I'm ready to go live that's difference that is a big difference now we're live we're live now yep yes say goodbye to Elliot by Elliot yes yo it is another edition of the IOP podcast presented by Miller Light official sponsor of the Philadelphia Phillies taste like Miller time Philadelphia celebrate responsibly we celebrating a little last night how about sweep we swept the raay you know biggest uh Series win over the ray ever I think probably per usual per usual to gun down a guy the plate how bad AR Ramis Garcia who knew well we a drible up the Third Base Line 12 year oh I see that's good good work thank you nice thank you ni uh James I would like to declare something very important at the beginning of this podcast second basem throwing making a play of the okay play the plate yeah got learn the game play learn the game one time thank you I know you I know you just did some stupid little podcast you do the second basement part all right I should have played the plates could have been even better if you said a second baseman my God more special listen enough of the jokes Jesus right you're very serious I just I'm trying to Le bring a little levity light in the mood you're so so intense you know this guy's out here making little jokes we're trying to win a pennant here we're trying to win a pennant there's no jokes anymore it's podcast has changed no laughs no laughs no Smiles hold on I got rain it in than rain it in pal no Smiles is not my we go we're gonna get more analytics all the analytics we're trying to give the people got but I want to declare something at the beginning of this podcast very very important thank you I'm really happy I'm just I'm really happy no laugh sorry yeah no laughing I I'm happy or happy I'm like really good de it was it was it was tough sedding you know and I'm sure you saw me around the office it's like did did his puppy pass yeah you didn't have your usual you know effervescent kind of vibe to you the usual upbeat yes bubbly is the word I think about when I I was even talking to Richie today me and John Richie had a conversation just just chopping it up just just you know talking Talking Football yeah well he's always starting in to fight me which I think is interesting I know the one so so inside baseball one time uh I believe it was during the pandemic when we got food brought in for us and all that like which was very nice you we coming in work I think one time we had sandwiches ordered and somehow I think you ate the sandwich it was supposed to be John sandwi house and I I'm pretty sure he's never forgiven you again like I so I think he's never forgiven you for it like it's still like if there's food around it be like Jack did Jack take it it's stuck with him that was old Jack I don't know if you're I don't know if you're aware well it's currently slim Jack season which has been phenomenal you are looking pretty slim good no big deal to me running all those miles but but so I I never played in the NFL want that out there I didn't even know where I should go with that but like when Richie came in the studio asking if I ate his sandwich I felt what linebacker like I felt what they felt he came in so hot I was terrified I I honestly I was terrified for you watching thank you well the the the the backstory also is that they were just ordering generic food they were it wasn't specific order no it wasn't Richie claimed a sandwich that might not have actually been for him yes although his name might have been on but nevertheless nevertheless no I'm just I'm just I'm just so happy like they're on a good they've you know they're winning more than they're not you know they're on a good streak here they finally are beating up teams that that are pretty good like the Rays aren't World beaters they're not like the last couple years they're they're solid around 500 whatever and you know they're going to be able to pitch I mean like if the Razer dudes who throw 100 just bring them out and and by the way I mean imagine I mean the way the Rays play would drive people here inane oh my god dude it's it's it's get guys who throw hard and figure it out and get guys who hit home runs and walk and figure it out well and like especially with Shane B BOS yesterday like 78 pitches he's retired like a million in a row and they're like yeah you're out like we we gotta get you out of this ball game Furious yeah and and Kevin cash would be like Enemy Number One on know he might be the best manager in the sport they would have to move the team like it's as simple as that they would like they could win two World Series and people like they can't win playing this way that's that's what we would be dealing with I need small ball yes yes but and i' I've talked about this on on the final app the last two nights but like fransy has had this stat the other night and it's like it watching the Rays play like it's like of course they're awful so the ray so Runners and scoring position stats have not been kept since 1969 or they started in they right and the race the fifth worst in in since this racing this year you mean wow in baseball history oh my God you want to talk about the it's all we would hear about every single day it'd be like f get it runners in I mean this the small live and die by the Home Run so they are and it made sense I mean how many times they had Runners on third with like no out it was unbelievable yeah I mean wheeler it felt like happed four times last night it was remarkable so like with no out I know the two lead off triple or the one lead off Tri triple couple lead off doubles didn't score appreciate it so appreciate appreciate it so like I just I'm just they've obviously studied the ship they're playing like the right way heading into October they're getting contributions from a bunch of different people they're I think if this ends in in the way that we hope it ends I think we look back at these injuries as a positive like it got a lot of these guys off their feet for a little bit they should be the most fres well assuming we get everyone back and and good to go yeah it seems like we're moving the right direction like B's going to play tomorrow J uh uh uh rehab or B's gonna be back tomorrow no but I mean they said th said he's gonna play wow I didn't realize he's gonna be back tomorrow so real mut gonna play wait no I lied I definitely lied I meant schwarber's G be back tomorrow that's what I was say I'm like what is B on the I yeah schwarber they schwarber was supposed to be in the line yesterday scratched late but