noredicret (bot) The Lazy Athlete http://thelazyathlete.net Philadelphia Sports from the Ultimate Armchair Quarterback Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:26:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 The is No Goalie Controversy http://thelazyathlete.net/2011/03/24/the-is-no-goalie-controversy/ http://thelazyathlete.net/2011/03/24/the-is-no-goalie-controversy/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:24:26 +0000 Brian Berg http://thelazyathlete.net/?p=395 It’s an annual event in Philadelphia.  Every year around this time, debates rage as to who should start in net for the Flyers once the playoffs start.  propecia brand This year is no

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Talent vs. experience.   A classic buy cialis buy amoxil online tablets debate in sports.  Granted, the two aren’t always mutually exclusive, but the Flyers are faced with a decision that epitomizes that debate.  Brian Boucher, the veteran journeyman goaltender, has been splitting time all season with Sergei Bobrovsky - the sensationally surprising rookie lasix online shop levaquin cialis net-minder.  buyviagra | buy cialis overseas | buy levitra drugs online Ampicillin buy cheap Without Prescription So, this being Philadelphia, Cialis Professional the question must be asked…a thousand times…”Who should start for the Flyers in the playoffs?”

But this time, it’s not necessary.  buy cheap propecia Pretty much since buy online kamagra Buy Viagra, Buy Cialis, Buy Levitra Without Prescription real viagra without prescription | buy cialis fast shipping | low price levitra the All-Star break, Brian Boucher has outperformed “Bob.” But for some reason, no one seems to see it.  Maybe after getting pulled against Washington Tuesday after letting in three goals on nine shots, things are becoming clearer, but to me, it’s now painfully obvious that Bobrovsky isn’t ready.

In my humble opinion, Boucher buy levitra has been the choice for months.  Even when “Bob” was playing great I felt that you had to go with the known buy amoxil commodity come playoff time.  Not only that but Boucher how can i buy cialis hasn’t exactly had a bad year.  Bobrovsky has a 26-11-5 record with a 2.61 GAA and a 9.14 save percentage.  Not bad for 22 year old kid playing in North America for the first time in his life.  But good enough to usurp the postseason job from a 34 year veteran cheap Viagra online without prescription purchase buy cialis with no prescription viagra online | where to buy cialis | order online levitra online buy Ampicillin buy penicillin goalie on his third tour the Brand Viagra diet pills of duty with the Flyers?  As I said amoxil cheap cheapest nolvadex before, I think no.  But considering his 17-8-4 record, 2.41 GAA, and .915 save percentage, I know the answer is no.

I heard on Daily News Buy Buy cheap Propecia Online Antibiotics medications Live following the Washington game that the Flyers have “More questions purchase metronidazole than answer Buy Cialis href=”http://camagracheap.com”>dosage kamagra buy cialis buy in net.”  Aside from being Buy Nolvadex Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed an overused cliche, that couldn’t be further from Tadacip online levitra the truth.  I understand that Bob’s underwhelming performance was deflating to a lot of people who really want viagra cytotec asthma tadalafil soft him Amoxil buy cheap to be the next Ron Hextall.  But one thing it did, was make it clear that he simply isn’t ready to lead a team with such serious Stanley Cup aspirations.

This online drugstore post is online viagra sale | buy cialis online with a prescription | levitra vardenafil buy viagra online amoxil online discount Levitra”>Brand Levitra amoxil by no means meant to put down Bobrovsky.  He’s got a bright future, and he may just be the franchise goalie prescription cialis the Flyers have been looking for for so long.  His time will come.  Later.  His inexperience, combined order online levitra with Brian Boucher’s totally levitra brand price underrated strong play, make the choice for playoff goalie online pharmacy simple and clear.  Don’t overthink it, Brian Boucher is the Flyers’ best option come April.  And May…and, hopefully, June.

]]> http://thelazyathlete.net/2011/03/24/the-is-no-goalie-controversy/feed/ Eagles Concussed in Opener http://thelazyathlete.net/2010/09/14/eagles-concussed-in-opener/ http://thelazyathlete.net/2010/09/14/eagles-concussed-in-opener/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:45:35 +0000 Brian Berg http://thelazyathlete.net/?p=389 So it’s buy online cheap ampicillin viagra clearly been a while since I’ve written about sports - I offer no excuses other than laziness and lack of buy Kamagra jelly cialis tablets ambition - and it makes (im)perfect sense that I’m choosing to write about the Eagles - the same team that I have felt an epically low level of anticipation for since last season’s cytotec generic disastrous end.  For some reason I passed up a Flyers Stanley Cup run that included kamagra effects generic an epic 3-0 series comeback buy viagra online order against the Bruins.  And apparently I couldn’t find anything in this roller coaster Phillies’ season Tadalis SX to write about.  So that leaves me with an Eagles team that has successfully purged all my favorite players over the past few offseasons; a team that logically isn’t buy propecia cheap expected to finish with double digit wins.

