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.