WEBVTT - Schwarbombs, Schwarbombs, Schwarbombs 0:00:00.000 --> 0:00:02.680 Hey, this is Bryce Harper and welcome to the Philly Show. 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:19.279 Hi, everybody, Welcome to the Philly Show. 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:25.720 Ruben Tomorrow, Junior, Jim Salisbury, Todd Solecki. It's Friday, September sixth, 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:30.160 twenty twenty four. Ruben's in Miami. I was in Toronto 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:31.160 this week. I flew home. 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:31.800 Yeah, look at that. 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:33.519 I got the palm trees in the back, Ruben. It 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:36.760 looks like the weather is probably a little warmer than 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:39.160 in Toronto. It was gorgeous in Toronto this week. 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:44.199 It was spectacular in Toronto. Loved it. It is a 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:47.559 little obviously a little bit more humid, but not like 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:49.680 terrible typically around this time. 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.440 Man, it's like terrible. But there's sweating bullets. 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:55.080 Yeah, it's not too bad. Nice little breeze to it. 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:57.280 Sorry about you know, some of the background noise. But 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:00.600 you know they got they got you know, they got 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:01.960 nice stuff going on over here. 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:03.320 Yeah. 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:06.800 Waterfalls, Yeah, yeah, I got the waterfalls going Yeah. 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:10.800 Absolutely lived a tough life. I live a very tough life. 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:14.000 You live a charmed life, Reven, There's no doubt, no doubt. 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:19.280 I flew back yesterday from Toronto, and I got to 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:21.959 sitting you know, you get back home. And my wife 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:24.119 was always dealing with the three kids and working full 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:26.360 time and stuff like that. So I had some fun 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:28.360 with her yesterday. Every time she'd asked me to do something, 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:30.199 I said, you know, hey, listen, I got to recalibrate. 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:34.399 I man, I was to fly internationally this morning to 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:37.360 get home, you know, And she's like, it's an hour flight. 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:41.120 What are you talking about. Get it done? So about 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:42.959 the eighth time of me dropping down and she had 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:43.479 had enough. 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:44.759 But I try to. 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:48.520 Try to keep being entertaining for myself as I get 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:52.040 back situated with with the real world. Phillies win on 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:56.720 Thursday night in Miami five two. You know, they sweep 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.760 the Blue Jays. You know, Kyle Schwarber has a tremendous 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.800 weet and rubin. One of my favorite moments of the 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:06.720 week was I want to ask you about this. Kyle 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.520 Schwarber hits that go ahead home run in the ninth inning, 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.840 and the ball was hit so hard, so fast. If 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:15.560 you listen to the replay, I can hear you go oh, 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:20.480 but it's almost it almost happens instantaneously as the ball 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:22.800 hits the bat, the crack of the bat times up 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:26.720 almost perfectly. Like, as soon as he made contact, you 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:27.800 knew it was gone right. 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:30.280 It was majestic. 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:31.919 You know, when he gets in those modes, when he's 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:37.200 locked in and he's got that super great balance, almost 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:40.480 every swing becomes must CYTV. And for me, when he 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:43.760 took that swing and as I almost sort of anticipated, 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.240 I said, ib, he throws another pitch in that area 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:49.880 and he's gonna collaborate, and oh my goodness, gracious, I mean, 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:52.960 it was like a It was literally like an explosion 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:55.960 off the bat. And and the way he hits him 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:59.720 let me there, they're beautiful home runs. There are some 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.320 great he hit some bullets. He hit some that was 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:05.160 like a majestic one. Man, it was like and it 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.760 was so timely. Man, it was a beautiful. It was 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:08.480 a beautiful thing. 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:11.760 And I couldn't help I couldn't help my emotion. I 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:13.560 was like totally. 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:15.520 I mean, I think everybody in the ballpark did it. 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:17.600 But again, like I thought, I just thought it was 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:21.920 so funny because your reaction was like, you knew it 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:23.600 as soon as the ball left the bat that that 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:25.680 ball was going to be a missile. Is you know, 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:27.480 I guess the only question was it was gonna be fair. Now, 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:30.799 it was obviously wayfair, but but uh just destroyed it. 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:33.680 Yeah when when you know, you know, when it comes 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:34.639 up of his bad man. 