I know. That's a big double in it first. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:05 Uh-huh. It was. It mattered. A limp little ironed right field that snuck. through. Oh, that ball was hit up pretty hard. That and that at the end, like, he's last of bat. I guess what does? The pop up behind the plate. Like, I mean, the fact that like I, and look, it worked out. That's fine. The fact that I don't care, he could be 11 for 11 with 11 home runs and I would still trust Rice, Elacius in that spot against Tray Turner, but whatever. I just, he is,
Starting point is 00:21:32 I tweeted, and I fully feel it. I tweeted, I'm so excited, never have to watch straight Turner play for the Phillies again. I hope I live long enough to see it happen because that's how I feel. That's the best way I can describe Craig Turner right now. Yeah. Yeah. And shout out to Walt Weiss. But he's going to get a ring, baby.
Starting point is 00:21:48 He better. I want nothing more than to Walt Weiss to have to eat crow on that one. Pulling it for a rookie. I know. I know. That's why I was like, but he's not. It'll work. It'll work.
Starting point is 00:21:59 Yeah. A little totally work. But they got him. But they got him. Allie, Bome. Let's get Bome a little. something here because oh yeah we've taught a lot with the harper and shore rumors and we mentioned the
Starting point is 00:22:10 bone one and to your point like it was one of those where off the bat i i yelled out because it because it sounded loud you know it's one of those where oh one yeah off the bat it sounded loud and i thought it was and then i saw that it wasn't caring as much i saw the way i was like hmm i was like maybe it's not going to and then it got out like off the bat it sounded loud it sounded like a big pop um but then yeah just i then it's like oh no maybe it's not and it got out um look the jokes about the resigning and like, you know, we'll, we'll get to all that in the off season.
Starting point is 00:22:43 I'm not there. I will say that I have a lot of respect for how he's turned his season around. And he has, he is absolutely like it's like, you know, Schwerber, Harper, boom, that's my top three. I would want up in a big spot for this team.
Starting point is 00:22:59 And I, in a million years, didn't think I would say that. And he's a better first basement than Harper is. He's a pretty good, first basement out there. He's like not awful. You know, if he, if he actually played the position where I think he could be good at, I mean, those double plays he turned were really impressive, you know, so I, uh, I just want to give the eye like, and also if you want to, if you want a positive for the future thing, that the case of his parents settled like all that stuff.
Starting point is 00:23:21 Like, who knows how much that was taken out of him? Like, I'm not saying I'm signing him because it's over, but I am saying if you're looking for something, I do think that is a meaningful thing that that changed. Well, here's what I'm not going to have happen. I'm not going to have him make the finally making a swing adjustment in August of year six and and and the the Kansas City Royals getting the the the bad I like this I just like and you know what I then real quick have you seen Wolf of Wall Street because I'm thinking of Wolf of Wall Street you know the scene where Jonah Hill and Leo meet and he's there like the set right at the second C. F. they mean he's talking about like did you marry your cousin he's like yeah well you know you
Starting point is 00:23:57 she got hot I'm going to let someone to marry my cousin when she got hot out of respect like that's what it sounds like right there. Well, it's just, and the way they told the story yesterday on TV, and I will carry it with me because I don't want to give Kevin Long credit for anything, is that Boehm himself made the swing adjustment, you know? Of course. Well, Kevin Long, of course. Kevin Long wouldn't even, does he see if you're watching their bats or what's going on?
Starting point is 00:24:20 Well, could dynamite plan by K Long today with the splitters from Maley? Seems like you really have the boys ready to go for that one. 62% swing rate, which I think I have some, Dubunda, Anthony Dubano, I think, Tudda or something where it was like 43% was the swing rate against his splitter this season. It was 62% today, or swing and miss by the fellas. Yeah. Well, it was, it was horrendous. And again, I think that what Kevin Long does is just hand every one of them,
Starting point is 00:24:44 their baseball cards, and it says, turn it over. And that's his instruction. His instruction is, hey, check the back to the baseball card. That's about it. That's all I do that. Do that. Do that. Do that.
Starting point is 00:24:54 So, yes, credit to Bowmer and a huge swing in that spot. I did not think it was going. out and not have the same confidence as you did. I thought maybe it hit off the wall. Because again, we never get that break. I mean, we never get the break of the wall scraper that actually helps them out. Ever. Usually it goes against us.
Starting point is 00:25:14 Uribe, A-Rod, Riley yesterday. We never get that one. We finally got one. We finally got a little, just win tomorrow. Just win tomorrow. Just win tomorrow. If you win tomorrow, if you win tomorrow, there's a chance of a run. if you lose tomorrow.
Starting point is 00:25:33 Well, yeah. It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a moment. It's like, wow,
Starting point is 00:25:39 that was a great game, but ultimately led to nothing. Those, it's what Dave Dobrowski's going to cite in his postseason Browth, it's being like, well, you know,
Starting point is 00:25:46 we really had them on the ropes there and we won one game in that series, and we're all going to be mad about it if it was wrong. After I made one pitch to Austin Riley. Maybe it's a different story. Although, hey,
Starting point is 00:25:55 they brought it in that spot. Who knows, right? Yeah, but then Painter probably would have had pitched the knife yesterday. and do we get three things of painter today? Well, that's the point. Really it all worked out. Well, that's what I was going to say with the Bryce thing.
Starting point is 00:26:07 If Bryce doesn't drop that ball, does he have the motivation at the Homer? I don't know. Correct. It was actually a good thing for the Phillies. That's what I'm saying. I think so, too. By the way, his beard is really thick, huge beard. He's the home for him, good for him.
Starting point is 00:26:18 All right. Dude, I needed that moment. I needed that Harper. More than anything. Again, more than anything. I know. I could just, I could just feel the Harper here.
Starting point is 00:26:25 I think I tweet, oh, my God. I think I had 200 responses in five minutes. Just the, you know, oh, Mr. Relit, oh, I was told Odomrowski was right. And I got him. Got him.
Starting point is 00:26:39 Thank God they won. Thank God they won. All right. Let's go to a radio show. Yeah, yeah. Check us out. We're not going to be on at six, I'm assuming, right? No.
Starting point is 00:26:52 Okay. I'm going to head over immediately anyway, so I'll see you soon. Check us out. We'll be on from like probably 630 or 730 or something in that general range. Just listen. to WIP the whole time because Jack's going to be on soon with final out with Spike and Ike. So check that out. Spike and I'm assuming it's still coming on with you, right?
Starting point is 00:27:06 Yeah, for a little bit. For a little bit. All right, cool. All right, well, we'll talk to you guys on the radio soon. And tomorrow, have to the day. Same place, same time, same place, baby. Get it done, dude. This is such an all-time swing game tomorrow.
Starting point is 00:27:22 Please, Zach really take the ball, dominate. Let's freaking win a series, boys. All right. We'll be back tomorrow. Until that, he's worth themselves.

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