Sure, everybody on the Eagles and the front office may try to make this out to be a not so big deal, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
Lito played the good solider during the mandatory minicamp a month ago, but yesterday his absence sent a loud message to the Eagles front office.
Only he and Scott Young (good riddance to him) failed to show up and while this isn't a mandatory workout it tells you something when even Brian Westbrook attends. The players do take this seriously.
The Eagles are caught between a rock and a hard place with this one. If they pay Sheppard more money it will piss off Sheldon Brown and Brian Westbrook. At the same time, is he really worth more money? He has missed 14 games over the past 3 seasons and he's a good player when healthy, but how often is that?
I think it would behoove the Eagles to trade him ASAP because the longer this thing drags out the less value he has. And, before you know it they're faced with a Corey Simon situation where they have to cut him days before camp.
And, to quote a scene from Boogie Nights, "they would look like assholes man!"
This organization was set back years by their piss poor handling of T.O. and they can ill afford to have another player of value walk out of here while getting zero in return.
The Eagles' braintrust can spin doctor all they want about selling us this "three cornerback tandem" but anybody who isn't braindead can see this situation is nothing like the one with Bobby Taylor, Troy Vincent, and Al Harris simply because Al Harris wasn't brought in as a starter and paid a lot more money than Taylor or Vincent.
Other Eagles news:
Had to love the snippet about newly replaced vice president of personnel Jason Licht.
The Eagles replaced him with Joe Banner's flunkie Howie Roseman, which rings of cronieism at it's worst. For one, Roseman never played football and is a lawyer, and Banner's right hand man (flunkie). He should be making decisions about what players to bring in like Charles Manson should be overseeing child births.
If this is the direction the Eagles are going in (putting capologists in there) then this organization is headed down the drain. They appeased Tom Heckert by signing him to an extension, but you have to be alarmed that a high-level exec with a football background in Licht was replaced by a lawyer.
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Phillies win another tight one
Don't look now, but Adam Eaton has won two straight games and is resembling a major league pitcher. Hell, he looks like an effective major league pitcher lately!
I'm not holding my breath yet because it's just two starts, but if he keeps pitching like this I'll really have to eat crowe over my Adam Eaton ebay auction I posted just before the season.
All in all the whole pitching staff came up big last night with the bullpen stepping up big and Gordon avoiding disaster in the 8th after allowing a triple to Encaracion (who scored on a sac fly). And, Lidge also avoided disaster, but came through in the 9th to get his 15th save.
Utley continued his red hot hitting, going 2 for 3 with 1 RBI. His homer streak was broken though at five games.
An interesting moment came in the 8th when Griffey pinch hit. He was getting a standing ovation, but during a 3-2 game?
I don't know about cheering for a guy to hit his 600th homer in a one run game. I wouldn't mind seeing him do it in Philly, but not if it's going to cost the Phils a game.
The Phils will take on the Reds again tonight, same time at The Bank. Rookie sensation Edinson Volquez will go up against Brett Myers.
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