Everybody Hits: A show about the Philadelphia Phillies
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -The Phillies are often bad and sometimes good, but never boring. Matt Gelb and Bo Wulf bring you in-depth coverage of the Phils in podcast form all season long.
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Episodes
Roy Halladay's Perfect Game
May 28, 2020 23:38 - 24 minutesBo Wulf and Meghan Montemurro talk about the great article that Meghan and Matt wrote on Roy Halladay's perfect game and how people that were part of it remember the game.
Baseball Nostalgia with Tim Kurkjian
May 21, 2020 21:12 - 25 minutesThe guys are joined by a baseball writing legend, ESPN's Tim Kurkjian, in their ongoing quest to feel good about something. So they draft the things they miss most about baseball, but really, it's just a chance to have Tim tell everyone some hilarious stories. And he delivers.
Buying and selling baseball's return
May 15, 2020 07:05 - 34 minutesMatt is back from paternity leave and he has devised a game to play with Bo: Are you buying or selling specific details from the rumored plans of baseball's return? We don't know much about anything, but some of the particulars sound a bit outlandish. Can all 30 teams really play in their home ballparks? Is this regional plan feasible? And, July 4? Really? Plus, Bo asks Matt about his recent conversation with J.T. Realmuto and the potential fallout.
The Ryne Sandberg What-if
May 08, 2020 23:55 - 26 minutesBo and Meghan discuss Meghan's story on the Phillies' 1982 trade that sent Larry Bowa and minor-league shortstop Ryne Sandberg to the Cubs in exchange for Iván De Jesús. We know how it turned out in real life, but ... Plus, an update on Meghan's OOTP Phillies season.
A Path Forward?
April 30, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutesBo and Meghan discuss some of the possibilities for a return to baseball and what it would mean for the Phillies. How would they handle prospects like Alec Bohm in such a hypothetical? Plus, an update on Meghan's OOTP stewardship ...
Larry Bowa joins the show
April 24, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutesOn this week's episode of "Everybody Hits," longtime Phillie Larry Bowa joins us. Bowa offers his thoughts on what he's doing to stay busy in quarantine, whether the Arizona/Florida plans would work, the best teammate he ever had and more. Plus, Bowa is anointed baseball's Commissioner -- what changes would he implement to improve the game?
Brad Lidge Takes The Mound
April 17, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutesBo and Meghan welcome special guest Brad Lidge to talk about how he's passing the time these days, his memories of the magical 2008 season and which member of the World Series team he'd want to be quarantined with ...
Raising Arizona’s Chances
April 09, 2020 10:26 - 23 minutesBo and Meghan react to the possibility of a sequestered season in Arizona and discuss the on-field ramifications of the season’s uncertainty for the Phillies ...
Doc
April 03, 2020 11:00 - 39 minutesMatt is joined by a special guest, MLB.com's Todd Zolecki, to discuss his new book, "Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay." Todd takes us behind the process of writing the book -- the many complicated layers of Halladay, recreating stories with most of the characters being deceased, and the more than 100 interviews that fueled it. The book made Matt feel something he didn't expect to feel about Halladay. Todd shares how he discovered some of the unreported details of Halladay's career and life.
Imagining weird baseball
March 27, 2020 01:06 - 39 minutesBo and Matt are back to celebrate Opening Day with a mental wellness check on each other. What is keeping them sane? We sure would love to have some baseball right now, and if there is baseball, what should the adjusted schedule look like? Maybe it's a chance to get weird -- tradition be damned. Matt raises the looming J.T. Realmuto question. Then, Bo and Matt field their own Opening Day lineups of current household items. Bo chooses stuffed animals; Matt goes with whiskey bottles.
We Need You
March 20, 2020 11:33 - 32 minutesThe world has changed and baseball doesn't feel all that significant right now. So, Bo and Matt are joined by Meghan Montemurro for a chat about their place in all of this -- how to write, what to write, finding the proper tone and whether a distraction is appropriate. They are asking for your help: Tell us what you want, as readers, from our Phillies coverage. Use the hashtag #EverybodyHits. Stay safe.
Spring ... training?
March 13, 2020 00:50 - 22 minutesIt's just another normal day in Phillies camp while the rest of the world confronts an epidemic. How weird is that? Meghan Montemurro joins the guys from Clearwater and sets the scene. Then, Bo, Meghan and Matt try to talk about some baseball -- namely, the fallout from the Seranthony Dominguez news.
Build a Bullpen
March 05, 2020 19:07 - 44 minutesIt's the halfway point of spring training and ... the Phillies still have no idea who will fill most of their bullpen. Maybe that is OK. Maybe not. But Matt, down in Clearwater, has some ideas on how he would build his Opening Day bullpen right now. And Bo wants to know about Robert "Big Bob" Stock.
Everybody Hits Trailer
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