John Gonzalez of the Philadelphia Inquirer joins the show to talk about THE PHILLIES IN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!

Gonzalez worked in Dallas and Boston before coming back to Philly. Now the Phils are in the World Series, so we ask him...’where the hell ya been?’

Gonzalez is a political junkie and actually ran for congress in Texas to further a story he was writing. We talk about that, and about how running for the New Libertarian party just ticks off everyone, including Libertarians. Also, he got around 6,000 votes, just about 70,000 less than the second place guy, whose last name was Bernstein. He finished third by 70k votes. A guy named Gonzalez lost by that much to a Jew, in Texas.

We ask about his trip to LA and why the national media hasn’t taken more of an interest in the criminal behavior of Dodgers fans. Knives were pulled on people and Phillies fans were penned into areas for their own safety, yet we’re the terrible fanbase?  We get Gonzo’s thoughts.

We also talk about working an event when there are a dozen writers for the same publication working along side.  How hard is it to find new stories and give a different perspective? Are we stuck with the same retreads all week? Can a World Series team be over-covered?

We follow that up by over-covering the team. They got to the Series, so is all forgiven? Every player on this team has taken their lumps throughout the year, but now that they’ve reached the World Series, do we love this team unconditionally now? And how do they compare to the ’93 team?

To end the show, we talk about Charlie Manuel. In our first-ever show I ripped Charlie. And I’m sorry. Gonzo shares in the mea culpa. We also talk about how this is for Charlie’s mom and Victorino’s grandmother and even Gonzalez’s dad and everyone who isn’t here to share this with us. This isn’t about 25 years of frustration. It’s about 25 years of pride waiting to finally boil over.

Oh, and yes, Gonzo is on the Why Can’t Us movement. It’s taking over the world.

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