The Phillies yesterday rolled out their big off-season additions.
Their names are John Lannan and Michael Young. Yeah, not exactly Cliff Lee or Roy Halladay. Coupled with Ben Revere, this trio are the major changes bruoght in by Ruben Amaro Jr. Young will be the everyday third baseman. Revere will patrol center field. Lannan will be a No. 5 pitcher in the rotation.
Surely Amaro has another big move to make, maybe a corner outfielder. Right, Rube? Ruben?
Columnist Jack McCaffery is not exactly enthused. Check out Jack's thoughts here.
The Eagles very well could decide who wins the NFC East. Only problem is they are not in the running. They are dead last, while the Giants, Redskins and Cowboys are all tied at the top with 8-6 marks. The Birds play the Redskins Sunday in what very well could be Andy Reid’s final appearance at the Linc, then finish up the season up the Turnpike against the Giants. Some fun, eh?
And the Sixers? Well, they’ve lost four straight, falling last night on the road to the Mavs in Dallas. Andrew Bynum still has not taken part in a single practice. And now Jrue Holiday is nursing a foot sprain.
Dear Santa, please bring us a contending team! Hey, maybe the NHL (remember them?) will decide to play a shortened season.
Altogether now, “Let’s Go, Flyers!”
You can almost hear the echoes of Gene Hart.
Or maybe those are just the ghostly voices of fans trying to remember when sports mattered in this town.
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