WEBVTT - The Phillies have fallen into a tie for the final NL Wild Card 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:03.880 Hi, this is Zach Wheeler. 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:04.800 Welcome to Philly Show. 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:10.079 Ruben Tomorrow, Junior, Jim Salisbury Todds. We like it's the 0:00:10.080 --> 0:00:15.400 Philly Show. Phillies lose on Tuesday and that NL wild 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:20.840 card race is really tightening up. Phillies in a three 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:24.440 way tie with the Diamondbacks and Padres for those final 0:00:24.440 --> 0:00:28.479 two wildcard spots. Let's talk about it. It's time for 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:38.040 first pitch. First pitch is powered by Monster Energy. Guys, 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:42.080 how are we doing this morning? Wednesday morning? Phillies lose 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:48.000 on Tuesday to the Cardinals to nothing. Christopher Sanchez pitched well, 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:53.080 and then I'm watching the game. Caleb Ferguson walks the 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:55.320 bases loaded with no outs. I'm like, here we go, 0:00:55.880 --> 0:01:01.680 here we go. Luisa Rice, Luis Rice comes the plate, 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:04.759 and what happened? 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:06.039 Jim? 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:08.120 What were you thinking of the press box when that 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:10.200 went down? Because I heard what Rubin said it was 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:14.400 something like during the broadcast he was like or unbelievable 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:15.959 or oh oh no, it. 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:16.160 Was a. 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:20.080 Well, what I'm thinking when he came up is that 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:23.920 he's zero for fifteen and he's like the most gifted 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:28.200 hitter in the game, and I'm thinking, well, this is 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:33.199 a great spot for this great hitter, three time batting champ. 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.080 He'll he'll break out of it here and that'll be 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:39.680 the that'll be the story. And he hit hit the 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:42.160 ball really well, but right at the first baseman who 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:45.440 made a very athletic play a the old three two 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:50.400 three double play to get two outstand and then JT 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:54.200 hit a ball to it. It was right center that 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:58.640 would have been out of seventeen or I'm sorry, nineteen 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:03.360 out of thirty big league parks, and they put it away. 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.440 And earlier in the game, Crawford hit one that would 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:08.720 have been out of like seventeen, sixteen or seventeen big 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:13.079 league parks. I'm sorry, bom Alec Bohm did so they 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:16.079 and then Crawford had two lineouts. They hit the ball 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.560 pretty good, hit some tough luck, but nonetheless I was 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:24.720 surprised Arise didn't come through there. Cardinals turned to excellent 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:28.760 double play one of four in the game, and Phillies 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:33.280 once again don't cash in on opportunities. They've been extremely 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:38.440 inconsistent since July one, extremely inconsistent since they came back 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:40.079 from the All Star break when they were just two 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:42.720 out of the division. Yeah, now, they're in a tie 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:44.560 for the last spot with the Padres. They got a 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:49.800 little bit of a advantage because of the tiebreaker, but 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:53.040 nonetheless they are moving in the wrong direction. They need 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:56.000 to stop this thing and stop it soon behind Zach 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:59.080 Wheeler on on Wednesday. I mean, I thought they were 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.240 going to stop it behind or get it going behind 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:06.000 Christopher Sanchez, but the bats just did not support him. 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:08.639 No, they did not. They almost like they were a 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:10.480 snake bit. And they did hit some balls strong. 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.240 I mean they swung the bats pretty well, but not 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.679 when they needed to. I mean sometimes just a b 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:21.040 loop will suffice or a soft ground ball will suffice. 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.600 They hit a lot of hard hit balls right at people. 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:27.239 Yesterday you mentioned Crawford. He hit a couple of bullets, 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:32.760 pretty frustrating, two or three of them, pretty frustrating for him, 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:36.240 back to the point where he tossed his helmet, uh 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:40.080 from him. Alec Bohm is not the only guy who snaps, 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:42.720 but Alec Bohm drove some balls, and. 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:45.000 I'm just been. 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:50.400 Amazed at the overall defense of bryceon Stott. He made 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:56.320 three and I usually circle or highlight defensive plays. I 0:03:56.360 --> 0:04:00.240 had three or four phenomenal defensive plays by Bryce since 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:03.560 Stott started by dreyp Bryce and Scott at third base, 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:09.000 he has been excellent. Kudos to him swinging the bat well. 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:10.800 I think he punts out his last two times up, 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:12.920 but he's been swinging his bat, swinging the bat. 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:16.040 Well, playing well. Overall. Pretty impressed by him. 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:21.280 But you're right, the offense just cannot support the uh, 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:22.840 the starting pitching right now. 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:25.360 And and I know. 