The Eagles opened their lasix order 2010 campaign at home against the Green Bay purchase cialis online Packers, falling 27-20 in a very interesting amoxil online game (note my usage of the term interesting instead price levitra of entertaining).  For many, the Packers are a reductil buy amoxil online flagyl Buy Cipro Online no prescription acheter favorite to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl.  While I don’t really share that sentiment, it can’t ampicillin online be argued - by a sane person at Buy Viagra online least - that they are not clearly better than the Eagles.  So it’s not the final score generic nolvadex that was interesting; rather the path to that outcome.

After taking a early 0nline pharmacy 3-0 lead, the Eagles surrendered 20 unanswered points.  But behind an impressive performance by Michael Vick, the Eagles fought back before eventually falling 27-20.  But wait, why Michael Vick?  I thought 424 Provigil online No prescription buy viagra | where to buy cialis without prescription | order online levitra this was the beginning of the Kevin Kolb era in Eagles football.  Well, the online pharmacy thank you inner monologue for that wonderful segue.

Kevin Kolb, after a online prescriptions lackluster performance, left the game with a concussion.  On where can buy viagra | buy cialis pills | levitra online a side note, it appears the Kevin Kolb buy cheap viagra era is starting the same way much of the McNabb era went, with buy vardenafil an inconsistent QB who spends too much time injured.  Don’t online amoxil get me wrong; I’m not blaming either QB for getting injured too often (I think buy viagra online pharmacy it’s crazy when players get a “bad rap” as an injury-prone player, as it’s usually a series unfortuante coincidences).  But we’re really learning what happens when you throw the ball as much as Andy Reid does, behind an offensive line that hasn’t earned even half of their huge paychecks.  It’s levitra brand name tough Kamagra to keep your QB healthy.

Kevin Kolb was not the only casualty on Sunday.  Pro Bowl Fullback, Leonard Weaver was lost for the year, and possibly forever, after suffering a gruesome knee injury.  It wasn’t quite Joe Theisman territory, Online buy Viagra but seeing someone’s knee bend the opposite way is never a comfortable sight.  Weaver is one of the few players on the team that buy cialis Viagra online buy cialis overnight shipping I really like, buy cheap Amoxil penicillin and it’s was a real shame to see that happen

to him.

Another concussion victim, buy viagra online discount | buy cialis cialis | buy levitra online cheap and another uncomfortable sight, Levitra was Stewart Bradley leaving the game after failing to keep his balance after standing up.  Unlike buy amoxicillin order online levitra Kolb, Bradley returned a couple propecia price plays later buy kamagra (Kolb did return, but only temporarily).  low price levitra Good news, right?  Maybe not.  Since last season, their are new guidelines in place to protect players suffering concussions from the pressures of “shaking it off” and returning Levitra too soon.  If a player demonstrates any concussion symptoms - losing consciousness/collapsing  being one of them - said player is not supposed to re-enter the game.  Buy buy levitra drugs cheap Levaquin Given the proximity between Kolb’s and Bradley’s injuries, it is entirely possible Bradley Buy Topamax Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed did not get as thoroughly examined as the league mandates, and returned to play prematurely.  If this is the case (and it may not be, and may be even tougher to prove), the Eagles could be in for weight loss acomplia some punishment from the league office.

To me, falling 27-20 to a superior team is not much of a story.  Even Michael cialis sale Vick leading a “close but no cigar comeback” is a back story here.  This game was all about injuries; most specifically online cheap Without Prescription Ampicillin buy the concussions, and the team’s handling of those concussions.  Football cheapest viagra has always been a Buy Erectile Dysfunction medications “Man’s” game.  Players have always been pressured Viagra amoxicillin Professional to return quickly from injury, and for the most part, cheap without prescription Ampicillin online buy nothing needs to change.  But when dealing with the players’ brains, things are rightfully changing.  Viagra Jelly There is still so much we don’t know about brain injuries, and everything we do learn points diflucan buy to caution.

]]> http://thelazyathlete.net/2010/09/14/eagles-concussed-in-opener/feed/ A Roy Halladay Post With Zero Puns About His Name http://thelazyathlete.net/2009/12/21/a-roy-halladay-post-with-zero-puns-about-his-name/ http://thelazyathlete.net/2009/12/21/a-roy-halladay-post-with-zero-puns-about-his-name/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:20:11 +0000 Brian Berg http://thelazyathlete.net/?p=385 Replacing Cliff Lee cialis prescriptions with Roy Halladay may make the Phillies only marginally better for 2010, but it makes them significantly better for the three years following.

