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View image | gettyimages.com Phillies young starter Severino Gonzalez earned his first Major League win today. Gonzalez pitched five innings allowing five hits and two earned runs. Despite picking up the victory, Gonzalez will not get another start with the big club. For now, anyway. A couple hours after today's game, the Phillies Twitter […]
View image | gettyimages.com Chip’s first offseason as sole captain of the Eagles personnel department is (barring minor moves) in the books. He has navigated free agent waters and waded through the depths of he NFL draft. The seas were often torrid: the direction, frequently erratic. Despite this, the Philadelphia fan base rode the […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Phillies fielded a team on Sunday with five players in the starting lineup batting in the .100s. Two players were hitting .225 or less. The lone bright spot in Sunday's lineup for the Phillies was Cody Asche, batting .284 heading into today, a gamble against Jarred Cosart, a […]
View image | gettyimages.com Will the Phillies make a trade? The Phillies seem to have gotten lucky with the few offseason deals they have made. Marlon Byrd is batting .181. Jimmy Rollins is hitting .186. Antonio Bastardo has a blown save and a 4.15 ERA. Despite getting pretty lucky unloading the three […]
View image | gettyimages.com Unfortunately for Eagles fans, Chip Kelly and Evan Mathis took more shots at each other than Floyd Mayweather took at Manny Pacquaiao. It is no secret that Evan Mathis has been unhappy about his contract. Each of the last two seasons, Mathis has requested permission to seek a trade […]
May 2, 1999 It was Game 6 of the 1998-99 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals between the Flyers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. With the Flyers down three games to two, they were on home ice trying to force a Game 7 back in Toronto. One of the bigger topics of this series was the officiating. Some […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Eagles made a huge statement to the NFL in focusing three of their six 2015 NFL draft picks upon the cornerback position. While the argument could be made that there is an opportunity to coach any of these prospects up as a safety, for now, we'll settle them […]
View image | gettyimages.com Seventeen years ago in the NFL draft the Eagles selected a CB from a PAC-10 school named Eric. That guy (Eric Allen of Arizona State) was a six time Pro Bowler who had 54 career interceptions—returning eight for touchdowns—and recovering seven fumbles. More importantly, he was one of the tone-setters […]
The NFL Draft is just getting started. Last night, the Eagles stayed at 20 and drafted USC wide receiver Nelson Agholor. We covered how he fits into the Eagles scheme here. And also addressed why not mortgaging the future for Marcus Mariota was likely a smart choice for the Eagles. In order to get you ready […]
View image | gettyimages.com So the Eagles missed out on Marcus Mariota and instead stayed at 20 and drafted, in my humble opinion, a very good player in Nelson Agholor. There are two things that emerge from last night. One, do not believe everything you hear leading up to the draft. Two, the […]
