By Warren Crossley on 2/25/2008

 

Last night’s rare shootout win over Buffalo stopped a seemingly endless 10 game skid.  Combined with the acquisition of former Flyer Vinny Prospal from Tampa Bay, there is a ray of hope for the Flyers yet, who despite the worst month in recent memory, actually lead for the final playoff spot in the East.  < ... Read More »

By Warren Crossley on 2/20/2008

An arbitrator ruled in favor of Phillies 1B Ryan Howard today, awarding him $10 million in salary for the upcoming season, at the same time rejecting management’s offer of $7 million.  Until today, MLB owners have gone undefeated in arbitration hearings, and this is the first time the Phillies have ever lost in arbitration.  What does this mean for the Phillies?  & ... Read More »

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By Warren Crossley on 2/18/2008

This past weekend’s sweep at the hands of Montreal leaves the Flyers perilously close to missing the playoffs despites being 2^nd in the conference just 3 weeks ago.  Mounting injuries and a relentless schedule, as well as continued strong play from the division rivals are big factors in the slide, but the continued sloppy play is the most alarming trend.  Bad penalties and even worse turnovers are leaving goalies Antero Nittymaki and Martin Biron to have to stand on their head in order for the Flyers to have a chance to win. (Nittymaki almost did, playing brilliantly in Saturday’s 1-0 loss).

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By Warren Crossley on 2/6/2008

Catching up

 

I haven’t written for a while, and I plan to change that, so here’s a big blog to clear my head.

 

Where’s our title?

 

I hate to be a whiner, but the with all due respect to the Giants, their title win was a very improbable one, culminating in the upset of the undefeated Patriots. As I watched this Super Bowl not being able to pull for either team, I just got depressed at the thought of how the Giants seemingly pulled a championship out of thin air, wondering when we in Philadelphia can catch similar lightning in a bottle. The Phillies were poised to b ... Read More »

By Warren Crossley on 1/8/2008

 

Last night’s victory over Atlanta brought the Flyers to within 5 points of 1^st place New Jersey in the Atlantic division.  The Flyers recent streakiness combined with the total bunching of most teams in the East has their respective playoff position changing daily.  The presence of the shootout really hurts the Flyers in the standings, since they just aren’t very g ... Read More »

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By Warren Crossley on 12/13/2007

Names of 80+ players were named in yesterday’s Mitchell report on steroid use, including Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Gary Sheffield, and Miguel Tejada.  With a lack of cooperation from the players and no subpoena power, Mitchell’s hands were tied.  The fact that he still found 80 names has to be disturbing. 

 

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By Warren Crossley on 12/5/2007

When the 76ers Fired GM Billy King and replaced him with Nets’ GM Ed Stefanski on Tuesday, most of us were caught off guard.  After trading Allen Iverson to Denver a year ago, the plan was to go young and clear salary cap space for after this season.  This season was expected to be a tough one, where a mostly young roster was going to have to take its lumps.  King was allowed to make the Iverson deal, execute the buyout of Chris Webber, and make the 3 1^st round draft picks last June, so conventional wisdom was that King would/should be around to finish the ... Read More »

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By Warren Crossley on 12/2/2007

Andy Reid obviously was one of the many who overrated A.J. Feeley’s performance against New England.  I say this because he called 46 passing plays to only 28 runs.  With his backup QB.  On a miserable rainy day.  Meanwhile, in a 4-point loss to Seattle yesterday, Brian Westbrook had only 7 carries in the Eagles’ final 8 possessions, while A.J. “not the messiah after all” Feeley threw 4 picks.

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By Warren Crossley on 11/27/2007

A.J. Feeley’s success (if you can call 2 killer picks success) against the Patriots Sunday night has served only to further cloud the Eagles’ QB situation.  It was hard to ignore how smoothly the offense ran with Feeley; it looked like it did with Jeff Garcia last season.  Who plays the rest of the season really should rest on how the coaching staff forms the game plan going forward.  If timing routes and dink-and-dunk is the way they want to play, then Feeley should be the guy.  He is simply a much more accurate passer.Read More »

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