should be good for for tomorrow and real Muto is going to start game one so like which is Big so B sorry he still on the show that's I was surprised by yes so huge to get that back I mean the SCH thing at the moment it's like come on man like a no no more no no more don't even take a lead just stand on first base if this what's going to happen I me seriously where are you going right why are you thrown over there you know he's not going anywhere no it is that is learn the game he almost got picked off like I actually before the replay I thought he was out yeah so um like I just like they're they we talked about the resiliency like we wanted to see the resiliency with the way they're playing with the injuries they're not liting the world on fire they scored nine the other night which they won 32 like that that's how you got to win baseball games it was two one two one-1 wins and they put up nine runs in the other game right so it's it's it's it's how you have to win some games and I just they they have completely wred the ship and the way they talk and the the camaraderie that I think we're seeing like they should have earned your trust back a little bit ago but I think that the way that they especially have played the last week and a half two weeks I think the trust should be totally regained it's exactly what you talked about in the in the midst of really towards the end of it as it was going on for longer and longer that stretch you were you were like my only worry is I just don't know if they can get back to what they were I don't know if they can flip that switching it back and I'm with you it seemed like obviously there are question marks can Harper the ball the ballpark when it matters and things like that but for the most part it looks like the team we saw the start of the season they won they've won a lot of games recently I two in September yeah and they're what like something like you know uh 17 of 22 or I don't know 16 of something like that because they were 11 of 13 won the next two lost two and then won three so they're somewhere in that range so they've won uh they've won nine nine of 11 14 of 18 19 of 27 and 23 of 36 somewhere in that range so I mean they've been playing really good baseball like they're but numbers wise kind of back to where they were to start the season and and I think the thing that we've talked so much about and obviously Ranger is still the question mark with it but you know it's the pitching like we have talked so much about if this team is going to get where we want them to go as you phrased it before if it's going to happen the way you want it happen it's going to be because they have the best starting sta in baseball and because they have a bullpen that is the best we've seen during this run and it's feeling that way like Alvarado last night man like is Jose he might be back like you had Alvarado to kirking is a freaking stud right now like Hoffman and stom fully back in the trust them with my life tier like good to go and you know EST devz who you know I I'd rather have Jeff Hoffman closing out a really important game but you know he's solid you know I can trust Estes for the most part I mean you got five and that's I mentioned Tanner Banks who you know a big Lefty out in the playoffs if you need it kind of thing like may I I don't trust him I'm just saying Jose well you're also you're also missing a big and that is Jose Riz can you please Jose Ru can you please stop forgetting about you're right he was Independence Blue Cross Philly the week two weeks ago okay like that means something we needed it too right um I'm just really bullish about where they're at from a pitching perspective something you've been saying for a while now and I was a little resistant because of Rangers history and who knows if he can reestablish next couple weeks but I think Sanchez has to be your game three starter at this point he has to or or game two at home Ser no it's it's they won't do it but it's it's an interesting angle I think the key right now and the Alvarado really being the one that that is has kind of gotten back I think you just have to feel great about where the pitching out well I mean again there's there's no Kimbrell like there's no that's it that the guy like even a stz who does allow hard allow hard contact like I don't feel the way that I felt when Craig Kimbell was coming games no doubt and like kirking hit a rookie wall last year like he he was put into some huge spots for a guy that was in single latest starts year insane that he's in those spots especially towards the end when we saw it he put back up there it's like he doesn't have it right now and it makes sense yep yeah and and the good part about where they're at pitching wise at least starting rotation in the starting rotation sense is that I think like the the Chris Sanchez I think they trust more to go deeper into games than they did last year so like rather than having to pull him after two and a third or three and like just just gouge your Bullpen like I think between Nola should give them pretty good length wheeler obviously like we know what wheeler is and then with Sanchez developing into the guy that he's developed into like I don't think we're gonna get stuck in those spots where it's like we gotta yank him after three or yank him after four and even Ranger like we'll see what happens to Ranger like he just looked the stuff just looked flat like incredibly flat and the velocity is down and the stuff looks flat it's like both things so I don't know what they're going to do with him he's obviously the four but without a doubt but he also gives you versatility because he can pitch out of the pen yeah but it's like and he's also this this ice in their veins playoff guy it matters most you trust him so it's it's a really the ranger thing is interesting my one worry is that Rob Thompson does the Rob Thompson thing it's like well Rangers R three because he's R three and I trust him when it's like man like adjust well unless they think Sanchez is is better out of the bullpen like I mean I'm just saying why would you think that though because he throws harder and okay that's fine but honestly you don't need not better like you don't need either out the bullpen in reality it just be like all right you're not going to start the guy they're going to go to the pen like you got we just talked about we got five relievers We Trust like I want all five of those guys in before a ranger or I mean not necessarily Ranger because we've seen him out of