3 Hours of Stress and Frank TV Commercials October 5, 2008
Posted by Aaron in Philadelphia.Tags: NFC East, Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Redskins, Milwaukee Brewers, NLDS, frank tv
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Tomorrow I will face one of the greatest challenges in my young life. Tomorrow I must make not a choice, but many choices. I will have two options to choose from, both of them utterly important and fantastic. This isn’t politics, this matters far more tomorrow, this is sports on television. Tomorrow, at 1:00pm ET, the Eagles will play the Redskins and the Phillies will play the Brewers. The same time. Let me break this down for you:
12:30pm - feeling good, eat some Frosted Flakes
1:00pm - in disaray. more lost than I have ever been.
- Redskins (3-1) at Eagles (2-2) — We all know the Eagles have done a hell of a job beating themselves this year in their 2 losses. Should they be 4-0? Probably. But that doesn’t matter, this league isn’t about what teams should have done. Today, the Eagles play host to a division rival in Washington that has won 3 straight including a huge win on the road in Dallas last week. Jason Campbell is on fire. The Skins are one game up on the Birds right now, but this is essentially a must-win. If not for the standings right now, then for the moral of this team - if you can’t beat the good teams consistently, like Washington, forget about the playoffs. Huge, huge game.
- NLDS Game 4, Phillies lead 2-1, Phillies at Brewers — The Fightins managed a whopping 1 run in the loss Saturday. Howard showed life with a couple of hits including a double. Moyer had a shaky first inning but ended up settling in. This team remains one win away from the NLCS and a date with the Dodgers who swept the Cubs tonight. This game is monumental on many fronts. For one, it’s the playoffs - every game is huge. But think about a win today, a win puts the Phillies on the doorstep of the World Series against a hot team, yes, but not the Cubs who have a rotation and hitters that were the best for most of the season. A loss today means a game 5 to prevent a historic collapse, facing CC against Hamels. Gigantic.
So as I think of tomorrow, I realize I will have to be quicker than ever with the remote. TBS and FOX, only two stations you may say, but after every down in the Eagles game, I switch over. After every out in the Phils game, I switch over. Nobody said it was going to be easy…God speed to the rest of you fans out there. Let’s hope come 4:00pm ET, the Eagles will be 3-2 and feeling good with a divisional win, and the Phillies will be one step closer to a championship.
It’s Sunday at 1pm - Who are you watching?
Go Birds.
Go Phils.
Seriously, enough Frank TV. The
400 commercials-per-game don’t make me want to watch it
anymore than before.
(photo: Julie Jacobson AP, tbs.com)