The Best Day

It's here folks. Get hype.

This guy...

Mr. Cy Young over here

Maddog and Lidge

Colbert is comin' back hard. Trust me.

He makes walking look badass

It's gonna take a lotta laps to work off all that Natty Ice

One hard day's work done, many to go.

SM

Random Thinking

The Super Bowl is over. Thank fucking God. I do not think I could take anymore over analyzing of cold weather, Trent Dilfer rants, or discussions of where a Quarterback stands in regards to other great quarterbacks. Seriously we all know that Aaron Rodgers could hit Osama Bin Laden with a football shaped bullet from two hundred yards away--trying to figure out exactly how good he is compared to Joe Montana or Brett Favre is annoyingly obvious and an overused discussion. On the bright side at least this conversation is not about Ben Roethlisberger, that would just depress me and 16-year-old girls everywhere.

Either way its time to break out those Phillies jerseys (a tip of the hat to everyone who kept their Cliff Lee merchandise) and start over-analyzing some baseball. This may seem hypocritical but I'm going to absolutely love talking incessantly about the Phils for the next two months. Ill spare everyone somewhat and not start in this post, but I honestly would talk about Cliff Lee's hair-do or Roy Halladay's shoe size and how these meaningless characteristics will lead them to 25 wins a piece if i had the access to their closets. I may not actually agree with those sentiments but at least i get to envision Lee's devastating curveball while I'm writing it. Maybe if i get good enough at talking out my behind than I can land a job at ESPN. Probably not though; I dont have the jawline or burly voice for such a career.

That's about it for today, but to end it here are some story lines heading into Spring Training.

1.)The absence of Jayson Werth in the batting order and left field. This is the obvious one as it is the team's most glaring weakness and the only position battle. My money is on Ben Francisco to get the early nod, but the hype of Dominic Brown has not left my fingertips. He will be our everyday leftfielder before the end of the season.

2.) Can Jimmy Rollins and Brad Lidge bounce back from disappointing seasons? This applies more to Jimmy than Brad, who really turned it on at the end of last season. Still Phillies fans trust in Lidge has not been 100% since '08 so it is still a legitimate question. I highly doubt that Rollins will ever regain his '07 MVP form but judging by Cholly's propensity to have him lead off he needs to hit over the .250 clip. At least make some contact. Please.

3.) Charlie's contract extension. Its not about whether this will happen, but when. Id put my money on the Phil's trying to get something done before the regular season starts to avoid any distractions moving forward.

-Tim Jay

Our Thoughts on the Whole Briere-Giroux Thing Going On Right Now

If you're a Philly sports fan, I'm sure you've heard about this. But if not, here's the short version of the story: Danny Briere recently got divorced from his wife. They share custody of their three young sons, Caelan (12), Carson (11), and Cameron (9). Cute names, Danny. Meanwhile, across town, Claude Giroux found himself living in an apartment alone, not part of the party crew of Richie and Carter, and not a family man like the elder Flyers. So Danny, 33, asked Claude, 23, if he wanted to move in with he and the boys. His reasoning? "It'll be less lonely and we can do things together." I couldn't make this shit up if I tried. Since moving in, Claude and the boys have hit it off, playing pool and video games together, and Claude even picks them up from school and hockey practice, even helping coach sometimes.

I hope we're not alone in thinking they need to get some fucking reality TV cameras in there. It's like a real life mix between Three Men and a Baby and the classic '90s family sitcoms. But after watching this weekend's All-Star festivities (see TinJ's article), we came up with a different theory. Consider this:

Before they moved in together, Briere was a married veteran, playing alongside the skilled but lacking experience Giroux. They don't usually play on the same line, but probably admire each others' similar playing style, a mixture of dirty stick skills, lightning fast speed, and passes that make the Blessed Virgin Mary blush.

Then Danny extends the invitation to Claude to move in. Claudey thought about it over the offseason, and moved in sometime during the fall. Things were going smoothly at first, and they really hit it off. And one night, things got physical. I don't wanna get into details, and I don't really wanna picture it, but it's kinda plausible. If you watched the skills competition or the draft portion of the All-Star game, you would've noticed the coy glances and little grins they were shooting at each other, especially when Claude got picked right before Danny.

I don't wanna start a "are they or aren't they" type rumor here. But just take a look at some of these photos. By the way, no judgement here. I fully support them in any endeavor they choose, they're Flyers goddamnit, I stick with you no matter what. And as Dennis Reynolds would say, "to each his own."

PHUCK THE STEELERS, LOVE PHILLY

-smartelli

Super Bowl XLV

Ok so I decided I wanted to write something, but I couldn't decide. As much as I love Philadelphia, its fans, and their teams, I'm not strictly a Philadelphia fan. I write with confidence about the Phillies and Flyers (cheers to Danny Briere and Claude Giroux on an awesome all star game) but I don't feel the same about the Sixers and Eagles.

It's not that I don't enjoy watching and rooting for them, I just don't consider myself a fan. I would love to write about the Celtics and Packers but our blog is called PhuckYouLovePhilly. And I feel I have a need to stick to our goal- Bias Philadelphia sports writing.

So rather than just writing about my teams I decided to write about the teams Philadelphia hates, and my teams match(ed) up against.

First, the Celtics destroyed the Kobe Bryant and his Lakers. The best stat in basketball has to be the Lakers record when Kobe is scoring. I'll give you a hint: It's not good. They're 3-7 when he take 40% of the Lakers shots. Obviously he should dish the ball off more. But anyways, the Celtics beat them pretty bad in a rematch from last years finals. And who doesn't love watching the Lakers getting beat. The Celts are the Beast of the East and the Lakers have been falling down the standings and rankings.

But the bigger story is that we can't get rid of those damn Yinzers. Is it me or does ESPN only cover the Steelers half of this game? I can't wait for the Packers to show them what we got. Steelers this, Steelers that. I DON"T F*****G CARE! The Steelers fan base is the worst in football. I can't stand them. Maybe that's just Pittsburgh in general. Why do they act like they're the greatest sports city in the world. Do they realize how terrible they've been over the course of history. It took them nearly 50 years to win a NFL championship! The Packers have more championships, a fan owned team, and a trophy named after OUR coach.

I've dealt with Steelers fans forever. My high school was riddled with them. Somehow Temple is filled with them. Why does everyone choose to be a Steelers fan when they decide to like football (especially you girls). Polamalu's hair looks like pubes. Big Ben rapes little girls. And your field is one of the worst in the league. Remember the NFL's longest game without a score? The ball stuck in the ground after it was punted.

So shut up Lakers fans, sit down Pittsburgh fans. My non-Philadelphia teams are better.

Phuck Front Runners Love Philly

J