the pen but like I don't want even the 22 pen I mean that was Robertson Alvarado s Anthony and I know that's my point we haven't had any of these guys it's like I I just feel I want my great relievers to pitch in great reliever spots I agree so I just worry that because he's Ranger Suarez and because he's been there and he's been the three that they might go to him even if Sanchez is the better op well and the other thing is that he's also done this the exact like he done this in September the last two years whereas RA in 2022 was around four and a half and last year is over five I believe another which makes it like a little bit to and it and yeah I I I obviously would not do it like I want Sanchez starting game three but there's definitely a part of me where it could happen yeah and it's Ranger look it's Ranger in the playoffs I'm not going to like freak out like I do we've talked so much about the ice and I believe in all that so I just I need to see ranger from a stuff perspective look somewhat like the guy we saw earlier this season if I'm gonna give him game yeah the pro what kind of stinks is that that last star was the last was the first time where it's like this I mean I know that the velocity was down in Miami at least he was mixing a bit but I thought I thought there was at least a little bit more zip on the fast if that makes any sense like everything on on on the other day just looked it was dead arm 12 hits you gave 12 hits to a team that can't hit yeah exactly and Rob Thompson said after the brave start or the Marlin start that like he thinks he's might be dealing with dead arm and it's like great wasn't he just on the for month like what are we doing yeah so listen I unless he starts to show something here and then in his proba his last two starts two starts left guaranteed I I don't know how you don't just P your best guys try to go Inn and then if you need a guy if if you feel you're in a good spot you can use Ranger in a game four you know to where like you don't want to run those guys to the ground then you're in a good spot so something we just brought up before and we're obviously on the same page on it but there's the other spot where I my my Rob Thompson concerns going to the playoffs and I think every Phillies fan has a right to be concerned with the last two playoffs and the trusting guys and all that is the idea of going to the playoffs with SZ as my closer and I know he's used spots where bring hofman but like I worry that we get in the playoffs I need outs in the ninth inning that up you know estas is my guy like I need Jeff Hoffman to be that guy in those spots I need it and EST Ste can be another if he got a two-run lead a three run lead fine but if it's a one-run lead going to the ninth inning and you haven't used Hoffman yet in that game like I it has to be Jeff Hoffman yeah and I think it will be you think it will be that's what I'm asking I think the only way it's not is again if if Hoffman has to get used earlier or if like all right let's say they're playing the Dodgers right and the eighth inning is is is smooky and Fred yeah I get it I get it it's a lineup thing I agree with that like use them against the best hitters but like at the end of the day my point is I need Jeff Hoffman to be the guy that they trust most in the biggest and I and I think they do I think he's I think he's clearly their best relever someone they trust in any situation now he's phenomenal I mean the the the interesting part to me too is like you know I think Kirk Ring's developing into last year's I think kir exactly dude like if you need a strike out like I trust Ryan K or Ryan Kirk to go in there get you that strike out to get you those outs I mean he has been freaking awesome that was and that was that he's had a lot of clean Innings you know since he's been brought up and and he hasn't really been pushed into like a fireman role yeah that that other night where it was first and third one out got the strike out like that's that's not something we've seen from him like we've seen him obviously have these like I super quick Innings I remember having faster Innings I said I said this earlier earlier in the year on the pot it feels like every time he goes out there it's like I look up and I like in is over yeah it's good first strikes great so but but you know last year they brought Hoff in what in the fourth inning down Atlanta in game one so I think Orion's developing into that which is huge because they need someone that can get a strikeout because of their guys in the bullpen that can get strikeouts Alvarado at the current juncture looks like he get which is incredibly exciting one week ago NS much but we are recent sample small sample sizan yeah I I he looked great I'm I'm sad it was a high leverage spot he was great what else do I need to see hey last half this is going be the most fresh he's going to be heading into the postseason it's actually really I do like that angle on it because that we've seen him like we hopefully we'll see a few more isings and we feel good going into the playoffs but like he has petered out you know each of the last two years in the playoff particularly 2022 like he just ran out of gas and it it made sense yeah so but they like of the guys that I trust to come in and get a strike out Hoff's number one but he's obviously eighth ninth inning guy yeah and he's just the one you trust the most period EST Ste is not a strikeout guy it's kirking and it's Alvarado that if if it's tight and you need a strike out bang like there goes there goes that if they do play the Dodgers in the NLCS God forbid or not God forbid but hopefully like he is gonna be so like Alvarado becomes and massively important but like Alvarado have to coming in like the six you know Tony and Freeman are monsters like those are such important and there will be spots in those games where those guys come up in big spots and you're going to want STM or I mean you're gonna want STM in the biggest Assi against those guys but if alado to your point in the sixth inning a big spot where Otani comes up if you can use alberado there and save Stam with the big spot in the eighth or whatever or ninth or tie game or whatever when they come up like it's and that's where I think the ranger thing comes into yeah is you could be in that spot like if they have to use Alvarado one night and they don't want to bring it back the next night it's a fascinating thought well and the difference between postseason baseball and regular season baseball is obviously