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Crossing Broadcast: Opening Day and Broken Bones

By Russ Joy

Published: Mar 30th, 2018 · 8:28 AM EDT

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Kyle and Russ are joined by Crossing Broad’s Phillies writer Bob Wankel to discuss:

• Gabe Kapler’s decision to pull Aaron Nola (2:30)
• Kapler playing the matchups (9:00)
• Numbers-driven decision making (11:00)
• Kapler/Clubhouse dynamics (14:30)
• Bullpen fallout (15:30)
• Knapp v. Alfaro (19:00)
• Kapler’s postgame press conference (24:00)
• Joel Embiid’s injury (32:00)
• How important rhythm for Embiid (38:00)
• The importance of homecourt advantage (40:00)
• Nova v. Kansas (47:00)
• Round-up of other notes (56:00)
• Traditional media v. New media (59:00)

Audio after the jump:

https://art19.com/shows/crossing-broadcast/episodes/a3a018f2-f4d4-449b-8223-4ffbdb828f66

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