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:38.760 I think everybody did that. Larry Anderson even did it 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:41.480 on the radio. He just when he catches it just 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:43.200 a little bit out in front, and he's such an 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:48.200 you mentioned balance, He's such a rhythm balance hitter that 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:51.040 when he is on and squaring it up and seeing 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:55.240 it and feeling good and in a groove, he's incredibly 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:59.000 fun to watch it. And when you take the strength 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:03.600 and he's just incredible. Was strong man, and add that 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:05.040 bat speed. 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:06.880 And you hit a ball on the button like that. 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.440 You know it's gonna make a loud noise and it's 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.000 gonna go a long way. 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:14.080 And you know he he was in such a tough 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:18.040 funk going into that game, you know, the like I 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:20.480 think he had gone seventeen straight games without a home 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:23.360 run or you know, fifteen sixteen, seventeen straight games without 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:28.159 a home run. He sat in the cage following Saturday 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:31.279 night's game in Atlanta. He was really frustrated how he 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:33.960 was hitting. He talked through some things with the hitting coaches, 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:37.360 worked on some things. Saturday is the last at bat, 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:39.279 he hits this hard line out to center field, and 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:41.560 talking to Rob Thompson on Tuesday, he's like, yeah, I 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:43.520 think that's a good sign. You know, I really like 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:44.160 that at bat. 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.040 To me, that says something and you. 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:47.880 Kind of file that away, right, you know, Jim, when 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:50.200 you're writing a story, you're thinking about stories. 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:50.240 Of that night. 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:52.000 You go, okay, let me remember that. You know that 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:54.919 that line out to center field to end, you know, 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:59.000 in the ninth inning on on Sunday night, and then boom, 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:00.560 lead off home run, Like okay. 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:06.159 And I also think that brings in the mental aspect 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:09.320 of the game and the mental aspect of hitting. When 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.000 you hit a ball on the button like that square 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:14.560 one up, it feels good and it brings you back 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.799 to a good place in your mind. And so often 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.560 in this game, you know, the mind can lead the body, 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.640 and I think that that has a big part of it. 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:23.880 You know. 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:26.560 It's like you finish with a good swing, you can't 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:28.840 wait to get to the ballpark the next day. It's 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:31.440 like when you're a hack golfer and you have a 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:33.719 good hole on eighteen, you come back. 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:35.799 It's all kind of the same. 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:40.480 It's all kind of the same phenomena in your between 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:41.720 the years. 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.880 And there's another piece of that too, because for me 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.640 as a player and as a coach and an ex coach, 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:52.960 when you try to implement something and you tweak something 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:57.599 and you have almost immediate success, that's important because like 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:00.400 say he was working on X on the balancer, making 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:03.000 a good choice with his swing, whatever the case may 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:06.839 be for him, to like have that sort of immediately 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:11.240 work for him and to have it, you know, have 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.240 some positivity out of that, that's huge because then you 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:18.120 can then your mind, you say, you say to yourself, oh, 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.840 all that works sort of paying off, and it's paying 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:24.120 off immediately, I'm getting immediate dividends, and then it kind 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:25.920 of then it kind of carries you through. 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:30.440 Jimmy mentioned golf. Schwarbro also said in terms of like 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.520 state of mind, he played golf on Monday on the 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:35.279 off day with some of his teammates. He said, I 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:38.080 did not shoot well, but I had fun. And then 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.800 later he got Tyreek Hill with the fourth overall pick 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.160 in his fantasy football league, so he seemed pretty excited 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:43.560 about that. 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:45.400 So so she had. 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:47.440 Some good off the field stuff due to carry into 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:51.719 Tuesday before he hit those those three home runs and 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.480 that that dramatic win against against Toronto. 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:57.160 So you talk about again, I'll go back to what 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:58.840 French he said, you know, when he saw that these 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:01.120 guys were coming in and playing off and being relaxed, 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:03.000 and how how much he felt like that that was 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.920 going to be a team that they felt that he 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:09.960 felt like was confident and comfortable. And I think that's 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.400 one of the reasons why Topper allows these guys to 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:15.440 play golf. And you know, there's some there're some managers 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:17.640 who just basically say, you know what, shut it down. 