the off days so like that's where you can bring them in because you if you want to start them you can still do that that's what they did in in 2022 but I'm trying to think of like of all the teams left like obviously the Dodgers have the most dynamic lefties but like the Padres with Merill and cronenworth and proar obviously they're they big guns Machado and and and tatis are righties Arizona Corbin Carroll and freaking jock dude and jock and jock yeah and jock yeah is is Marte better from a particular side I think he's just he's just good period I didn't know if it because that's the kindy you think about yeah like I'm sure he has more home runs left because he bats yeah more often left-handed but like yeah I mean like it's really the Dodgers Padre's in there Brewers not really I mean no the Brewers are pretty heav I mean especially with yellich out like if it were if yellich were there that'd be the guy but he's out right Y is not coming back right he's done for the year right y like I think so I think so is too I mean no longer Care on my fantasy team and my my ah sorry buddy it's okay yeah it was not this was not the year it was a m it was a magical run all runs have to end at some point it was a building year yeah this is your 20202 2012 Phillies 2016 let's I like that it's good yeah got back quicker yeah well I did I I missed the playoffs and then I got Jackson holay and shio and next year is their year and I might have to name my second son Jackson I call Jackson we did we did come across a potential strong name though so I sent you this I didn't real so Hunter Pence's nephew throws 94 at the age of it said under 14 so I'm guessing he's 13 that's normal normal uh his name is Striker Pence were like Striker and Walker let's go I mean it it does work Striker Walker well it might have to be one of those situations and uh I'm not sure how Jill would feel about this but where she decides on the or we decide on the name and then I just changed the yeah you just changed the birth when she's out of it she just gave birth honey I got this I got it don't worry and then all of a sudden his name is Striker Striker Walker and Striker STW I think talk about a Duo like honestly on I did a go bird SP with Elliot we were probably like the best brother combo cuz the kelse came up best brother like I think Striker and Walker Fritz sounds like a oh wow look those two Hall of Famers Striker and Walker of course they were gonna be all famous ster like it's like natural it just makes sense don't make me start welling up listen don't don't make me start dreaming about me being Ed Kelce I know you kid me I went there you kidding me it's your it's your it's your best timeline I got one thing left in life besides a Phil's worldy series title which I was see well no I was talking about that with a buddy yesterday it's like imagine if they really get like this team gets it done like first off I know like High Hopes Jack is is different you know what I mean like we're more we're reasonable on here yeah always comp go collected never get too high never get too low yeah that's right but WIP Jack would be a problem I mean you're talking about right about Thompson right about schw Le off right about Harper like just just it would it would be an issue for everyone involved and don't even bring up the football team for two months oh yeah there would be no no no Eagles talk aloud around Jack be a problem you would just it would be a problem yeah no it would 100% 100% but yes outside of a world series title which would be unbelievable becoming Ed gy is oh yeah I mean that's I mean that's PQ right a man come on W because like he they had this clip on New Heights yesterday where ke Jason was just sitting there and he was just like I guess one of his daughters doing something it's like hey get down from there or whatever and and Travis like oh that's the Ed gelyy parenting style like hey don't do that don't do that I was like relatable relatable so but yes I mean that's parents tell their kids not to do things at this point that's the goal I I think it could happen I mean let's put it this way obviously it could happen anything right I think you increase your percentage of it happening substantially by naming your kid Striker I just think like it is far like if it's like you know John you're your John Jack or Jack Fritz whatever no offense like you know Walker and John or or Walker and James Fritz I don't know great name if you're asking me uh Walker and Tucker fritz or whatever like it's two though yeah I know well Striker would be true yeah but if it's Striker and Walker it's like it your name t this is name test like basic name test stuff believe me yeah I know I just want you to know you inre the percentage of it happening believe me okay you're looking at a man that understands I know but you're also looking at a man that has to go home and tell chill is married to a woman yes also involved in this process the name is Striker and she would say ABS I already tried to bring up like whan she was out on whan very fast um we'll figure it out way what are you a country music star or something well it could be I know that no but no because Justin Tennessee is relentless about uh name way way I mean Justin I love you buddy Wayan would be a horrible horrible I can't pull up wh you're gonna call him way I can barely way I can barely pull off W or Walker Walker yeah Walker's like on the line for you yeah I agree like Texas I am not a southern guy no no honestly as far other than liking country music you as far from that I am a Northeast man yes big time and I want to be cold yep damn straight buddy damn straight almost all the time yeah whing ain't happening I'm surprised you even mentioned it the Jo you got to save your bullets yeah that's true funny but save your bullets I like see this what you got do you gotta go with a bunch of horrible names and then be like okay okay that's St then drop it in there the problem for Jill is that I like trolling her so sometimes I like to see what her reaction is and the problem is that she knows you and has been with you a long time so like she probably just expects trolling in any situation so it's hard to really get any of those by her no I know it's just like like I I'm always just like why kind of want to see how you reacted and then she's like well you knew I was going to react negatively I was like I know she must really love that it must be fun thing for yeah I mean I was trying to explain this to how many times do you think Jill