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:29.280 They're the old adage. They're producers, not directors as far 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:30.719 as where to hit the ball. 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:35.880 But you can be you can try to create your own. 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:38.919 Luck somehow, some way, and it's unfortunately the Phillies have 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.440 not been able to do that on a consistent basis. 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:45.960 And they're numbers with runners in scoring position lately have 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:51.279 been terrible, and as a result, they are not winning 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:56.320 baseball games. And the overall offensive numbers of this ball 0:04:56.320 --> 0:05:01.359 club grossly underachieving in my in my opinion, for whatever 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:06.280 reason they are, there's an underachieving offensive team. In the 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:08.640 past four or five years, it's been a top five 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:16.280 offensive team. This year it is a bottom third offensive team. 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:18.760 Other than maybe some of the slug numbers. 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:25.680 Frankly, they just do not provide enough offense to support 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:27.800 some of the some of the pitching that they've had. 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:31.600 Well, they were whatever they're oh for seven on Tuesday 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.160 night with runners in scoring position. That was the twenty 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.120 seventh time this season they've been shut out and or 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.960 held a one run Only the A's have fallen victim 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:43.360 to that more like twenty eight games only. 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.280 That really isn't for a payroll like this, that's unacceptable. 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:48.000 It really is. 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:54.040 When you talk about the amount of money that they've 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:59.200 poured into the offensive side of this team, for them 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:04.280 to have twenty seven games where they have not tallied, 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:07.400 that's very very hard to do. 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:13.719 Yeah. Poor, it's poor, you know. 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:20.120 And you waste another good start by Christopher Sanchez. They 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:22.920 this is only the fourth time they've lost a Sanchez 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:26.599 start since April thirtieth or fifteen and four now, and 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:29.520 Sanchez starts and this is not like one of the 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:32.320 ones where he gave up three runs or four runs. 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.960 He didn't give up any runs in six innings. You 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:39.840 guys were surprised, I assume as me, and you know, Jim, 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.880 you were asking Don Maddingly about it and Christopher Sanchez 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:46.280 about it postgame on Tuesday about the decision to pull 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:47.800 him after eighty nine games. 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:48.479 Jim. 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:50.919 The vibe I got just from watching the postgame show 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:55.120 Rubens same thing was that it was just brutally hot 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:57.720 there and he was just gassed. I mean, that's that's 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:00.760 kind of the and Don was kind of protect the 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:02.920 picture but a little bit by saying, well, I could 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:03.200 just tell. 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:03.839 I could just tell. 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:05.560 But Sanchez kind of said the same thing. 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:10.000 Yeah, Sanchez acknowledged he was done. He said, you know, 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.680 that was the phrase Don used. He went down and 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:14.640 in the dug got off to the sixth and communicated 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:16.920 it with him, and Don just said he was done. 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:20.800 You could tell, and Sanchez. Sanchez did not really deny it. 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.400 He said it was, you know, a mutual decision. And 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:27.720 it was funny. Right before the game started above the 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:31.080 above the bullpens, they have the game time temperature. 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:32.440 They have the temperature of the day. 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:37.000 And six minutes, you know, ten minutes before the game started, 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:39.920 it was it said ninety four degrees and it was 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.640 really hot. A lot of brick there that radiates the heat. 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:46.000 It was one of the hottest games I can remember. 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:48.960 So it says ninety four about ten minutes before first pitch, 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:51.600 and then there was the first pitch and they announced. 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:52.840 Ninety one and I'm like, wow, dropped. 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:55.680 It didn't drop that much, you know that quick so, 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:59.160 but it was very, very hot, very thick air, two 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.240 nights in a row, a human and when a kid 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:05.440 from the DR says it was uncomfortable, uncomfortable, you know, 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.120 you know the weather is uncomfortable, right, Reuben. 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:10.240 Well, no question about it. 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:12.160 And he's he's not the kind of guy that would 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:14.600 let him that would take himself out of a ballgame 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:17.320 or let the umpire know. I mean, this is the 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:19.520 guy that looked into the dugout that one time when 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:21.360 he looked in and said, I need. 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:21.760 One more hitter. 