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.360 You're not doing it, it's taking too much energy, whatever. 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:20.720 I think. 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:23.040 I think that these guys manage it well enough, and 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:27.440 Topper gives them the leeway to manage it well enough 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.520 so that you know, they they're still having joy and 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:33.720 being able to do some fun things while they're grinding 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:34.400 through the season. 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:36.240 It's a good it's a good outlet. 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:38.360 And you know, it's timely because we just talked a 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:41.160 lot about that with John Smoltz on our last episode, 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:44.320 which if you haven't listened to it, I would urge 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:46.680 you too, because I just think the guy is brilliant, 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:50.040 really insightful, and he tells good stories and he very 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.640 uh he knows the Phillies very well because he watches them, so, uh, 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:56.680 don't be afraid to cue that one up right, Todd. 0:07:56.880 --> 0:08:00.200 Yeah, absolutely, we had We had some fun with him. 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:02.520 He told some great stories. I still like the story 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.720 about how Philly has tried to lure him to Philadelphia 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:07.520 as a free agent by giving him some Marion in 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:08.600 Pine Valley time. 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:15.200 Why not? Yeah, exactly. You know one more thing about Schwarber. 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:18.760 Do you think Phillies fans have finally warmed up to 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:21.080 Kyle Schwarber being the leadoff hitter? Because I mentioned this 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:24.160 to Rob Thompson on Wednesday after the game. I said, 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:28.240 you know, we haven't really heard any griping about the 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.440 leadoff hitter in a while. It's been months and months really, 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:34.800 maybe since opening before Opening Day, I haven't heard anybody 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:37.240 bring up, you know, should he put turner up there? 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.240 You know, Schwarber's got to hit lower in the lineup. 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:43.720 Maybe people have finally accepted the fact that he's not 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.520 half bad in that leadoff spot. Tied a major league 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:52.680 record on Tuesday Wednesday with thirteen leadoff home runs in 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:55.000 a season, tied Alfonso Story on with the Yankees in 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:55.880 two thousand and three. 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:59.199 It'll be a topic of conversation. 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:06.959 The next time was fourth straight. It's a convenient rainy 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:13.560 day conversation. But you know he's he's very good in 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.760 the lead off. Well, it's unconventional. I will acknowledge that. 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:21.240 But before Kyle Schwartz, Kyle Schwarber arrived, they hadn't been 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:25.600 to the postseason in ten straight years. They targeted him. 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:30.240 Kevin Long, you know, loved him from Washington and they. 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:31.199 Believed he could lead off. 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:34.240 Even when they were targeting him, this just didn't manifest 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.760 itself in Philadelphia. And you know, he's been here and 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:39.439 this is his third year and they're headed to the 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:42.560 postseason for a third straight year after missing it ten straight. 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.640 So I think it's been a one of the best 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:47.040 signings for franchise history. 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:50.920 And we will be right back. 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.440 The summer gets super busy and getting back on a 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:56.280 good fall workout routine needs to be easy for me 0:09:57.000 --> 0:10:00.960 with anytime fitness being available anytime any where. They make 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:03.920 it easy to work on getting stronger and more confident 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:04.400 into my. 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:07.040 Schedulekratz is spot on. 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Jim your sport 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:51.520 and some shy What do you got a Philadelphia Stars tea? 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.760 Yeah, Philadelphia Stars nineteen thirty eight logo. I love it. 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:55.280 It's awesome. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:56.600 Sure that is That is a cool show. 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:58.440 I got it. I got it like a retro vet 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.760 blue nice blue, red, white and blue vet T shirt. 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:04.480 This week's Quote of the Week. 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:07.640 I thought this was interesting because I know people have 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.120 been talking about it a lot, really the last week. 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:14.040 This quote comes from Bryce Harper following Wednesday Night's game. 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:16.280 He gets hit on the left elbow with a pitch. 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:19.080 He's got the bad right elbow, he's got a bad wrist, 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:24.760 sore wrist. He's been bad. He's absolutely banged up. Asked him, 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:28.480 is there any argument to be made Jim sitting for 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.640 sitting him for a few days. Hey, we got Ruben 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:36.320 back and that's all right. So we're getting into Bryce Harper. 