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Morning Rounds, February 25th
I barely watched a second of last night’s Flyers-Caps game (Florida – LSU, a game which left me with two thoughts: Calathes can board for a guard and LSU is weird), but if THIS GUY is Washington’s second best player, it’s not hard to see how the Home Team won.
(I should probably mention that the real reason they won is not that goofball but rather because the Flyers, by all accounts, played a phenomenal all-around game, every line played well, and Niittymaki was out of his mind. That said …)
“It’s the fans that need spring training. You gotta get ‘em interested. Wake ‘em up and let ‘em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll.” — Harry Carey
Three lines on their world:
- Man U and Inter played to a scoreless draw
- Providence took out Pitt
- and Dwyane Wade continues to put up stupid numbers
Three lines on ours:
- Spring Training games begin today
- The Flyers beat the Caps in their building
- and the Phillies inked Chooch in what is probably their last move of the spring.
Phillies, Birds, Sixers, Flyers and what everybody is talking about after the jump
PHILLIES
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Phil Sheridan checks in with John Mayberry, who might just have a shot at the bigs.
Bill Conlin compiles the list of Phils you wouldn’t want your daughter to date and chocks it full of colorful anecdotes.
Paul Hagen gives a full breakdown of the Phillies’ player payroll.
SKIP
Dave Murphy runs a short profile of Joe Blanton, the first Phillie to take the mound today.
Jim Salisbury’s notes say Jason Donald is getting the start at second, Chooch got his deal done, and more.
Jim Salisbury gets Chipper Jones‘ reaction to the Phils/Mets rivalry.
Jeff Saukaitis catches up with Matt Stairs.
SIXERS
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Kate Fagan looks at the buzzer beaters that have killed the 76ers and the toll it has been taking on the team.
Robert Strauss profiles Dr. Jack.
SKIP
Bernard Fernandez explains the Sixers options when it comes to whining about the Nets game.
Bernard Fernandez reports on the Sixers trip to Walter Reed to meet with injured vets.
EAGLES
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Les Bowen reports that the Birds seem to be dragging their heels when it comes to Tra Thomas.
Sam Donnellon urges McNabb to go public, and dives into his psyche while doing so.
Bob Ford muses on McNabb.
John Gonzalez wants to see Anquan Boldin in green and fires back at Tim Panaccio.
SKIP
Ray Parrillo confirms that Team McNabb met with the Eagles brass.
FLYERS
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Wayne Fish points out that Randy Jones really stepped it up last night.
SKIP
John Smallwood wants the Flyers to cast their lot with Niittymaki.
Sam Carchidi’s notes look at this crazy flu which just won’t seem to leave the Flyers alone.
TODAY and MORE
Knockout round continues, which just is the day’s 1A sports story. Round these parts the Flyers finish up their back-to-back and the 76ers try to climb to .500 against the Wizards in the District.
We have a couple projects to turn around today, but hopefully you’ll see the fruits of the labor this afternoon. As always, feel free to email with any questions, suggestions, comments or complaints.
