Your Wednesday Morning Roundup
Tomorrow’s the big day. Opening Day for the Phillies, that is.
As much as I get tired with baseball come August and September, I do enjoy the return of the sport when the season restarts. 162 games is a little too much, but that’s another discussion.
The Opening Day lineup looks good on paper, but does that mean Gabe Kapler and company can get the job done? I feel like the Braves could be what the Celtics were to the Sixers for the past couple years as that team in the division that will give them headaches. I sure hope that’s not the case. The Braves have some good players, especially Ronald Acuña Jr.
But we’ll celebrate baseball, the fantastic weather, Bryce Harper in a Phillies uniform, and everything else about Opening Day as the unofficial start of spring. If you’re going tomorrow, good for you.
Get ready for tomorrow’s day by listening to the latest episode of Crossed Up.
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Over in Phoenix, Doug Pederson spoke on a ton of things about the Eagles, Jeffrey Lurie is optimistic the team will be able to wear kelly green uniforms come 2020, and the team will host the Ravens for joint practices in training camp.
On the rules side, we won’t have an onside kick alternative, but officials can now review pass interference calls and non-calls. Sean Payton’s crying worked.
The Flyers host the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at 7 PM on NBC Sports Philadelphia. Carter Hart will get the start. Here’s how the wild card looks after Florida was officially eliminated last night:
If there is such a thing as a magic number in hockey, Philly’s magic (or tragic) number to get eliminated is either 2 or 3 since technically Carolina isn’t mathematically clear of the Flyers.
The team also re-signed forward Michael Raffl to a two-year contract extension.
Monday night’s Sixers loss to the Magic was bad, but at least Kendall Jenner is #OneOfUs.
Sixers co-owner Michael Rubin and Meek Mill were on Real Sports with Bryant “Greg’s the better” Gumbel.
The Sixers could lose another assistant coach as Billy Lange will interview for the St. Joe’s head coaching job.
In other sports news, Conor McGregor is reportedly under investigation for sexual assault in Ireland.
Kliff Kingsbury will allow cell phone breaks this year.
Chris Bosh’s jersey was retired by the Heat.
In the news, the King of Prussia Mall food court has been taken over by rats.
