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Morning Rounds, October 17th
Another day passes and the Phillies still don’t know who
they’re going to play for the crown. Thanks to one of
those games that look great on a commemorative DVD – the Red Sox were down
7-0 in the 7th and still came back to win – the ALCS goes back to Tampa Bay.
On one hand the two teams get to wear
each other out. On the other, I think I’d
prefer not to face a team that can come back from a 7-0 hole. Only a fresh wound guys, lets go Rays.
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“I just can’t believe what happened tonight. It’s devastating.” – Rays leftfielder Carl Crawford
Three lines on their world:
- Boston got in Tampa’s head and sent the ALCS to game six
- The Padres have put Jake Peavy on the trading block
- and, in a plan sure to end well, Fumble Machine Romo is considering playing with a broken finger
Three lines on ours:
- The ALCS managers take stock of the Phils
- The Flyers lose again, this time to the Avs
- And Penn St. gears up to face a reeling Michigan
Phillies, Birds, Sixers, Flyers and what everybody is talking about, after the jump
PHILLIES
John Smallwood talks to the American League managers about the team they’ll face in the World Series. SKIP
Rich Hofmann waxes poetic about the virtues of togetherness. He sounds sleepy. SKIP
Bob Ford provides a few scenes from the celebration. READ
*if you can only skip one Bill Conlin picks his “all October” Phillies team from the 1980, 1993, and 2008 editions. Ryan Howard is his first basemen because “The Rynomiter is going to do some damage yet” but leaves Chase Utley off the team (and three are three second basemen!) in favor of Mickey Morandini. SKIP
Ed Barkowitz looks at the city’s loving relationship with former fallen hero Mitch Williams. Barkowitz doesn’t mention it here, but for me least, that all started when Williams sat in front of his locker and took press after that game six. It was a ballsy move, and we noticed. READ
Todd Zolecki gets one of those happy/sad moments from a Pat Burrell who seems to know he’s gone at the end of the season, then looks at how this team got here. READ
Rob Maadi wonders if the rest is going to hurt the Phils. My guess is no. SKIP
*if you can skip another, this is the one Three people who I’m guessing have never written about baseball before try for an overarching “Baseball is America” piece, arguing that the sport has given the nation it’s soul. Look, I more than most believe that the stories revealed in sport are interesting, important, and real, so I’m not against the concept, but Roger Angell these three are not. I had a physical reaction reading this piece. SKIP
Phil Sheridan on Jamie Moyer, who earned this. READ
The Daily News provides a primer on the Phillies’ nicknames. They missed some big ones, and the next person to call Utley “Uts” will be the first, so .. SKIP
Patrick Kerkstra reports that the Phillies will not put a jersey on the William Penn statue, which, apparently, is news. SKIP
Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey don’t understand how victory parades work. God, today’s “sports” section is brutal. SKIP
Damon C. Williams and Jason Nark report that Modell’s is cleaning up. SKIP
Paul Vigna looks at ticket prices and more. SKIP
Joe Juliano says that not surprisingly, World Series tickets are expensive. SKIP
Paul Hagen looks at what the Phillies advance scouting team is up to these days. READ
David Hiltbrand looks at the TV numbers and reports that Philly cares more about baseball than the debate. SKIP
John Gonzalez “can’t write 1% as good healthy as Tiger can play golf hurt,” or something like that. More absurd emails. READ
EAGLES
Ashley Fox profiles Stewart Bradley. READ
Paul Domowitch says the Eagles had to go get Tony Gonzalez (he’s wrong) but then goes around the league, which is always enjoyable. READ
SIXERS
Phil Jasner looks in on the Sixers new frontline. READ
Keith Pompey writes that Theo Ratliff has the respect of the team already. READ
Phil Jasner talks with Coach Cheeks about the last Philly championship team. READ
Tom Moore gets Coach Cheeks’ message to the Phillies: enjoy it. SKIP
FLYERS
Ed Moran says that John Stevens is pissed. READ
Ed Moran reports that previous injury reports were accurate. SKIP
Wayne Fish looks at the long line of Native American Flyers. Who knew? READ
TODAY and MORE
We’ll look in on suddenly subdued Eagle fans, get you your NFL picks, and talk the Phils ability to steal bases. As always, feel free
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