Phils Weekend, Adam Eaton Sucks, and The King of the Jungle is the Tiger

I am going to save my Eagles banter for tomorrow after we all have a chance to se the team’s debut tonight. There will be more stuff to talk about then….

Let’s talk some more about the Philberts. How is Adam Eaton still in the starting rotation? According to Rich Hoffman of phillynews.com, only once in the history of baseball has a pitcher with as high an ERA as Eaton’s been given so many starts. It is appalling that he is still in the rotation, especially in light of the trade for Kyle Lohse that gives the Phils 5 starters other than Eaton (Hamels, Moyer, Kendrick, Lohse, Durbin). With Eaton tossing gasoline on the fire every five days, the Phils find themselves having to win 3 of the other 4 games they play between his starts to play .600 ball, which they may have to do from here on out to make the playoffs. In other words, get Eaton out of the rotation now. The Phils cannot make the playoffs unless they do.

The Phils won a big series against the Braves this weekend. They need to follow that up with two winning series in the Nation’s Capital and in Pittsburgh against two extremely beatable teams. My buddy Billy Bredt warns against counting your W’s against the Buc-O’s before they are in hand as the Men in Red have not won a series near the Allegehny River since the 2001 season. And the Phils proved they can tank against the Nationals in DC last September when they desperately needed wins. These guys need to focus on the task at hand this week instead of looking ahead to next week’s huge home stand (Dodgers, Padres, Mets).

While the Phillies were winning their series against the Braves, Tiger Woods was dominating yet another major, his 13th title. My bussy Stitzer argues that Nicklaus is a better overall golfer than Tiger because Tiger has not shown he can come from behind in a major to win. I refute his theory, arguing that Tiger is the best golfer ever to play because I do not think it matter if you come from behind or lead wire to wire. The only thing that matters is winning, and before it is all said and one, Tiger will have won more majors than Jack, and done it at a time when there is much more breadth and depth of talent to compete against. Plus, his wife is hotter.

I will be back tomorrow with my take on the Eagles game and some comments on the NFL in general….