says in her head why did I why did I do this well because I tried to it's it's hard to explain the real world to people who don't do what we do yeah so like I'm used to saying stuff that I know people are going to like react to or whatever but then when I do it in like my friend group they're like what's wrong with you yeah and I'm like forgot got the this this worked this whole thing's worked you're all messed up yeah it's all good Phils are hot Phils are hot back fully back have I stop smiling this podcast no honestly it's so funny because you led with that and it you really are like a Boolean right now you are just like ear to ear beaming beaming um question for you super big week coming up B week coming yeah so they got four against or excuse me three against the Mets three against the Brewers four against the Mets so it's a big 10 of baseball coming up where you at with that part of it cuz like it is you know like be RS nice be RS that's good like this is like the the Met like I think they're going to handle business I'm not worried or anything like that but like you know the Mets are playing good baseball like can you think of anything more is there anything more High Hopes pod than us doing this pod where you just talk how happy you are and how everything's great and then they get swep like it's like the most high hopes thing to could out it is but unfortunately until you said that I didn't even think of that so just take take brownie points off of James's performance in the podcast today so thankfully that's your fault so yeah I mean say it that it won't happen yeah no it definitely could happen I'm I'm already the mindset they're taking two or three so like look you're up to two or three he's back back we are so back come on playing good ball so yeah I'm at the minds that they're taking two or three I want to I just want to I just want to kill the MS I like I just want I know I want to I want to bury him it's coming out of fear like it's not that I think they're win the division it's more I I don't want to face them in the post I so Joe asked out was it Joe I think Joe asked on the show yesterday or whatever was like would you rather face the Braves and the Mets and it's like Braves by a million like it's not even close like now with Ronaldo though of course I don't want like this Mets thing like I don't think the Mets are that good or anything like but I don't want to mess with that I don't want anything to do with it and they're so hard to like they're so hard to to figure out what the comp is for them because like the rotation is so eh like it's it's Mania and canana and sevy a bunch of a bunch of soft tossing lefties yeah yeah and are ready too Taylor or Tyler I was t y I think he's Tyler but then Taylor is the brother yeah and he's by the way don't do that I you know give it like like don't do that yeah it's too close it's too close way too close be like Walker and wicker or something it's like what are we doing Walker and whan so pretty close which is another reason why I said that's good but yeah just like they're so hard to find a comp for because they kind of remind me like I I I was just on my head last night going through like you know teams and it's was like well they the 19 Nats because the Nats were horrible that year but then you look at the roster that's where so much more talented strawber and sherzer and Pete Corbin and R EXA Turner Turner yeah like maybe the 21 Braves yeah 88 win team I mean look we talk all the time like cair Rosario and Peterson were their like best players in the playoffs along with Freddy you know like that's an interesting one that's kind of similar yeah yeah I think it's a really good C actually as far as it could go like their best pitcher was what freed yeah you know so yeah it's just they're they're a hard team to kind of figure out I keep waiting for them to kind of you know die off and they're just not you know Lindor yesterday breaks up a no hitter in the ninth with a home run five more after that so the OMG thing terrifies me the grimmest thing terrifies me cocky Mets fans they terrify me like I just I keep waiting for the Mets thing Happ the last few years head tohe head I mean the Mets really have gotten the better of us at least it's felt like to me an like we've ended up winning out in the end but it feels like when we played the Mets especially a couple years ago when they won the 101 or whatever it just feels like uh has going great I think haven't seen them play that well up in City besides the the the throw the throw out of the plate it was also coinciding with an Eagles game because I remember watching in the Press Box was it yeah yeah it was a PhD game there it is you guys in the PHD games and that's when I was getting you know relentlessly mocked in the press confence or in the Press Box of like oh for watching the Phillies I remember that well that happened twice I did watch yeah it was the 22 season which I know is I guess a good season for the Eagles but but but I was yeah they were really boring in the middle of the season because they were kicking everyone's ass yeah so yeah I was watching 22 postseason highlights in the in the Press I remember which of course the the big JS are Furious about yeah they were not happy no no no but no I was watching Phils mats in the while you know the Eagles maybe preseason game was going on but I think it was no I think it was a regular season I feel pretty confident about that yeah I wasn't there for a game story I was there to talk to blg shout out to blg love that guy so and by the way blg big casty guy the the of all the people I know the biggest Cy guy well here's the problem and this is not called blg basically every time Cassie does something we have a text with blg me Jack and blg and we will get like the eyes or something like yes yeah and and I would never accuse blg at being a fraud Phillies fan wow would never do it wow but it's like it's so much easier when you don't live it every like day to day like to be a he'll figure it out his whole thing is like he'll figure it out like okay well right now he's look he's swinging at a ball eight inches off the plate so I don't need to hear about how great he is although I will say you guys talked about on the morning show today I mean cocky casty is oh the best it's just like Joe had a good way of putting it it's where like when when things aren't going well it's like all right I don't really need to hear from him when things are going great there's no other Philly athlete I'd rather