Your quarterback. Photo credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Your quarterback. Photo credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Good morning. Football is here, and finally the focus will be on the field… right?

 

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The roundup:

Why yes, Pat Burrell did go to the Irish Pub this weekend:

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RADIO WARS: Nick Kayal Does a Heel Turn.

Jeff McLane writes about the race issue.

Bro Mark Sanchez says that, like, bro, Chip is totally down with the bros, bro:

via Zach Berman

via Zach Berman

Cody Parkey, perhaps the whitest player in the league, also backs the Chipper:

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And so does hipster Connor Barwin. Well now it’s settled.

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Philadelphia killed HitchBOT. The robot that was making a cross-continent trek in the name of wonder and science had its limbs removed in Old City because….. well, we’re mongrels. Way to go, Philly. Way. To. Go.

Anyone notice Siri being just a bit more testy this morning? We’ve provoked them now. Somewhere, Karel Capek sips his vodka. “Called it,” he whispers to himself.

CBS is bringing back SportsLine… for a fee:

So here’s a compromise that could work: CBS is launching a new sports site, and hopes people will pay $10 a month to use it.

You can visit CBS’s new SportsLine for free, but the network thinks you’ll want to pay up for full access to the site and its stats-heavy approach to sports, which emphasizes picks, projections, analysis and all sorts of things that look like they involve math.

Michael Del Zotto, ladies and gentlemen:

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I bet you that dude’s got some weird-ass fantasies. Weird-ass fantasies.

Fake umpires at Citi Field.

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Curiously, the Cowboys are embracing the Dez Bryant camp fight– with full video, a MUST-WATCH label, and even a GIF:

Now that’s some progressive social-median right there, some next level shit.

Chicago Tribune article about Millennials living at home ruining the economy. Maybe. But I feel like with our generation everything is delayed just a bit more– marriage, children, home purchase. Once everyone hits a certain age, I bet the housing market surges. It’s just taking longer because we’re all big babies.

The New York Times says it’s because Millennials are poorer than the previous generation was at this point— part of that is because of the economy, part because of massive student loan debt. But still, everything feels delayed. Once people start getting married and having kids, the feel-good hipster vibe goes away and we’ll all start becoming SUCH BIG BOYS.

Speaking of, it’s going to be a boy. And yes, I already bought him a baseball glove.

The human-shaped figure of brain-eating zombie manager Pete Mackanin explains why Chase Utley will be a utility player:

“I will move him around, I can give Cesar a day off here, and play Cesar at shortstop, for example, to allow Utley to get some at-bats,” Mackanin said. “It is important for us to get him at-bats and I will do that. He might play first base one day, but I will try to get him as many at-bats as I can.”

Then Mackanin added the kicker.

“There is no way I will let him just sit on the bench because we still think he has value and I think he has a lot left.”

Say it ain’t so, Chase! Say it ain’t so oh oh oh oh!

Since his deal with the Sacramento Kings fell through due to his physical, free agent Luc Mbah a Moute wore a Sixers jersey during the Team World vs. Team Africa game this weekend.

Jahlil Okafor don’t mess around.

Jontathan Papelbon told a radio station in D.C. that he thinks he became the fall guy for the Phillies’ shortcomings:

“I think honestly it came from people just trying to find what was wrong in Philadelphia, and I kind of became the scapegoat. I was the only one in the clubhouse I felt like that answered questions honestly and was honest with who I was as a player, and was honest about where our team was at.

I think that maybe took it in the wrong direction because I was honest. I don’t know where it comes from, but the only thing that matters to me is what my peers think and what my teammates think. I just want to win and be a good teammate. That’s all that matters to me.”

He’s totally that guy who, when asked what his biggest flaw is, says “I guess I’m just too honest.”

Malcolm Jenkins has some thoughts on Brandon Boykin’s comments:
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The Rangers and Giants had a bench-clearing situation in Cole Hamels’ first start with the team. “Yeah, that’s some serious excitement,” Hamels said. “Just to be welcomed with them and then to join them.”

The Phillies have really restocked their farm system in the last 14 months. According to MLB.com (via Reddit), 14 of their top 18 prospects were acquired during that time period:

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A pilot in South Jersey had to turn to avoid a drone at around 1000 feet, which is great, because we definitely need more things in the air that can cause plane crashes.

The Sixers’ J.P. Tokoto will likely opt to join the D-League or an overseas league this year, much like Jordan McRae last year.

After Mychal Kendricks told TMZ that he gets mistaken for Drake a lot and it would probably be best if Drake avoided Philly due to his beef (or, one-sided beat down) with Meek Mill, the Eagles’ practice playlist featured both the song that started the beef and Drake’s diss-track “Back to Back.”

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Wow. Eagles are Team Drake. Bold.

The new Phillies mural in Center City was officially dedicated over the weekend.

 

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