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I make this joke only because of the well-written, but ultimately ludicrous article  on ESPN comparing the firing of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Clyde Gillespie to the Obama Administration’s forcing out of General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner.

I would like to see a journalist stand up and throw a sneaker at Andy Reid, just like that Iraqi journalist did last week to show he was fed up with Bush. Who is going to step up? Mark Eckel? Howard Eskin must wear $2000 Bruno Magli’s–they would make for some nice chin music(though I know he’s too much of an Eagles lap-dog to go negative on them–what a nitwit). Print journalists, your newspapers are going down in flames anyway–you have nothing to lose.  Sam Donellon, take off  your Nikes and throw them at the coach. Better yet, hand them off to him. THAT would be the ultimate insult!

I usually don’t rant about the Eagles, but the loss last night pushed me over the edge. Fire Reid. Release McNabb. Start fresh. How about bringing in the coach from Navy? His team passed 86 times this season and ran 667 times. I keep hearing Steve Fredericks’ voice in my head saying, “run the stinkin’ football”.

Last night the Eagles threw 46 times and ran 12 (I don’t count McNabb’s two scrambles–they were pass plays where nobody could get open). I know there were a lot of drops. DeSean Jackson dropped two very catchable balls (one right into his hands in the end zone).  Still McNabb was unsatisfactory. He threw low. He threw behind receivers.

Westbrook is hurt, so why can’t Reid run Buckhalter and Eckel? Look at the Giants. Brandon Jacobs is hurt, so they hand it to Derrick Ward and what does he do? Just rack up 181 rushing yards in the Giants’ overtime victory over Carolina.

The receivers are to blame as well. Why is L.J. Smith running a two-yard route on 3rd and 4? Why is Reggie Brown running a route that ends on the one-yard line in the middle of the field instead of the end zone with 8 seconds left in the game and no timeouts.

Most of all the coaching staff is to blame. A credible run threat gave them three victories in a row. Then they went back to pass, fumble, pass, pass, pass.

As Reid mentioned after the game, they still have a chance to make the playoffs. Maybe they do, but they have no chance off winning a playoff game with an offense that can only put up three points against the non-playoff-bound Redskins defense.

Time to clean house. This team and their coaching philosophy is out of date.  Teams that are running the ball are winning.

Time’s yours.

The Phillies didn’t do anything I recommended in my World Series blog posts–and they won in five games.

Here are three things I’ll remember about Chase Utley:

1. The amazing tag-the-runner and throw to first double play
2. The dazzling fake throw to first that made the runner on 3rd base think he could score, followed by the strike thrown home and the tag at the plate by Carlos Ruiz
3. Getting up on live television in the stadium ceremony and, without any delays or beeps, saying, “World Champions. World Fucking Champions!”

Chase hit a 35 bombs and dropped two televised F-bombs this season.

Top fan questions about the resumed Game 5 that is starting in the bottom of the 6th inning tonight at 8:37pm:

1. Do I have to park in the same parking space? What if I want to park in the same space (it’s my lucky Phillies space)?
2. Will my half-full plastic bottle of Bud Light still be in the cup holder in my seat? I wanted to finish it.
3. How can it be that I can’t buy a beer after the seventh inning but the players can pour Moet & Chandon over their heads when the game is over?
4.  Will the umpire say “Play Ball” (He’s only supposed to say it at the beginning of the game)?
5. Do the players have to get their uniforms dirty “before” the game?
6. Will the MLB cut the trophy into two pieces this year?
7. Did the umpire who said the game never reached the “comical” state actually watch the game?
8. When Bud Selig finally does celebrate Thanksgiving, will he eat his turkey and stuffing on Thursday, then have the cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie on Saturday?
9. If baseball gets really popular in China, will Fox start games at 8:30am to allow the largest number of users to watch in prime time?
10. Is there anyone who can make sense of MLB’s rules regarding suspended games?