Cheers and Jeers

Cheers to my arch enemy Ryan Howard for finally coming through in the clutch. He of the .184 average and 39 SO finally played at little more like Big Papi circa 2004 and a little less like A-Rod circa forever. I'm still not in love with a HR for every 6 or 7 punchouts but maybe this is what the big fella needs to get going. Cheers are also in order for Mr. Flash Gordon ( I haven't called him Flash for a while now). After that 4 hit, 5 run debacle in the opener, Flash has settled in and is gaul darn near unhittable. In April, he has gone 10 innings, giving up only 5 hits, 2 ER, 5 BB and has fanned 12. Let's hope he stays this way for a while folks.

Jeers to the Sixers. A young team that showed heart all season including the first 3 games of the Pistons series turned into a bunch of sissys in games 4-6, losing each by at least 19 points. How did Iggy, our supposed (future) superstar scored only 16 points and continued his woeful FT shooting, going 7-12. Way to be clutch Iggy. Even Andre Miller, the heart and soul of this year's team only managed 11 points and 2 dimes. Great run boys, I just wish you came out liked you gave a d*mn in the last few. It should be a big year next year for Jason Smith, Thaddeus and Sweet Lou. Joe Banner, you don't even play sports in our fair city and you get the biggest jeers of all. B Dawk stuck up for his teammate and friend Lito. Dawkins isn't a disruptive force, he is a class act and arguably the most popular Eagle. You have a history of locking up players young to long contracts that they eventually become unhappy with. Yes, Lito signed it and should honor it but you could have spoken with him prior to the Samuel signing. In my opinion, Samuel is a system player and may be better than Lito, but only marginally. Lito has injury issues but can still match with Samuel any day of the week given the right system and players around him. For you to say that B Dawk doesn;t know what is going on is crazy. He has been around this organization for about a decade so I think he knows EXACTLY what's going on. I just hope you know what'g going on after Weapon X "accidentally" give you a Wolverine tackle during pre-game.