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I dunno man. The two guys who died in April and found second life later on being the ones to defibrillate the Phils back from the dead in the playoffs feels like some kinda weird poem

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 5h

Didn’t need too much time

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 6h

Time is the only thing that can make this true but that could be the start of Andrew Painter taking the leap in his career

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 6h

This team is so goddamn stupid. I say that with an incomprehensible mixture of both admiration and contempt

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 30/09/2026

It’s Major League Baseball’s first game with a full soundtrack

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 29/09/2026

Losing in two is too easy. This team is never "easy"

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 29/09/2026

Wild Card Series preview time, you lovely people. STRAP IN podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

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2026 NLWC Series Preview

Podcast Episode · Phillies Therapy · September 29 · 31m

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 28/09/2026

The slate is still up over the video while LeBron talks, in case you were wondering if the Sixers were still the Sixers at their core

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 28/09/2026

Post-clinch episode is live. An exhale as the Phils actually make the playoffs, and a growing embrace of how we have absolutely no clue (yet?) what this team will do this week or how they'll look doing it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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Phillies Clinch Wild Card Berth

Podcast Episode · Phillies Therapy · September 28 · 49m

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 28/09/2026

Sequence Baseball sim engine WC first pass: ATL 60.3% / PHI 39.7% CWS 51% / HOU 49% NYY 62.9% / BOS 37.1% CHC 50.4% / SD 49.6%

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 27/09/2026

Finally the opponent having nothing to play for works in their favor

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 27/09/2026

Look it isn’t very often that a franchise with such a storied history of being bleak and downtrodden has a chance to dig further into the bedrock, but today is one of those days. Maybe. Maybe not. Isn’t this fun

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 27/09/2026

Making me cheer for Manny Goddamn Machado is the greatest offense of all

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 27/09/2026

This isn’t a problem for many people anymore but in case you’re still unsure if what you’ve seen this week is really as diabolical as it seems, the answer is: AHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 27/09/2026

This really is something. All I have to say about it is the literal truth. It is a thing happening.

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 26/09/2026

Kind of a bummer that the Phillies and Rays have no positive playoff-related memories associated with a rain delay, or else we’d really have something here

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 26/09/2026

We’ve decided to hold off on recording our next episode until this all…resolves. We’ll all work through it together

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 26/09/2026

Starting Aaron Nola on 2 days’ rest is a totally normal and non-panicky thing to do. Everyone’s calm and rational

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 26/09/2026

Home field disadvantage baby

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 25/09/2026

Got my flu and covid shots simultaneously (for like the 7th time, even though the second one killed me and I've been dead) yesterday in order to properly make my body preemptively ache during this weekend series

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 25/09/2026

Some pretty insane umpiring, nestled alongside everything else going on tonight

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 22/09/2026

Whole lot of history happening on this team. Two guys hitting 2,000 strikeouts within weeks of each other is real cool

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 21/09/2026

The last regular PT of the regular season. A clinch and a playoff matchup await, we just don’t know when or where (respectively) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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Seeds of Destiny

Podcast Episode · Phillies Therapy · September 21 · 51m

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 20/09/2026

Cris Sánchez is the first Phillies LHP with 18 wins since ‘82 Carlton

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 20/09/2026

The Phillies are 10 1st-inning strikeouts away from 200 on the season, something only done twice before (2025 Angels, 2024 Mariners)

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 20/09/2026

Kerk has talent but there’s a non-zero chance that was the last appearance he’ll make for the Phils. Whole thing screams change of scenery. Bummin me out a lil

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 19/09/2026

A key difference between this year and 2020 is that the Phils will make the playoffs, and that may be the only thing keeping Brooks Raley from falling into H*mbree/W*rkman reputation territory

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 19/09/2026

I guess this is just the week of Phillies players doing things they haven’t done for 50-70 years

BRef Stathead table of results matching what José Urquidy did tonight. 7 other games, first since 1970

Text: For single games, As relief pitcher, Playing for PHI, in the regular
season, requiring Runs Allowed = 0 and Innings Pitched >= 4.2
and Strikeouts >= 6 and Bases on Balls = 0, sorted by
descending Date.

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 19/09/2026

Give me your tired, your poor; Your cast-off White Sox yearning to be free

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 18/09/2026

Will admit arguments in favor of the eliminated and busted Mets starting Zach Thornton vs. the “bullpen game??” low-offense Phillies on Apple TV as the least marketable game of all-time

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 18/09/2026

Patreon time. Something changes massively every 3 days, I suppose! Here's the latest, and we'll see how crazy the next plot twist is by Monday www.patreon.com/PhilliesTher...

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[Office Hours] What We Learned: Infirmary Edition | Phillies Therapy

A lot changed since Monday! We talk Luzardo, Bowlan, McFarlane, injury timing and in-game Wild Card pitching strategy. Plus, Paul says somet

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 18/09/2026

Jhoan Duran three innings every playoff game?? 👀 Jhoan Duran three innings every playoff game queen??

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 17/09/2026

13 walks, 3 runs. Nobody does it like this squad. And I mean NOBODY

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 14/09/2026

The Phillies have clinched a winning record, and I have clinched some allergies. Apart from that, there's a lot up in the air (including ragweed). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...

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Phillies Therapy

Baseball Podcast · Updated Weekly · Being a Phillies fan isn’t always easy. Paul Boye and Matt Gelb are here to help you talk it out. Follow the show and hosts on Twitter at @PhilliesTherapy, @paul_b...

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 14/09/2026

Here is the table I referenced for Marsh, btw. sequencebaseball.com!

TABLE TITLE: Swing Efficiency: bat vs. own distribution - A >= 75.6 MPH, B >= 74.2 MPH
2026 Season
A Swing: 105 count, 61.9% hard hit, 94.3% z-contact, 10.5% whiff, .769 SLG
B Swing: 98 count, 46% hard hit, 92.5% z-contact, 11.2% whiff, .527 SLG
All Others: 811 count, 36.6% hard hit, 85.3% z-contact, 28.2% whiff, .333 SLG

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 13/09/2026

Rocking back and forth muttering “meaningful September baseball” over and over

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 12/09/2026

Losing lately isn't great but it doesn't change a ton, or hasn't yet anyway. If Luzardo isn't healthy? Now that's a much meaner lizard to deal with.

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 11/09/2026

Hockey was, believe it or not, my favorite sport up until the lockout in 2004. A big part of the reason why was Barry Melrose and his glorious fever dream of a mullet breaking down Adam Foote’s defense or marveling at how fast Pavel Bure was. We all could stand to love something like he loved hockey

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 10/09/2026

Kyle Schwarber is a pioneer in the Bat Raise

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 07/09/2026

Luzardo’s application for entry into the next tier up in the We Love This Guy scale has been reviewed and approved

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 06/09/2026

Even without a peak Sanchy outing, that’s 3 really solid-to-great starts in a series that demanded exactly that

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 06/09/2026

Wheeler quote is nothing. Don’t care. Win the next two.

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 05/09/2026

Ronald Acuña holds a special piece of hatred in his heart to unleash during Phillies games and unfortunately I must respect that, as a fellow hater

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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 04/09/2026

A little graphical study on "entropy" and predictability. Who is easiest to guess on, and how much does it matter? www.sequencebaseball.com/viz/sequence...

A scatter plot of MLB pitchers in 2026. The x-axis, left-to-right, is labeled 0.5 to 3.0 with label text "H(pitch | count) in bits, lower = more predictable." The y-axis, bottom-to-top, is labeled -6 to +6 with label text "Run value / 100 (higher = better)." Pitchers on the Phillies are highlighted, with their dots a golden color instead of the standard blue.

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