hear he's just so funny he's hilarious I mean like the foul playline where he's like when Kevin cash talk he like it's good to see you so he knows you know that there's there's no foul play there it's like we're not talking about a murder here man it's like you got with the baseball like Foul Play what is happening and I and I really I loved a lot of what happened with the bra I mean bra is probably a strong word no no it was a it was like a fracus a dust up yeah a dust up but honestly we could just say bench is clear that was about the extent of it but I'm with you the Harper thing like Cen Harper like MF and him like going the John Boy breakdown was pretty phenomenal and it was very clearly amfer like that's like there's no that one we're sure of and and I like that he didn't like he said he he would turned around I thought that was awesome you know it's like listen I'm not gonna take him mind I'm pause yikes I'm not gonna go I'm not gonna do that just gonna wait it out now he he waited extra long too like you know I was waiting for it like I was waiting for him to stop I waiting for him to yeah he wanted I think he wanted you want him to turn around Bry is Right which is like Bryce like protect yourself the last thing I love the teammate thing I love you having Nick's back and like man you're hurt you're like playing through injury you can't hit the ball pass the warning TR or past the wall right now like don't go throwing fist could you not yes Honestly though maybe like a 10 game suspension wouldn't be the worst thing like force him to not for not yeah at this point I don't even know I wonder if even rest is gonna help like it feels like someone's gonna have to be taken care of after the season great like I just it doesn't so singles and doubles Bryce haror for the BL might be he's a great he's is it is great that when like if if like a Reese Hoskins doesn't have power it's like all right so he's going to walk and there's nothing there like Bryce at least is such a great hitter that he can adjust and be like a 300 plus hitter when he's not you know he just pop the ball over the field like at least that is there yeah well I mean he is hitting four 400 in September and I will say like we've talked about a bunch but in 2022 it was this thing we're off the the wrist injury the whole thing coming back like no power for a month and then the playoffs start game two against Cardinal bang and and he's off and running like I wouldn't put it past him to win the lights of BR whatever to be to get that exp I put just about nothing past price haror great so I'm with you I'm totally with you I just because at this point at this point it feels like he's just playing through it because he has to play through it like because I don't know maybe rest doesn't wouldn't do anything so I I I want to know what it is though like because it doesn't make any sense it was normal wear and tear like you should be fine my bigger concern is like are they gonna have to go in there again yeah and but but at the same time like he wouldn't be he has to throw at first Bas yeah so like it can't be another like that kind of terar like the Tommy John terar oh I don't think it's a Tommy Johnson but like I just it it doesn't really add up to me right now like if was normal wear and tear then he should be able to like be fine and I it could be the other wrist right do we know for sure that it's the right uh is it he just talked about it bothering him but did he talk about what one it was well I think I think it's the right arm cuz it's still like all now the left oh yeah he's wearing the thing again yeah yeah yeah never mind yeah yeah course well the the one concerning is quote was like I feel like I'm I'm hitting the ball where it should be you know and like the launch angle right like the and then it just it's not going well that's what it looks like I mean very clearly like the Garrett stubs thing you dude I said this on the afternoon show but like the the the the Garrett stubs ball off the bat like that's gone and then it being caught by the right it's it's ridiculous like five yards in front of the warning dag it's so funny dude it's again if you squint you chase out Ley you know like like he it's just like CH I will say it's it was funny watching because because Martian's not a huge guy you know I mean Martian's not as small as stubby but he doesn't look big back there JT looks big back there when he's catching yeah it was weird watching Garcia last night the last couple nights or whatever I guess sub has been before the two times where has been out there where it's like oh he's a huge guy back there yeah but he's not J it was just weird seeing a like because I'm so used to if it's not JT it's our little guy there you know little guys but yeah dude I like that dude's big man look at him's guy I know um but yeah I just the har the haror one's a conundrum you know I I just I think this is what we're getting and and I hope that he can find the power again but I just something feels off here with like well why can't if it's normal wear and Tera then why can't a couple days off just get you back right um and it makes me worried that this is going to be something that they're going to be dealing with after the season yeah well I'm much more worried about it for the playoffs and after the season get your point get your point we want the ultimate yeah exactly and look I you know it would be so Phillies for like them to win it the year that Harper can't out the ballpark and he's just like ripping singles around that's but everyone wanted no more home run bows thing like again no one thought that Nick FES would be the quarterback to bring a Super Bowl finally bring he not just that Nick FES like out playing Tom Brady when he throws for 505 like none of us thought that was going to happen so I'm hoping it's one of those um all right take back so so I was talking to I was talking to to Larry Bo the other day can I just jump in real quick a lot of name drops from you this by John Richie and Larry B oh let me let me think about how many famous people I could talk about hanging out with and talking to so go ahead no I was talking to Larry B and he was talking about how like the 1980 team when they were going down the stretch or whatever middle of the summer he was like he was like yeah all we heard about was 1964 1964 1964 like you guys are going to do it whatever I think that developed the chip on their shoulder and it just made me believe even more this might be the year I like there