PHLY Philadelphia Phillies Podcast

The PHLY Philadelphia Phillies Podcast is recorded live from the Xfinity Lounge at PHLY, and the talk stays tied to whatever the Phillies have just done. The sponsor line, bet365's 'where winning is everything', gets read on air and at least once became a punchline: Jamie Lynch said he would not back this team with his own money until the offense showed him something. Corey Seidman, who also writes about the Phillies for PHLY.com, shares the microphone with him in more than one episode. Bad weeks are not dressed up. After a weekend series went to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the conversation ran through a lineup that barely scored, a right-handed bat the club has needed for years, and an eighth-inning decision by Brandon Marsh with the tying run on third that drew a Little League comparison. A postgame explanation from Rob did not satisfy the show either. Another cold open calls the offense boring to watch, and Seidman describes it as stagnant and unable to string hits together. Pitching is argued over just as hard. One exchange tries to settle the five best left-handed starters in baseball, weighing Sale, Crochet and Sanchez. Then it asks whether Andrew Painter can meet a national-TV Sunday night start against a Braves lineup called the toughest he has faced. San Francisco carries the nickname 'house of horrors' here, a label the show has used before. Praise gets its turn. The episode list includes 'Kyle Schwarber Is One Of MLB’s Most Irreplaceable Players' and 'Andrew Painter With One Of The Best Rookie Debuts In Phillies History' next to 'Phillies Continue Losing Home Series, Is The Home Field Advantage Gone?', and that run of titles swings between celebration and alarm. Player temperament comes up too. One exchange makes the point that nobody can read a player's mood accurately from the couch, and it defends Harper as a player who takes the game seriously and takes it hard when he is not playing well. The jokes are quick and often self-deprecating. In one episode the numbers come off an old-school paper notepad because the laptop is missing, which earns a crack about hosting like it is the 1990s. Another starts with a Painter-themed cold open that its author warned would make a colleague squirm. Commenters are greeted by name, and the audience is asked for a thumbs-up to help with the algorithm. Sign-offs point to PHLY.com for more Phillies writing, and one lists a Monday, Wednesday and Friday noon slot. What comes through is a frank, fast-reacting read on the current Phillies from people ready to call a bad week bad and a great debut great.