Staff Blog
Morning Rounds, November 5th
Full fledged rant about sports and politics in the works …
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“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.” – Charles S. Darrow, taken out of context
Three lines on their world:
- Martin Brodeur has 3-4 months to chill
- The Raiders look ready to purge
- and baseball’s GM meetings are under way
Three lines on ours:
- The Phillies’ scouting team looks poised to leave
- and the team plans for a life without Pat
- We’re at week eight and a half – the NFL midway mark
Phillies, Birds, Sixers, Flyers and what everybody is talking about after the jump
PHILLIES
In the terrifying event that Bill Conlin is elected King of the World all of the Phillies scouts won’t leave the organization crippled, someone will get paid off of Chase Fucking Utley … and the rest is too here-and-there-confusing to even properly mock. SKIP
David Murphy looks at life without Burrell. SKIP
Zolecki’s notes point out an exec who isn’t leaving the Phillies. READ
Frank Fitzpatrick’s notes report that third base coach Steve Smith has been let go, predicts Burrell is a goner, looks at trade possibilities, and more. READ
John Gonzalez clears out his email. SKIP
EAGLES
Ashley Fox says the Birds have been inconsistent, and need to improve if they want to play with the champs on Sunday. SKIP
Les Bowen hands out his mid season report cards. SKIP
Ray Parrillo explains what those green-dotted defensive helmets are all about. Great mid-season, mid-week story. READ
Les Bowen tries to take stock of a confusing team. READ
Reuben Frank looks at what the Giants bring to the table, and says the Birds have the champs respect. It should be a fun one on Sunday. READ
SIXERS
Kate Fagan says the Sixers have been inconsistent, but doesn’t put a finger on why. SKIP
Phil Jasner looks at the intangibles that Elton Brand brings to this Sixer team. READ
In a fantastically mis-headlined article, Tom Moore acknowledges Ja-son Thomp-son’s crowd. READ
FLYERS
Sam Carchidi says that the Flyers’ brass is pissed about the team’s lack of defense. Hockey people always gives the best quotes, they’re all totally unafraid to say it how it is. READ
Ed Moran thinks Brendan Shanahan would be a good fit, but his contract might not be. READ
Wayne Fish says the Shanahan talks should be a wake-up call to the forwards. READ
TODAY and MORE
The talk of the town is Obama, so we’ll try to look at what his election means for the sports world. Besides that, we’ll be in and out with meetings all day but have a couple of tidbits that could be fun. As always, feel free
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