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Phillies Have Returned To Form … Unfortunately

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The Phillies dropped a close game yesterday in Cincinnati, an all-too-common event for a team that has lost an unprecedented 10,502 times. (Credit: CSN Bay Area)

The Phillies dropped a close game yes­ter­day in Cincin­nati, leav­ing Gen­er­al Man­ag­er Ruben Amaro at a loss for answers. (Cred­it: CSN Bay Area)

The famil­iar anguish of being a Phillies fan is back.

I felt it again this past week when I attend­ed two games between the Phillies and Nation­als in Wash­ing­ton.  Just three years ago, this ball­park tucked between the Ana­cos­tia Riv­er and the US Capi­tol was known as “Cit­i­zens Bank Park South,” as bus­es dis­gorged Philadel­phia fans by the thou­sands who had drunk their way down I‑95 to watch their beloved Phillies beat up on the hap­less Nats.  They seemed to out­num­ber the home­town faith­ful and always made their unwel­come pres­ence felt.  They were rau­cous, some­times coarse, and usu­al­ly left hap­py, if obnox­ious­ly so.

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Why You’ll Watch The Eagles-Bears Game Tonight

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It won't be a Very Brady pre-Christmas game on Sunday night, as NBC will feature Nick Foles and the Eagles against the Bears, rather than Tom Brady and the Patriots vs. the Ravens. [Credit: warroomphilly.com]

It won’t be a Very Brady pre-Christ­mas game on Sun­day night, as NBC will fea­ture Nick Foles and the Eagles against the Bears, rather than Tom Brady and the Patri­ots vs. the Ravens. [Cred­it: warroomphilly.com]

Foot­ball com­bines the two worst things about Amer­i­ca: it is vio­lence punc­tu­at­ed by com­mit­tee meet­ings.  – George Will

The NFL has decid­ed that today’s fea­tured game – played at night dur­ing prime­time, rather than dur­ing the after­noon – will be the Philadel­phia Eagles against the Chica­go Bears. That deci­sion shows just how con­fi­dent the league is that you will watch just about any game they decide to air, a well-ground­ed con­fi­dence built on decades of sol­id leadership.

They could have put the Bal­ti­more-New Eng­land game in the slot.  It pits the reign­ing Super Bowl Cham­pi­on Ravens against Tom Brady and the Patri­ots.  It seems a bet­ter rat­ings-get­ter. Tom Brady is an elite quar­ter­back who has won 3 Super Bowls, done GQ cov­ers and has a super­mod­el wife. Your sis­ter knows who Tom Brady is.  Ask her if she’s heard of Nick Foles.  Or Jay Cut­ler. Con­tin­ue read­ing →