Phightins

God damnit. Early report is that Stew Bradley will miss the rest of the season. Jamar Chaney, spotlight is on you.

<3 Todd Herremans

Almost as funny as Boston Bruins fans chanting "Flyers suck" last night, eh ECN?

Hello, NFL double standards...

Starting to side with Smitty: As good as the Eagles have been on the whole this year, McDermott may need to be canned at some point. The underperformance of this D is so frustrating.

Secondary = pathetic.

Yesssssssss.

They will have weaker attendance if they use their entire budget on one player and as a result, field an awful team around him. And yes, I do get it. You do not understand the economics of baseball.

You just don't get it man, I am sorry. They have had one of the best teams in baseball in two of the past three seasons, yet they still got awful fan support. Where is the income coming from to support a contract like this if they are not selling tickets? If they could not sell this team to the fans, how will they be able to sell any team? Are fans just going to magically show up and support a worse roster? I don't think so. So where is the money coming from? If they lock themselves into such a huge commitment to one player, they basically wipe out their entire budget. So how do they make moves to fill in holes on the Major League roster at the trade deadline? How do they tinker with the roster in the offseason? And then 10 years down the line, how do they avoid bankruptcy and keep the team in Florida? I am sorry but this is 100% wrong.

That is how small market teams become crippled financially. Sure, they could do whatever they want, but it doesn't make it responsible.

No, they can't. It isn't about being cheap, it is about playing in the worst professional sports market in the country.

Enjoy Al Golden. I hope he does well with a big program. The dude is fantastic, IMO. Completely turned around what was, 5 years ago, perhaps the worst division I program in the country. I am going to miss having a decent college football team in this area .

He is. And he did take a super team-friendly deal a few years back, by killing all of his arbitration years and taking less than he probably could have gotten through the arbitration process. But teams like the Rays just don't give out mega deals like the one you suggested. They literally can't. Maybe they can get something worked out, but they can't make a 10 year commitment to one player at that kind of money.

It's the Rays, dude. If Longoria is that loyal to the team, he is going to have to accept a hell of a lot less than that.

Lol, they have those guys at Phillies games from time to time, except we also get Clammy Sosa, Ken Giraffey Jr, and a couple others I am forgetting.

Probably, but if the players associations for any of the leagues get ahold of that, they will get a cease and desist letter. Has eventually happened to every sports blog with a t-shirt store that I know of.

Amazed this hasn't happened more often there. The Metrodome "roof" is more like a cheap bed sheet.

Sexy.

Ugh, how much more can the refs suck Boston's dick?

Well the good news is Jody Shelley will be suspended, so the Flyers will FINALLY have their best possible lineup on the ice. The bad news is that his stupidity will probably win the game for the Bruins. Hope McQuaid is alright.

There's some speculation that the Flyers are trying to trade Nik Zherdev to clear up the cap space needed to get Michael Leighton back on the roster. It makes sense. Laviolette really does not like him, and I have to think he'd have some value. Talented as [expletive] when he has the puck on his stick in open ice.

I just don't get why threads like this are necessary. To make you feel better about yourself? To prove something? Please, somebody enlighten me.

The too many men call was super questionable.

So annoying. I really thought we had that. Sixers really could have used a big win on national TV against a top team. Would have been a humongous spark. I really thought it was going to happen.

God damn. Can we catch a break once? Jesus Christ. I keep thinking that maybe we'll get repaid at some point for the last 7 years.