Enjoy your Wild Card bye, everyone. You earned it

Luzardo trade might end up an all-time franchise great transaction when all’s said and done

Bievenidos al Mundo del Mundito

58 isn’t out of reach yet

This stretch of the season barely matters. Worry only if you like

This week is a little wild for both of us, so we’re going to wait until Thursday. The episode will be better for it Cheers for your patience 🍻

No pod today as you probably figured. I’m out doing corporate things. We’re going to try and record tomorrow for you

Nola’s got one more start, and then he’s on ice until a Game 4*. Lost season. But he’s not an issue from now until that point

I mean if Arizona wins tonight they keep the screws tight on the Mets. And that’s fine. Otherwise the Phils win. It’s pressure-free baseball tonight

I don’t know why it hits my brain like this but 130+ RBI is a crazy number. 120, sure, doing damage. But 130 and up? You’re doing Paul Bunyan stuff my friend

🗣️ Shoutout Rafael Marchán

I blinked and 5 runs happened?

Good morning (again)

Whatever the hell it takes, Topper

More gifts to unwrap

Regrettably, this game slaps

That’s one of Kerkering’s best outings all year and, naturally, one pitch that was only an 8/10 gets smacked

Fifty-three dingerooskis

Deeply weird stuff out of Milwaukee faking a letter from Bob Uecker to read to the team. Wholly strange!

3rd episode of the fiscal week is go. Thinking about playoff rosters and two-week auditions and…white Ford Broncos on the 405 open.spotify.com/episode/3356...

Cristin Milioti didn’t thank me for being her co-star in Cherry Hill East’s two-week run of The Man Who Came to Dinner in 2003. That’s a shame. There’s always next year’s Emmys I guess

I don’t wanna get Matt in trouble for that invitation so I’ve deleted it but it stands if you saw it YOU KNOW

Thankful to be able to get to do another postseason of this show of ours for you. New episode tomorrow

The upshot here for me is this game only went sideways during the 3rd time through, which I can’t imagine Nola doing in a playoff start if the game is close. So that’s my thought here at 6-2

I believe they would like to take care of this one themselves

It’s a beautiful day to clinch

Chismoso…

The presentation of Duran’s dark and imposing intro is greatly heightened by the inclusion of the law firm’s logo on a white background

Sunday clinch on the table no matter what else happens tonight 👁️👁️👁️

The anxious crowd noise at Citi Field right now is Something Else

Heater context: The Phils have won twice this month when they trailed by 3+ in the 1st inning. No team has won more than 3 games that way all season

Sunday could be a…fun…day

You know you’re hot when you can get 5 high-quality innings from 2025 Walker Buehler

The Mets wanna do it so bad. So so bad

New episode. Post-sweep positivity coming in hot open.spotify.com/episode/2eew...

Hey guess what Bonus Phillies Therapy this week. We record tomorrow. Seeya then

4 > 3. Math.

Edwin Díaz’s only appearance in a 4-game series was vs. 8-9-1 while trailing by 2. Success

Starlyn Caba had a .613 OPS this season

The defense of any manager bringing in a LHP to face Schwarber is now little more than “well what else was I supposed to do??”

Harrison Bader has declared holy war upon all things Met

Cris Sánchez has allowed 2 ER or fewer 23 times in 29 starts

Gonna watch a little Cris Sánchez tonight. A little Donovan Walton. Don’t think I’m sticking my neck out too far when I say I might enjoy it

50!!

Ranger joins good company

The payroll jokes write themselves

You can’t spell Nicholas Pietro Castellanos without “spite”

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New episode. Trea Turner will miss some time; how much time, exactly, we don't know yet. But the Phillies have work to do and other questions to answer in the meantime as they close in on a postseason berth clinch. open.spotify.com/episode/4IGE...