- The Birds won a meaningless pre-season game last night at the Linc. How did Penn State ever win a game with Christian Hackenberg at QB?
- The OT Jordan Mailata is playing great and should make the team. Experts are saying the former Aussie rugby player will not only eventually be a starter but will be an All-Pro in time.
- Cheers to Brent Celek who is retiring. He spent all 11 seasons with the Eagles. He rarely missed a game, always played hard, and I'm glad he finally got a ring before he retired. Hopefully he stays in football. He was always involved with the community, fan-friendly and even ran a restaurant in town. Will he ever make the Eagles Wall of Fame?
- Today Coach Doug Pederson will know who starts at quarterback next week in the opener. He claims he won't announce the starter until 90 minutes before next Thursday night's game against the Falcons, but I'm sure his decision will leak sometime over the weekend. I say Wentz, who looked good again during pre-game work-outs, will start.
- My Eagles and NFL preview will be in the blog next week. I;m still going to Atlantic City tomorrow and plan on placing a wager on the Birds. Depending on the odds, I'm looking into the over/under for the season win total , odds on Philly winning the Super Bowl again ( currently at 7-1), and the Sixers' over/under win total. It's just great to have the ability to legally bet on sports now locally. Can't wait until Pennsylvania joins the action.
- The Phillies were off last night, before starting a huge weekend series against the Cubs tonight. They gained a 1/2 game in the standings as the braves lost to the visiting Cubbies. The Phils need to hang tough this weekend against Chicago, while Atlanta stays home with the Pirates. Next week the Phillies play the Marlins and Mets, while the braves face the Red Sox and Diamondbacks. Advantage Phillies, who could gain ground as their 7 games head-to-head with the Braves approaches at the end of September.
- The Yankees, too far in back of Boston now but solid in the wild card chase, acquired outfielder Andrew McCuthen from the SF Giants. McCuthen is only 31 and will fill-in until Aaron Judge returns from the DL.
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