was a lot of 64 comparison to this team and you know that team also went through the 80 team went three months of playing also say uh officially not the 2023 Eagles they're not they're not thank God my least favorite thing that happened all year was having to R talk about that hated that I hated it I know but they were looking it it was fair I I hated that it was fair I hated everything about me too me too but the 80 team I mean they went three months of playing 500 basb they did and they also had for them I mean they had the the you know 90 whatever years of of franchise on the back and they also had had 76 through 80 like they had made the playoffs they had failed like a lot of people believe if they had gotten done that year that team would have been broken at least to some extent Carpenter said they exactly before the season so there was a lot on that team and then they really obviously came through with and you know Angelina brought this up because he was sh up of course like I was like oh does he remember the 1964 I'm sh I wouldn't be shocky ear he looked at the box score once and you could tell you every hit that every person had or well he was like ear early in the year he's like this has to be the best team since 76 and I was like what you talking he's like well you know they got off their I was like all right relax you know can we can we stick it to the teams sck like the teams that we know all sitting like best team since 2011 right it's like yeah it's like not as good as 76 all right it's a big Dave cash guy easy easy but he he mentioned like the two teams that have won a title for the Phillies both went through like massive mid-season struggles I mean again the 80 team three months of 500 baseball the o08 team a 3 and 11 stretch to end June and like a six week power outage I mean this team's going to win more games than the 08 team yeah yeah I mean were they 92 right 8 92 this's probably going to be 94 95 I guess I don't know how it plays out but like 94 maybe what 81 91 anyway um they either 91 or 92 in uh no oh oh oh oh similar in 80 yeah 91 I want to say I'm not 100% sure get Mike gelene in here I know well 08 was definitely 92 so that one I'm sure of yeah that's what threw me off so yeah like listen they're 88 right now low I I just want to hear I just want to see 95 I know it I do too no I'm with you I care about it now to be fair just give me two we all know why get over 89 and a half got some shekels riding on it which is very disappointed in Vegas per usual yeah we also can I just say anyone who didn't bet on them to win the division shame on you bad call there was like plus 300 odds or whatever I was like what are we doing here yeah speaking of odds I I'm pretty bomb stealer wheeler won't win the sa young yeah it's it's gonna be Chris it's gonna be Chris and I I like it the thing is too I one of the things that I kind of been banging on before the sale thing happened was like all right this is wheeler year like everyone knows he got screwed out of it the burns year like he deserved it that year he's been so consistently top two top three in the National League for so long it's like wouldn't be won his MVP right nice but no you're right they it should have been yic again they you know whatever but Chris sa's never won one either like so he doesn't even have the narrative thing going like Chris S has actually been top five way more than wheeler has in his career I mean I think sa's been top five like six or seven times or something like that five or six times like he's been up there a lot like so you don't even have the narrative part where it's like it's Wheeler's here it's Chris s's year even more he has had a a longer better career sadly than than wheeler Chris s's not a Hall of Famer right so I don't think so but I would when I was looking at like he has said a lot of top five young finishes like I was shocked how many it was and I like through it I mean first stret there so funny he said that because I didn't think about it at all until I was looking at his stats this morning and I was kind of like well dude I mean when he kind of there man whenever chrisel can just be healthy he's like a top five pitcher in baseball without a doubt Chris's chrisel is awesome I mean good man and um and just the F honestly like we you're old enough to remember I know I'm always old enough to remember these things when he started when his career came up like everyone was like this dude's got no chance like his arm is going to fall off at the elbow like he will not last he is really bled it's pretty amazing uh so real quick he has uh top five finishes for sa young okay let's go top six because he has one top six so one two three four five six seven that's a lot that's a lot man top six and so so today will'll be eight this year will be eight eight times in the top six for something that that's like Hall of Fame stuff and I wish I could make a case with the Innings but he's only like 14 Innings behind wheeler I think so it's not like that drastic it's not like Burns was like I think 30 Innings behind well that was why I think wheeler should have won it that year when you looked at the of it yeah like we said we've always said like we always said so it's a shame though because um you know it's another year in this one I I don't I think it's less of a slight against wheeler but it is a shame because like Zack Willer should have a saon I agree I agree I agree I'm with you I I would be at this point I mean for those who aren't following it I think uh is he 16 and three right now yeah with a 238 erra leads the league um he leads Le 16 wins leads the league which is wild um 16 and three is a good good oh no it's no I'm saying not that not the 16 and three it's a great record I'm saying the fact 16 wins leads the league it's you know different baseball will we ever see a 20 game winner um again it's crazy it's cra uh s s's going to win it and he deserves it unless get last two starts rough him up baby rough him up I don't think it's gonna happen I don't think it's gonna happen no yeah one of the bigger things that I think happened in the series against the Rays is Trey looks really healthy like finally yeah the two homers that like two homers but even like defensively he made a running play in left field he he's getting the baseballs he looks like he's kind of like God he's uh you know spry out there I agree with you and he almost beat out a ball in the infield last night where it was just like that's like that's the dynamic Trend yep and and