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Hittin’ Season #222: On bullpenning, horrible umpiring and the 2019 Phillies rotation

On Episode 222 of “Hittin’ Season,” hosts John Stolnis and Justin Klugh discuss the highly questionable umpiring we’ve seen in the MLB postseason so far this year, why bullpenning intellectually is a stupid idea, and what do the Phillies do about their rotation in 2019?

Topics include:

  • Milwaukee and Oakland have been “bullpenning” during the playoffs, something that used to be a last resort for teams that ran out of healthy starting pitchers or played a bunch of doubleheaders? Is it a sustainable model of succes?
  • The state of umpiring in MLB is terrible, as we’ve seen from the postseason so far.