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:25.760 Yeah, when it was a game probably in the middle 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:27.360 of the season or early part of the season, when 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:28.960 he didn't want to come out of the game. 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:35.960 I mean, listen, it's it is really brutally hot out there. 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.040 Or what I thought was interesting is they brought the 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:42.960 kid in in that situation, in a very difficult situation, 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:46.320 and Donnie just you know, gave gave McFarland a shot, 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.880 uh and actually ended up overall throwing the ball pretty well. 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:52.160 Alex McFarlane. 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:56.080 But when you walk, guys, it comes back to get 0:08:56.160 --> 0:09:01.000 you every single time, and unfortunately, I mean, this kid 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:04.840 might end up being an outstanding believer for this ball club, 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:06.800 but in this situation, not sure if. 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:07.200 That was. 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:12.599 At a necessity or whether he just didn't trust the 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:17.520 Kirker Rings and Alvarado's of the world, or that it 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.719 just seemed like Doroan was not available so they had 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:23.200 to go with, you know, hold off on some of 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:27.080 those guys. So again two nights in a row where 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:30.880 they had you know, it's that bullpen's been beat up 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:34.560 so much. Here's the thing, as an old school baseball 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:38.480 person that I don't quite understand. You know, back in 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:44.400 the day, we had rotations and pitching staffs that had 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.040 nine or ten people. Now they have thirteen, They have 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:51.640 eight guys in the bullpen. I know that it's a 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:56.800 different era and a different time where maximum velocity and 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.920 maximum spin puts more strain on pitch. 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:03.800 But again, this is something that has. 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:11.959 To be realigned or rethunk in baseball because guys should 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:16.000 be available out of the bullpen, and they're not because 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:20.839 they're being used too much, or you're not developing enough 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:24.360 starting pitching to go, you know, have the enough length 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:29.600 to cover some of these innings, and it is in 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:31.840 this day and age, it's astonishing to me that for 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.760 two straight days they didn't really have any bullpen pieces 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:44.160 to use on a team that has eight relievers. Eight relievers. 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:47.520 Think about this for a second. Back in the day, 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:52.079 we had five relievers and stop time. 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:55.440 I mean, I again, I know it's a different world. 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:57.520 I know it's a different type of strain on your 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:02.600 arm and that sort of thing. But something something about 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:06.000 baseball that has to change is is just that you 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:08.520 have to try to develop players who can pitch back 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:10.520 to back to back games, simple as that. 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.400 Yeah, he was trying to stay away. 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:20.120 I think from Kirkering and Duran, I think Alvarado was available. Yeah, 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:22.719 but the kid, You're right, I mean, it's a it's 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:23.960 a really good arm. 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:26.720 So he strikes out. I'm sorry he walked. 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:30.360 The first batter he faced, Jordan Walker on six pitches 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:34.000 and ball four is one hundred point seven miles an hour. 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:38.320 Walker steals second on the first pitch, and then he 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:40.920 comes back and gives up a he almost gets out of. 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:43.360 He gives up a two out single on another one 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:47.120 hundred mile an hour pitch. Like I said, it's a 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.400 good arm. But those walks will kill you. Leadoff walks 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:51.800 will just kill you. He's not the reason they lost 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:55.840 the game. Ultimately, he is tagged with the with the loss. 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.280 But the offense is the reason why they lost this one. 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.439 But it's a good arm man. But I'm eager to 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:02.960 see more. 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:06.760 If you guys, let me pontificate a little bit more. 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:09.960 And I apologize for taking over here. But one of 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:13.079 the other things that happened in this game is he 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:15.760 walks the lead off guy, and yes, he's going to 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:19.000 be a good picture in my opinion, doesn't pay attention 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:22.720 to the base runner long to the plate gets the 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:26.320 second base that ends up that ends up beating him 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.520 because he doesn't he's not doesn't have the ability, or 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:30.200 doesn't have. 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:35.400 The wherewithal or the know how, or the he's not. 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.640 Alert enough to know that this guy could steal a base. 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:44.559 These are all things that will happen with more experience. 