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:38.520 Bryce Harper had this quote said, I just don't know 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:40.880 how good I'll feel if I take one or two days. 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.360 You know what I'm saying. I feel like I'll feel 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.199 the same if I do take two days off or 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:48.400 anything like that. That's a conversation we've had before. But 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:50.400 I just feel like I'm going to feel the exact 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:52.400 same if I do take two or three days off 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:56.240 and I come back. In other words, you know, I'm 0:12:56.280 --> 0:13:00.559 gonna keep playing right now, and I don't think I 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:02.720 can hurt myself anymore. That was another thing he said 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:04.480 in terms of his right elbow. On Tuesday night, in 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:07.520 the ninth inning, he takes a swing and miss, he grabs. 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:10.520 You know, he winces in pain. Everybody goes, oh my gosh, 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:11.000 the elbow. 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:11.520 The elbow. 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:15.840 His understanding is that he cannot hurt the elbow anymore 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:19.320 than it already is, So he says, don't worry about it. 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:21.440 You're going to see me wins in pain again in 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:23.400 the future when I swing and miss, when I follow 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:24.080 off a pitch. 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:25.719 It's just the way it is. 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:30.760 So what do you think about Bryce Harper kind of 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.199 playing through this. Would you just say I don't care 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.439 what you say and rest him or do you keep 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:36.280 throwing them out there. 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.679 You mentioned they've had a lot of conversations about it. 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.800 I bet they talk about it every day, and if 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:46.360 they thought it was the right thing to do, I 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:49.280 think they do it. I don't know why they're backing 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.520 off it. Maybe they just feel like, you know, sitting 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:54.360 in for ten days and then having to start him 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.280 back up again because there is sort of that break 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.400 in period and you know, he usually comes off the 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:01.760 aisle with him great game and then sometimes he cools 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:03.440 a little bit. Maybe they just don't want to go 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:07.200 through that that period so close to the finish line here. 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.719 But I'm sure he's in on these conversations. I'm sure 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:11.720 they've done a lot of diagnostics on them, and they 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:14.760 don't feel like it can get worse and play through it. 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:18.079 You know, we we only hear the tip of the iceberg. 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:22.280 I don't think rest is the answer, but I'm sure 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:24.760 they've just done a ton of homework on it, and 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:27.800 and there's there's more to it than that leads them 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:29.200 to believe he can play through this. 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:32.840 So if they're good with it, I'm good with it. 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:33.800 You know. 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:34.920 It's the same thing with Bohm. 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:37.280 I don't know why they haven't dled Boom or iled 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.840 Boom because you're at a competitive disadvantage. 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:42.360 You're playing with a short bench every night. 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.120 Now, I know rosters has expanded, so it's a little 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:49.640 easier to swallow. But you know, they they spend a 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:52.280 lot of time on this stuff, this this medical stuff 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:56.320 and the sports science, and I think this close to 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:58.400 the finish line, you got to kind of trust him 0:14:58.400 --> 0:14:58.800 a little bit. 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:06.000 So Paul Bukhit is there basically runs their their medical 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:09.960 side of things, and he's super thorough. He's got a 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.960 great background. I've known him since I was in Boston 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:16.080 as a coach. They know what they're doing and just 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:22.320 having seen Bryce around, his spirits are great. I don't 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:24.440 think it's bringing him down at all. I think that 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.880 it's one of those situations where he just feels and 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:32.920 they feel like it's not going to go getting worse 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:36.200 as he continues to play. So if that's the case 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.280 and he's going to continue to play, now there may 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:41.840 be a point if they clean s, if they you know, 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:45.360 if they put themselves in a position to be, you know, 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.600 to have the best record, that maybe they can back 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:48.840 off for a couple of days. 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:52.560 But until then, man, he's too competitive. He's gonna want 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:52.800 to play. 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:55.160 It's these games are too important and he's and he's 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:56.880 too important to them, and he knows it. 