August 24, 2010
More unwarranted hatred and vile attitude from the Philly Weekly. This is why intellectuals read the City Paper.
A comment on a Philadelphia Weekly blog post. I love Internet comments. (thx, Caitlin)
Into much uglier apparel than the kelly green Eagles throwbacks? Via Iggles Blog, here are some camo Eagles jerseys from Realtree.

Into much uglier apparel than the kelly green Eagles throwbacks? Via Iggles Blog, here are some camo Eagles jerseys from Realtree.

You can forgive umpire Greg Gibson for making a mistake at first base, even one as costly to a team in a pennant race as his safe call on Michael Bourn. Gibson is human, after all.
It’s just too bad Gibson doesn’t know that about himself. His more unforgivable error was refusing to accept the remote possibility that he is not perfect.

Hubris worsens umpiring controversy,” Phil Sheridan, Philadelphia Inquirer.

Whoa. This is deep.

August 23, 2010

If this happened in Philadelphia, there could be major outrage from politicians. (via Neatorama)

August 21, 2010
Anybody catch the Eagles preseason game last night? My favorite part was when the blimp camera inexplicably showed a random Cincinnati high school stadium and nobody said a word. (The announcers were talking about how the NFC East would shape up this year.)Did someone confuse Paul Brown Stadium with a stadium with a track around it? I guess so.

Anybody catch the Eagles preseason game last night? My favorite part was when the blimp camera inexplicably showed a random Cincinnati high school stadium and nobody said a word. (The announcers were talking about how the NFC East would shape up this year.)

Did someone confuse Paul Brown Stadium with a stadium with a track around it? I guess so.

August 20, 2010
Snooki and J-Woww of Jersey Shore are just as good at writing as they are at acting.

Snooki and J-Woww of Jersey Shore are just as good at writing as they are at acting.

August 19, 2010
Still, if you want to glimpse the true colors of its fans, check out the attendance figures for the Phillies.
Sports Illustrated’s L. Jon Wertheim, naming Philadelphia the most overrated sports town in 2001. Just under nine years later, the Phillies had their 100th consecutive sellout tonight.

“It cancels out.” (via)

August 17, 2010