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:49.200 And you know, this is a perfect example of players 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:54.280 coming to the major leagues that are not necessarily fully 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:58.800 prepared for these types of situations. Baseball in the major 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:03.480 leagues is fall are far different from baseball in the 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.440 minor leagues, and the preparation I don't know. I know 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:11.040 you have to experience it to be there. But it's 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:14.880 also one of those situations where, listen, you come to 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:16.760 the big leagues, you have to be able to hold runners, 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:19.160 if you're if you're a bullpen guy, and you have 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.800 to be able to throw strikes. I'm not saying that 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:25.400 he won't. I think he will. I think I like 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:27.800 the way he went about it. But these are all 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:31.199 really important pieces of the game, those subtle things that 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.880 people don't necessarily see. That's the reason why one of 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:38.079 the reasons why they lost that game, guy scores on 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:40.720 a bash because he's at second base instead of at first. 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:42.240 It's as simple as that. 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:46.760 He's twenty five years old. When do you learn that? Geez? 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:49.200 Well, that's Those are things that have to be taught 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:51.520 in the minor leagues, and I see it time and 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:55.960 time again where there are players that come to the 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:56.640 major leagues. 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:59.840 It's not just the Phillies, and in fact, I think 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:02.559 the player development wise, I think they do a pretty 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:07.160 good job of preparing guys, but they don't I don't 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.760 know that those things are being emphasized. I don't know 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:13.360 the subtleties of the game are being emphasized they're more 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:17.840 worried and concerned about the guy's ability to spin the 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:21.440 baseball and to throw it hard than to understand the 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:23.680 nuances of the game that the guy might steal in 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:26.920 this situation, or you got to throw strikes, because if 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:28.920 you don't throw strikes in the big leagues, man, you're 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:32.320 in trouble. I mean, these these these sorts of things, 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:37.120 small things that have to be learned before you get 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.760 to the big leagues, and now they're learning them in 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.640 the big leagues. Sometimes when it's too late. 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:46.360 It'll be interesting to see how he handles those moments 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:49.440 his next few times out, because that was that was 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:52.080 the second big league appearance. If I'm not mistaken correct, 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:56.240 so is so I was gonna say, is there a 0:14:56.280 --> 0:15:00.880 possibility Jim and Ruben that he walks Jordan Walker. By 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:04.560 the way, Jim, I I read your story from last 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:06.920 night NBC Sports filadelph He had a great lead and said, 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:10.280 there's an old baseball adage doesn't matter how hard you throw, 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:13.720 ball four, it's ball four. So anyway he walks, he 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:17.360 walks Jordan Walker. Is it possible that this guy is 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:22.160 in his second big league appearance? Tie Game zero zero 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.480 seventh inning, and he's just kind of like not not 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:27.840 not not that he can't do it, but maybe he's 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:33.280 just not focused on it because he's a little bit nervous, 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.400 you know. So I want to say is maybe you know, 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:38.440 we'll see, we'll see the next third appearance, fourth appearance, 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:40.640 fifth appearance. If he's better at holding these runners and 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:42.800 paying attention to these runners. Maybe he was kind of 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:44.120 scared out there. 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:48.120 What I did notice is he sped up his delivery 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:52.520 when the base it occurred. I forget who got the hit. 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:56.320 It was Mason. 0:15:56.360 --> 0:16:00.440 Who can steal a base now all of a sudden, Okay, 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:02.720 And I think Caleb Coffin went out there to talk 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:07.160 to him at some point, not sure before maason win 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:10.200 or after the base hit, But he sped up his 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:15.320 delivery and Mason didn't attempt him to, uh, to steal 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:16.920 a base because he was a little bit, a little 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:17.960 bit quicker to the plate. 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:21.640 There you go, And those things are all those are 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:26.520 all great points, and those little things are completely magnified 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.440 when you don't score enough runs to play over them. 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:33.640 Of course, of course, yeah, all right, I'm not blaming 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:35.080 the kid. I'm not blaming the kid. 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:36.680 It's just that you know, he's put in a tough 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:40.120 spit situation and he made He may hold runners great 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:41.760 in the future, he may do all those things. 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:43.760 But in a tight situation. 