Litto Sheppard is on the fritz again

Lito Sheppard is on the fritz again

When people talk about injury-prone players on the Eagles, normally McNabb, Jerome McDougale, and Dawkins (lately) come up.

Lito Sheppard trumps all of them. He's like the girl of your dreams you chase in college who makes you think you have a chance only to turn you down and tease you.

He was banged up this season then allegedly getting healthier and he left the field in the third quarter by "irritating his knee."

"I just pray for him and hope he's OK," Brown said, after fending off a question about whether Sheppard was struggling with his knee well before he left the game. "We've got some great trainers; I'm assuming if he's out on the football field, he's well enough to play."

I'm praying the Eagles draft a cornerback to replace Sheppard who doesn't get hurt when the wind blows.

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Wolf goes to Padres

Imagine that Randy Wolf signed with another California team. As I expected, he would not return to the Phillies. I have a good source who told me Wolf hated playing in Philly and he wanted to stay in Cali.

And, it's probably not a bad thing. He's a talented pitcher, but the Phillies don't need to put their money into another starting pitcher with an injury history.

They need to put their money on Aaron Rowand. Their best bet for improving their pitching in the near future is by grooming talent and with former Tampa Bay GM Chuck Lamar as the head of professional scouting you can bet your ass that their minor league system will improve in a big way.


The only pitchers on the open market are over the hillers like Bartolo Colon. And, the Phillies wouldn't give up what it takes to get Johan Santana. If they had a great farm system, that's another story. Maybe then they wouldn't have to give up Chase Utley and two prospects to land someone of Santana's ilk in a trade.