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Roy Halladay talks about joining the Phillies, while Ruben Amaro Jr.

looks on...happy after finally catching his own personal unicorn (Clem Murray/Staff Photographer, Philly.com)

The Phillies finally got viagra online buy Ampicillin online sale their man.  Prior to last season’s trading deadline, the Phillies were considered kamagra buy the front runners in acquiring Roy Halladay from the Toronto Blue Jays.  However, the asking price was too much GM Ruben Amaro Jr.  So as a consolation prize, he practically stole Cliff Lee from the Cleveland Indians.

We were told that Lee was every bit the ace pitcher that Halladay was.  And from the moment amoxicillin online he arrived, he proved that assertion - most notably with a 4-0 playoff record record in leading the Phils to their second consecutive National League Pennant.  While we were skeptical of Lee at first - he didn’t have quite the track record of Halladay - we came to worship him.  And now he is gone.

In sending a package of prospects that seems to be only slightly less than what the Blue Jays were asking for last July, the Phillies brought Halladay into the fold.  But why do it if Lee proved to be just as capable as Halladay - particularly in the clutch (where Halladay is unproven).  acheter reductil diflucan buy online And when you think about it, why not keep both?  With a rotation as good as anyone has had since the Braves of the 1990’s, another trip to the World Series would seem about as inevitable as something Buy Generic Viagra can be in baseball.  The answer is two-fold; neither of which has to do with the Phillies being cheap.

Many criticized the trade of Lee as the Phillies being more concerned about their payroll than winning another World Series.  And it certainly seemed that way on the surface, since the Lee trade to Seattle was technically separate from the where viagra levitra costs generic online to buy metronidazole cialis acomplia nolvadex generic brand Halladay trade from Toronto.  The first reason the Phils chose to put their legacy on the arm of Halladay instead buy cheap ampicillin of Lee did actually have to do with money.  Just not in 2010.  All indications were cheapest buy buy cheap amoxicillin cialis pills href=”http://acialisforsale.net/”>Cialis for women propecia that Cliff Lee intended to test the free agent market following the expiration of his contract Buy Orlistat Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed after this season.  Lee is old enough to want to make this his last long term contract.  And he is cheap Cialis amoxil young enough that online cheap Without propecia generic Prescription buy Ampicillin there will be teams Cialis buy Levaquin Online online amoxil Professional willing to give it to him.  Halladay on the other hand wanted to win a World Series so cialis online bad, he was willing forgo free agency and take a below-market contract extension with Kamagra Gold a true contender.

All of that means the Phillies were online Buy Viagra, Buy Cialis, Buy Levitra Without Prescription pharmacy no prescription able to get Roy Halladay for $20 million/year through the 2013 season - a bargain when shopping for major league aces.  Whereas Buy Viagra levaquin levitra cost prescription Lee will probably sign for at least that much, and probably 2-3 years longer once he hits the free agent market next season.  The Phillies were clearly worried that Lee would walk after this season, and they knew where to buy cialis they could sign Halladay to an extension.  It made sense on the field, and in the pocket book.

However, maybe the buy cialis fast shipping bigger reason for not keeping Online Levitra buy Lee buy Cialis amoxicillin online was not financial at all.  Considering the three prospects they gave viagra drugs online Brand Cialis up to obtain Halladay, combined with the four they gave up to get Lee last summer, the Phillies were losing seven of their best prospects.  And as Amaro put it, “That’s no way to do business in baseball.”  And he’s right.  It’s tough to understand the true value of prospects when you’re staring at a possible buy cialis pharmacy rotation that’s headed by two Cy-Young Award winners, buy cialis overseas but the kamagra review dosage Phillies needed to restock the farm system with talent if they wanted to remain competitive in the future.  So they traded Lee to Seattle for three prospects.

If the trade cytotec buy of Lee was lasix price done simply because the Phils did not want to pay for both him and Halladay, the Phillies would’ve been much more buy levitra online cheap buy vardenafil likely to trade someone like cheap without prescription Ampicillin buy online Joe Blanton - who makes about only $2 million less this coming season.  However, Blanton would not command near the level of prospects that Lee did.  Obviously these trades had to do with money AND prospects, but I think money was much less of a factor than many fans are arguing (probably the same fans who criticized the Phillies Order Generic Amoxil Online without Prescription for getting levitra online Lee instead of Halladay at the trade weight control drugs deadline).  And it is completely unfair to criticize this team - a team that has buy cialis generic online won two straight N.L. championships and one World Series in the last two seasons, and a team that just added a pitcher of Roy Halladay’s skill level for four more seasons - for caring more about their payroll than another World Series.

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