Posted By:Bretsky on October 10, 2022

The bats took a little while to get going but a ninth inning awakening on Friday evening carried over to a 2-0 win on Saturday to give the Phils a two game wild card sweep of the Cardinals. That will send em on to Atlanta for the National League Division Series and it’s champagne shower number two for our Fightin’ Phils so let’s RING THE BELL!

In this Episode:

• Phillies sweep!
• Seranthony back?
• Phillies/Braves preview (sort of)

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Posted By:Bretsky on October 7, 2022

It’s been 11 years ago the Cardinals ended the Phillies last playoff run, now the Phillies head to St Louis to make their long anticipated return to the postseason. Thanks for joining us along this bumpy road, we’ve had plenty of ups and downs but we’ve finally  made it to the tournament folks and anything can happen if the bats get hot. So, Let’s Ring the Bell for the return of Red October!

In this Episode:

• Phillies – Cardinals preview
• Can the bats get hot?
• GO PHILS

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Posted By:Bretsky on October 4, 2022

THE DROUGHT IS OVER. Kyle Schwarber, Aaron Nola and the Fightin’ Phillies punched their ticket to the playoffs on Monday with a 3-0 victory over the Houston Astros.. That wraps up an 11-year postseason drought for a team that looked to be bottoming out in May. More than 4,000 days after Ryan Howard crumbled to the ground with a torn Achillies as the Phils were knocked out of the 2011 postseason we are just days away from the beginning of another playoff run. It’s going to be a tough road with the better than ever Dodgers holding the one seed, the defending Champion Braves and the Mets with the best rotation in baseball also possibly in the way, but we are just PUMPED to have some meaningful baseball in October. We’ll get kicked of likely against St. Louis on Friday but let’s take a few moments to enjoy this. You bet its time to RING THE BELL!

In this Episode:

• Phils clinch!
• Nola/Alvarado/Eflin dominate
• Schawrbomb x 2

• Where is the offense

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Posted By:Bretsky on September 30, 2022

Well, it’s September and the Phillies stink… Losses number 11,182 and 11,183 came with barely a hint of offense, falling 4-2 on Wednesday and again 2-0 yesterday to the CUBS.. Still the Phils managed to shave their magic number down to 6 thanks to a couple of Brewers losses as neither team looks all that interested in going to the playoffs… oof.

In this Episode:

• Failing aces
• Where is the offense

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Posted By:Bretsky on September 28, 2022

Nick Castellanos returned to the lineup and made a nice putout at second base but as has, oddly, been the case for much of the year the Cubs were too strong for Zack Wheeler and the Phillies with a 2-1 defeat registering loss number 11,182 of all time… But oh hey, our boys in St. Louis got it done beating the Brewers 6-2 and cutting the Phillies magic number to 7 – can’t be picky these days, so let’s RING THE BELL!

In this Episode:

• Phils magic number gets smaller
• Braves/Mets tied at the top
• Nola and Ranger vs. some rookies

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Posted By:Bretsky on September 27, 2022

It was a mixed bag of a weekend for the Phils after earning wins to open the series with the braves on Thursday and Friday (RIIING) the Phils stumbled on Saturday and then dropped a rain delayed extra innings affair on Sunday to split with the Braves. That’s losses 11,180 and 11,181 of all time… Still the magic number sits at 8 with 10 games left to play as the Phils head out on a road trip that will determine our fate.

In this Episode:

• Weekend recap
• Wheeler looks to get back on track
• Stop thinking, just win.

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Posted By:Bretsky on September 23, 2022

Wowee the Phils are BACK. The losing streak is snapped and the Phils have won two straight HUGE games for the struggling team: A comeback win on Wednesday to wrap the series with the Jay and a gritty 1-0 victory over the Braves Thursday to open a weekend series with their NL East foes. Jose Alvarado gets the game ball and probably earned a shot to be the closer. The are no new losses to count today so let’s RING THE BELL!

In this Episode:

• Vierling delivers the game winners
• Alvarado the closer?
• Wild Card update

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Posted By:Bretsky on September 21, 2022

The Phillies followed up a miserable weekend and a day off with utter embarrassment on Monday, they certainly earned loss 11,179 after and 18-11 drubbing at the hands of the Blue Jays. Kyle Gibson didn’t have it from the start, the defense didn’t help and while the bats showed up it wasn’t nearly enough… AND YET the Phils were able to get a little cushion on their wild card leads over the last couple of days thanks to our wonderful, handsome, fine-smelling friends in New York who took it to the Brew Crew Monday and Tuesday… so LETS GO METS!

In this Episode:

• Gibson and the bullpen get blasted
• Wheeler set to return
• 12, oh 12 it’s the Magic Number

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Posted By:Bretsky on September 16, 2022

The Phils kept things rolling on Wednesday evening (ding!) with an easy 6-1 win but could not keep the win streak alive Thursday evening, dropping the series finale 5-3 to snap the five game streak, that’s loss number 11,175 of all time..

In this Episode:

• Marlins-Phils Recap
• Marsh’s Improvements
• On to Atlanta

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Posted By:Bretsky on September 14, 2022

Well well well, I step out of town for a few days and my god-awful baseball team with a penchant for losing decides to just go on a little winning streak. After a weekend sweep of the Nats, Nick Maton took Sandy Alcantara deep on Tuesday to give the Phils yet another win, 4 straight and 6 of 7 against a couple of NL East foes so let’s RING THE BELL!!

In this Episode:

• Maton’s big blast
• Marlins/Phils preview
• Playoffs odds – don’t F it up!

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