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:00.280 And and they're tied again. They're tied again for the 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:04.640 best record, right because you know, we know what Citizens 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:06.840 Bank Park can be like as a home field advantage 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:09.120 Game six and seven notwithstanding. 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.120 So you know, yeah, I don't. 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:14.800 Doubt that once they're all signed, sealed and delivered, he 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.720 gets a couple of days. But as far as shutting 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.560 him down for ten days, it's just if it hasn't 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:22.480 happened already, it ain't happening. 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:23.960 And I'm sure they have a good reason for it. 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:26.400 Yeah, you mentioned the Dodgers. They have the tiebreaker two 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:28.120 against the Dodgers, So if the season end of today, 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.040 the Phillies would have home fields. So keep that in mind. 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:31.840 As he kind of followed the standings down the stretch. 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.680 But you know, I'll also say this about Bryce. I 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.640 feel like in the past he is somebody who if 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.160 he feels like he cannot play or is or feels 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:44.200 like he can really mess himself up. He will, you know, 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:47.800 kind of pull himself out or wasn't. Was it late 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:50.840 last season where he he DHD quite a few games 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:53.480 late in the season rather than play first base because 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:55.320 his back was bothering him, or maybe it was the 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:58.080 season before there was something going on where he was 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:00.640 it might have been, you know, he he just was 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:02.920 not one hundred percent, so he did not either played 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:04.960 in the field, or he did not play a few 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:07.359 games because he was kind of worried about really messing 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:10.040 himself up. So again, the fact that he says, I 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:14.600 don't need to take a few days off to me 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:16.720 says it says it all. I don't think. I don't 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:18.639 think Bryce is not the type of person that's going 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:20.560 to throw away the entire season by trying to be 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:22.720 mister Macho's. 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:26.639 He's probably just gearing up to do like a Superman 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:30.000 act in the postseason, like have a two home run game. 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:31.760 Everybody's like, wow, we hadn't hit a home run. 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:34.520 In weeks because he was at a you know, sore 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.919 elbow and a sore wrist, and you know he's Superman tonight. 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:40.680 So who knows one thing one thing. 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:41.960 One thing I've. 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:45.520 Learned about Bryce Harper is he's pretty much thoughtful about everything, 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:49.080 and he thinks through a lot of things, much more 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:50.960 than any other player I think I've ever seen. 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:53.720 Maybe Chase Utley he did that too, but. 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:59.760 He did it, I guess more quietly, and so you know, 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.040 I trust his decisions. He's been around too long. He's 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:04.800 been around the game too long. He thinks about this 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.879 stuff way too much for him to put the team 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:10.000 in jeopardy or himself. 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:15.040 One hundred percent there, Zach Wheeler starts to Night against 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:20.359 Edward Cabrera, Aaron Nola, Saturday night against Darren McConn and 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:23.560 then an interesting little decision the Phillies made yesterday is 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:25.680 that Seth Johnson, who they just got in the Gregory 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:28.840 Soto trade, is going to start on Sunday in place 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:32.080 of Tyler Phillips. Tyler Phillips goes out and gives up 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:33.960 six runs and two thirds of an inning. I mean, 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:36.800 you know, his last four I think he's got an 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:39.120 the array of over seventeen. So they pull him out, 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:41.800 They option him out, and Seth Johnson gets a start, 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:45.679 which again is fascinating because they they traded Gregory Soto 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:51.560 to get this guy and Moysey's Chasse, who's also throwing 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.040 the ball incredibly well in the minor leagues. What do 0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:57.680 we think about Seth Johnson making his debut? That's right, 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:00.720 I mean it depends how he pitches on but man, 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:03.360 talk about a trade that could pay immediate evidence who 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:05.760 at the time. At the time, you're thinking it's more 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:08.240 of an addition by subtraction trade, right, You're just saying 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:10.920 that get Sodo out of there. He's not happy, he's 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:14.160 not throwing, well, get him out boom. Seth Johnson could 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:17.359 come up and really be a nice little, nice little 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:18.240 bonus prize. 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:21.440 I'm not going to judge the trade on Sunday. You'd 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:24.520 like to see the pitch well. But you know, more importantly, 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:26.399