A fun three weeks

I wasn’t sure what to write about this week -- the CHS football team, the huge opening win by the Eagles, or the home stretch of the baseball season.
As I prepare for the long road trip tomorrow night to Daniel Boone, I just want to tell the CHS football team to hang in there. If you work hard in practice and listen to your coaches as they prepare the game plan, good things will happen.
Don’t want to say too much about the Eagles, who beat a hapless St. Louis team Sunday.
Here are my two cents on that win.
I was finally impressed that Andy Reid decided to throw the ball downfield. In the NFL, three things can happen -- a big play, a penalty or an incompletion. The Eagles had forget to throw the ball downfield for a while now.
The second with the big Monday night game coming up, I’m still trying to decided what anti-Dallas shirt to wear. I have two of them and both have something to say about TO.
Now to the point of this week’s column, the pennant race in the National League East.
As I write this, the Phils are 1.5 games back of the Mets. Taking two of three over the weekend from the Muts was good, but a sweep would have been better.
They are also three games out of the wild card, behind Milwaukee, which will attempt to make a withdrawal from the Bank this weekend during a four-game series.
The Phils are right there, despite some problems like the lack of production from Pat Burrell and Charlie’s continued managerial mistakes.
Each day when I come in, my first visit is to check the fan forum section of the Phillies’ web page. They are saying things about Charlie almost daily, which is what I said all long.
The guy is the worst manager in the game. If he knew how to manage, put the players in the right position and manage a pitching staff, the division race would be over.
Hopefully, when we make our final trip to the Bank at the end of the month, the game will mean something.

Odds and ends...

• Watched some college football over the weekend. Seems like the Erin Andrews look is in for sideline reporters.
You know, the blonde, good looking type.
• Best bit of the weekend was on the Fox pre-game show and it involved Frank Callendo’s picks and Michael Strahan.
• The Patriots will be an average team without tom Brady.
• Who is the favorite in the AFC now that the Big Two, New England and Indy are 0-1.
• And this comment about Brett Farve. His two touchdown passes on Sunday were typical. Get a little pressure and just throw the ball up for grabs and hope someone from m team catches it.
• The game of the year in high school football is tomorrow night when Central hosts Catholic. Both are 1-1.
Both have eyes on a long season and both could get that if they don’t get a lot of players banged up for the start of the league season next week.