like he said four home runs in his last 11 games so he he just looks healthy and I think he was still dealing with a little bit of hamstring issues when he came back so well which would be you know he was it looked like he was kind of playing it safe early on too he wasn't like pushing the the like pushing it to run super fast at time so that would dve with that nope and I'm currently monitoring something I love a good Fritz monitor monitoring the Bob Dylan situation so hold up one sec you could have given me 5,000 guesses there what what the monitor situ and the Bob Dylan situation was absolutely not one of those five gu I might be all right welcome aboard look at you yeah yeah pretty good huh yeah just monitoring the B I'm actually surprised it's taking you this long it's kind of right up your ey you love like folk and you love that kind of sound like you're croi man all that kind of stuff like took me a while like Neil Young I love Neil Young I I've always I've actually always like the second I heard Jim cochi I was like that's no you always been a cro yeah that's a guy so yes the Bob Dylan thing we're monitoring good and pretty good song I did have a thing I did have a a thought today too of like I I think I think Friend of the Devil is unskippable oh going look great for dead on me I love this yeah I think it's it's it's an unsk skippable song it's also short too which just it's pretty unskippable it's a amazing song and scenes from an Italian restaurant is still the best song to listen to while walking around the city as you've said I'll give you a a it's not like a deep dilling cup but uh check out Tangled Up In Blue amazing I think that one's on my on my rundown it's a great song and speaking of the Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia does I I actually think that I mean not which is a Dylan thing obviously there are many versions of Dylan songs that are better than his version Jerry Garcia band Tangled Up In Blue listen to that well trust me on this as we both know John Mayor put them on the map yes and I want coming around I want to give a special shout out to uh this guy special shout out yeah because I I sent you this yesterday so John crit this is so cool and his and his family uh this is so cool so his his four kids ABI B Tori and shua shout out they they love listening to the podcast so they do the this the they were singing hi hopes by Tim house by the way look up Tim house hi hopes there so they're singing the int into a celer yo into all the ad reads so just professionals and couldn't appreciate and let me tell you uh Jack s it to me uh I played it for Emily I really specifically want to thank you guys John the whole family the kids because and this we' talked about this in about before though I have my wife Emily loves the Pod hates the yo because she has been woken up many times with the yo I like she'll be like can you keep it down I'll be like no it's the playoffs I can't like sorry just deal with it like Zoe the whole thing the only thing that has turned my wife on the yo is over the years the videos that I've gotten or these type of things where kids are into it and do it and she can't fight back she like okay yep like that's awesome and so thank you you are helping my my life the case helping the case and the other thing is I continue to win the battle against cursing on the podcast I don't do it I know it's over I don't think there's a battle anymore I think you just won family even at the point where when I do curse which I think a few pods ago it slipped out I'm like oh no I'm so sorry think about the kids think about the kids familyfriendly pod and now we got Tucker Mr YouTube guy over here like I'm like fully out on cursing on the you will never hear a curse on here unless it slips way to be a pro way to be a pro if the Phils wion the World Series it might have might have to break it that's are off all bets are off there would be beer hat and podcast record Jason Kelsey dropped an MF on the radio day so no big deal he is one of a kind the best one of a kind One of a Kind so that's all I got and uh I'm not ear to ear buddy ear to ear not that nervous for this weekend excited for this weekend could talk myself into becoming nervous could be nervous like that like a couple innings in it's like oh gosh yeah but they're in a good spot so yeah I'm excited and step on a throat yeah well this is it look you can step on the Met's throat you can step on the Brewer's throat yep over the next few games here smoked last night smoked was it 14 to oh no that was the Diamondbacks when was 14 yeah Diamondbacks I just I'm I are you monitoring the Diamond Back situation do you know that they've uh what was the stat I heard this morning uh they tied the record for most games with like uh C double digit runs and double digit extra based hits or something like that yeah I think they like 12 extra base hits last night extra hit think about great love it yeah Christian Walker's back back to Homer game the whole NL playoffs every team scares me you agree that well that's what stood from last year like last year you had like a team like the marlands who were you know that they were not a playoff team you know and and big Phillies win Grand Slam cool and all that but like it was they were not they shouldn't have been there this year you're going to have six teams like there's no 81 and 81 or 82 and 80 team getting in like all these teams are going to be a good you know 8 to 10 teams over 500 it's it's legit totally it's G it's gonna be stressful yeah you guys talking about more excited or nervous I'm definitely in the nervous excited but I get it here's the thing the diamond ma will make me like honestly I'd rather play the Dodgers than Diamond Ma I know that's crazy but I would like I am so out on playing the diamond I do hate them so out on it like I want to beat them so that'd be fun like you know when you do them that's how I feel about Dix that is my official stand on DX I'm at give me the Brewers I'll take the bre yeah please like come on beat Reese in a playoff series be great he is struggle I know it's like oh yeah we remember those stretches too struggling all right uh we'll be back after the weekend big Series against the Mets um Sunday Night Baseball next weekend right yeah yeah okay so messed that up last night yeah yeah yeah that's what I thought all right so uh we'll be back probably Sunday or I guess with football we'll figure it out either Sunday or Monday we'll be back uh until then he for some Selzer