Lazy Days...

I've spent the last few days reading and preparing from my fantasy draft this Wednesday night. Hence, I haven't spent much time with the blog. Once that's over, I should have a little more time to devote to it.

Granted, it's been pretty boring the last couple of weeks. Other than the Shawn Andrews thing, not much to talk about out of Eagles camp. And the Phillies are in the process of gift-wrapping the division for the Mets. So, there's no sense in beating that dead horse.

Unless you're a huge Theo Ratliff fan, you really don't have much to get excited about until Sept 7th when the Eagles finally play a real game. So, I admit, until that time, things may be a little slow on here as well. I can guarantee things will surely pick up though leading up to the Eagles opener.

Front-runners

What planet is J-Roll living on these days? Seriously. Is he purposely trying to run himself out of town? And if so, why after his MVP season last year?

Just some of the questions rattling around my head after this latest J-Roll incident in which he called Philadelphia fans "front-runners" on BDSSP. Maybe, we're all making too much of this. I didn't see the show, but perhaps Jimmy just got a little too laxed on the show. Without the local beat writers shoving a tape recorder down his throat at his locker, maybe Jimmy just got a little too comfortable on the set and let something slip. Who knows?

What we do know is Jimmy got this whole thing wrong. For a bunch of front-runners, we sure do buy a lot of tickets. We sure do spend a lot of time on debating our teams on message boards and on WIP. All of this amid the longest four-sport championship drought in pro sports. Yeah, I guess we're front runners. Good to know our MVP shortstop appreciates the sell out crowds that have filled the seats at CBP this season. Thanks, Jimmy. Maybe instead of questioning the fans' loyalties, you should work on that .260 batting average and try and help this team end the 28-year championship drought. Hmmm...28 years without and championship and we're still filling those seats every game. Yeah...Front-runners.

Whatever his intentions, Jimmy Rollins appears pretty disinterested in playing for this team and this city this season. Maybe George will finally get his wish and Rollins finds himself playing somewhere else soon.

B-West Gets His Due

I imagine just about every Eagles fan in the area - myself included - breathed a huge sigh of relief when the Eagles announced they had signed Brian Westbrook to a new contract on Friday. Now, we have B-West locked up for the next three seasons, which should carry him pretty much through the reminder of his prime. With the signing, the Birds not only keep their star RB happy, but they eliminate the possibility of the situation festering and leading to a messy breakup down the road.

You can't mistake Westbrook's value to this Eagles offense. He's one of the more versatile backs and the league and gives this team it's most legitimate offensive threat. So, I think we're all pretty glad he's going to be around for awhile.

To get ourselves pumped for some more Brian Westbrook over the next few years, here's some of B-West's greatest hits. Enjoy!

Slacker

Admittedly, I have been rather remiss in posting lately. For the record, I’ll blame this on a hectic work schedule over the last two weeks, but in all honesty, I can’t claim anything but pure laziness.

In any event, over the last couple of weeks, we saw a few developments with the Phillies and Eagles worth a mention:

First, we’ve witnessed two quality starts in a row from Brett Myers. Sure, it’s a sad state of affairs when we’re excited about two decent starts in a row from our Opening Day starter. But, considering the season Myers has put forth thus far, I’ll take it. This team could really use the old Brett through the last two months of the season.

Staying with the Phillies, the baseball non-waiver trade deadline came and went last week. What did the Phillies do? Well, absolutely nothing. Honestly, this kind of surprised me considering Pat Gillick is a lame-duck GM. With a clean break after the season eminent, I thought Pat may be willing to go on in on some kind of deal for a marquee player. What would he care about the mortgaging the future of the organization to make a title run when he’s out of here next year anyway? The lack of a large-scale move surprised me a little, but such is life with the Phillies organization.

The Eagles reported to camp last week. Yes, Brian Westbrook showed up. Thank God. So, did Lito Sheppard. For some reason, I haven’t followed training camp as closely as I have in years past. While I’m excited for football season to start, I just can’t get too pumped for a Birds team destined to go 8-8 or 9-7 and possibly finish last in the division for a second straight season.

The big story out of camp has been this whole Shawn Andrews situation. MIA since the start of camp nearly a week and a half ago, Andrews finally admitted he is battling depression. I’m not sure what to make of this story yet. I’ll echo many posters to various websites and say I would probably be depressed too if I had to spend three weeks living in a dorm room and participating in two-a-days in the heat of mid-summer at Lehigh University. But that’s just me.


So, that basically sums up the last two weeks. Regular posting will resume this week.

And one other thing: Brett Favre needs to give it up. I am really sick of this story. Brett needs to grow up and move on. His selfishness will most definitely kill the Pack this season. It’s really time for one of the most over-rated quarterbacks in history to step aside.