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:47.920 Like that, that's where some of those subtle things can 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.600 can cost you a ballgame. And you hope that that 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:53.479 game doesn't kick them out of the playoffs. 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:57.720 Correct, And you hope it's a learning experience, because of course, 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:00.000 I think failure is still the best teacher. 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:10.320 Revol So Amen, Monster Energy, Unleash the Beast, Bold flavors, 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:14.119 legendary kick. 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This product 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:16.399 is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:19.200 We're back. 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:22.280 If you are watching us on YouTube, please hit that 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:25.560 subscribe button. It's a great way to support and grow 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:29.000 the show. And of course you go to the Phillies 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:33.920 show shop dot com to pick up your Phillies show gear. 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:38.000 We appreciate your support. As always, everybody has picked up 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:39.920 some stuff. It's fun to see the orders come in 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:43.879 every day every week. The last few months has been 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:48.959 pretty cool to see. So Bryce Harper, Jim, you had 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:52.320 a little chat with Bryce on Tuesday before the game. 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:57.440 Here's a quote because he DHD on Monday, he DHD 0:18:57.520 --> 0:18:59.800 on Saturday. It seems like a lot of DH in 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:02.080 the New Phillies right fielder. Well, it turns out he's 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:06.000 got a sore left knee, and he said it's not 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:10.760 to the point where it's oh crap, which is good. 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:13.800 I can still play. I can manage it. Jim, what 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:16.760 can you tell us about this because this is something 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:21.280 definitely worth monitoring moving forward on Bryce Harper's health. 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:25.439 Yeah, definitely worth monitoring. He's we know how important he 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:28.320 is in a lot of ways as he and Schwarber go, 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:32.680 so goes this offense. But yeah, he banged that left 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:35.280 knee sliding into a base in Detroit before the All 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:35.959 Star break. 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:43.960 Charlotte and Lachlan went back and found some video. They're 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:44.920 really good at it and. 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:49.000 Didn't it looked like a pretty innocuous play, but he 0:19:49.080 --> 0:19:51.760 kind of kept it under wraps. Didn't tell anybody, neither 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:54.760 did Don But he said he just banged it a 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:55.119 little bit. 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:56.760 It was sore, calmed down. 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:58.959 It got a little sore recently as he moved back 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:03.280 to the outfield and started moving a little differently. But 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:07.520 he's getting treatment. He thinks he's fine Don revealed it 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:10.680 on Monday. Hopper confirmed it on Tuesday. But like you said, 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:15.280 he doesn't think it's a big deal. And play through it. 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:17.600 Forty one games left. You play through it. Guys have 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:21.480 bumps and bruises all over that locker room and you 0:20:21.600 --> 0:20:23.560 got to play through it, especially your big boys. So 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:27.440 maintain it, make sure it doesn't get worse, and go 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:28.240 go from there. 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:32.199 But one of the things that we'll say about knee 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:36.359 and any lower body issues is that we've seen it 0:20:36.359 --> 0:20:38.800 with schwarbur in the past. You can't use your lower 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:40.480 half the way you want to, and you're not really 0:20:40.560 --> 0:20:43.679 driving the ball. It's it makes it. It affects the 0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:46.720 way you one move in the outfield for him, and 0:20:46.880 --> 0:20:48.480 to the. 0:20:48.440 --> 0:20:50.760 Way you move in at the dish. 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:53.840 And if you're not able to use your lower I 0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:55.359 mean he uses a lot of his lower half to 0:20:55.680 --> 0:20:58.359 drive the ball. He creates a lot of torque with 0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:03.040 his swing. Uh, so it can't affect him. And he 0:21:03.080 --> 0:21:05.480 hasn't been swinging the bat all that well, taking his 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:09.200 walks getting on base, but he hasn't really swung it. 0:21:09.160 --> 0:21:09.600 All that well. 0:21:09.600 --> 0:21:12.840 I had a couple of double play balls yesterday. Obviously 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:16.040 he was not running down the line. Not sure if 0:21:16.040 --> 0:21:19.080 he's just trying to preserve himself or whatever the case 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:19.439 may be. 0:21:20.800 --> 0:21:22.560 But but it. 0:21:22.480 --> 0:21:25.800 Can't affect the other parts of your game. So you 0:21:26.000 --> 0:21:30.879 wonder whether or not it makes some sense just to 0:21:30.920 --> 0:21:34.360 get off of it for a couple of days and 0:21:34.400 --> 0:21:36.280 not play. I know he wants to play one hundred 0:21:36.280 --> 0:21:38.520 and sixty two games, and he wants to play every day, 0:21:38.520 --> 0:21:41.080 and I and I totally get, you know, playing through 0:21:41.080 --> 0:21:41.639 some things. 0:21:41.680 --> 0:21:43.720 But does it make some sense to give him a 0:21:43.800 --> 0:21:44.440 day or two. 0:21:45.640 --> 0:21:47.480 I don't think he's gonna it's gonna happen in the 0:21:47.600 --> 0:21:50.680 uh in the game there in in Iowa. 0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:53.719 It's too you know, it's too big of a stage. 0:21:54.359 --> 0:21:56.320 But does he get a day or two at some. 0:21:56.400 --> 0:21:59.399 Point to uh to get a breather on off of 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:01.040 that knee so that he can come back and be 0:22:01.040 --> 0:22:01.720 one hundred percent. 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:04.760