Heading into last night, saying the Phillies were in a must-win situation was an understatement. They were riding a two game losing streak, where they were shut out in both losses (a streak of 23 innings). The pitchers were getting their job done, but the offense had been unable to bring anyone home. Also, the Mets were heating up, winners of two in a row (and three of their last four), and were only a game behind the Phillies in second place. Well the Phillies finally showed some life last night. Behind the arm of Brett Myers and the bat of Jimmy Rollins, the Phillies beat the Pirates 4-2.
The Phillies got on the board early. Rollins opened the bottom of the first ripping Ian Snell’s first pitch down the right field line for a triple. He jogged home when the next batter, Shane Victorino, followed with a double to right field. After Chase Utley struck out, Victorino scored when Ryan Howard singled to center field, giving the Phils and early 2-0 lead.
The score remained 2-0 …
Where you saddened by the Eagles 16-10 preseason lost? Don’t be! That’s what preseason is for, evaluation. I saw some good signs in that game. My boy DeSean Jackson showed me he might be the missing weapon Donovan McNabb has been looking for. Also Stew Bradley looked good at middle line backer for the first time.
A lot of fans feel as though coach Andy Reids’ time is up. I disagree.
Coach Reid may be evasive, closed lipped, and not the most media friendly coach in the NFL. But he is still a great coach. As long as coach Reid allows his staff to do there jobs and not go all micro manager crazy on us he’s the best we could ask for. Most importantly the players see this.
Watching the preseason game I could tell the guys were well prepared. The lack of mistakes even in the first preseason game was a sure sign of a well prepared team. What I didn’t like was the fact that Santonio …
Originally I was going to write an article about Philadelphia teams not signing our free agents (Brian Westbrook for the Eagles and Andre Iguodala for the Sixers). I was excited about writing the article too. I had spent about a half hour explaining to my girlfriend how profound and incredible my article would be. It was during that half hour that the Eagles and Westbrook agreed to a deal and my “profound” article went down the drain. While trying to pull my next topic to write about out of thin air , I watched some highlights of Philadelphia’s first pre-season game vs Pittsburgh.
While watching I noticed something maybe something minor but I noticed Donovan McNabb was smiling. Now at this point I am quite sure some readers are thinking “Big Deal!” , some understand and know what I’m getting at. McNabb is a better QB when he’s smiling. He’s a better leader and a better player when in that happy go lucky mood we …
