Kurtz and Kev sit down to discuss the past week in football and the next week, plus how the Phillies are doing!
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Kev and Kurtz finally are back on the air, just in time for the start of football! The guys talk about all the exciting happenings of the MLB and the NFL, then dive into their own little fantasy world with talking about some fantasy teams around their league.
All this and more blunders on The Muff Squad, only on hhwst.net (it’s ALSO dot com)!
Looks like it’s official! Kevin Kolb will be going to the Arizona Cardinals and the Philadelphia EAgles will get Cromartie and a 2nd round pick in the draft. The Cards took care of Kolb big time; 5 years extension, $63 million with OVER $20 guaranteed. More details as the become available!
THAT’S RIGHT, it’s back baby! And as the Eagles trickle into the NovaCare complex; we are on Eagles watch! Oh…. and of course Favre watch… retired or unretired, backup or starter, EAGLE or not eagle?!?!
Back To Football from Uristocrat on Vimeo.
Eight rookie free agents have been signed since 10am EST today AND Kolb is still an Eagle at the time of this writing! Stay tuned for more!
Philadelphia Phillies 2011 Season Stats
59 wins 35 losses (.628)
34 wins 15 losses at home
|25 wins 20 losses on the road
NL East Standings
We’re a bit late with this week’s issue; we can blame Kev’s birthday for that one! But we’re committed to bringing you this weekly Phillies Pheature! (Look at it this way… you get two issues this week!) Enough chit chat, let’s get into baseball and the Phils!
Last Game: @Mets – Win 8-5
Next Game: @Cubs – 8:05pm EST R. Halladay to start against R. Lopez
Since we’ve last met, Cliff Lee hit a home run, put up a grand total of 32 runs and only gave up 23, Halladay and Lee pitched in the All-Star game for the National League, and my girlfriend and I will be heading to the game against the Padres on July 24th (great birthday present). A lot can happen when we miss a deadline, but most of that happened between Issue 1 of this fine article and when this issue SHOULD HAVE posted. A week’s span. With 68 games left in the year, and the talent they have, the Phillies are on the verge of getting their first 100 win season since 1977. I’m not proud to admit that I have a tough time catching every single game; it’s usually post All-Star break that I start getting into it hardcore. That being said, let’s get into this weeks The Muff Squad Player of the Week and The Muff Squad Muff of the Week!
The Muff Squad Muff of the Week: First Ever DOUBLE Muff – Chase Utley and Ryan Howard
Ryan Howard thought Chase Utley said he had it. Utley also thought Howard said he had it.
I was yelling his name, Utley said.
In the noise of Citi Field, Ryan! got turned into I got it! Howard backed away as Daniel Murphy’s first-inning popup, which hung in the air for what seemed like a life time was permitted to plop down on the grass.
Scott Hairston, who had doubled with two outs in the top of the first, kept running and scored without a throw, starting the Mets toward an 11-2 victory.
Utley went on to say Never happened before. Hope it never happens again.
I called it, Howard said, I kind of saw him out of the corner of my eye, thought he was saying my name and thought he was calling me off.
The Muff Squad Player of the Week: Can you beLEEve it?
Ohhhhh nooooo. Noooo. Are you kidding me? Woooow. – Jair Jurrjens of the Atlanta Braves
That’s what Braves’ ace had to say as he watched Cliff Lee rip the tenth pitch of his at-bat against Tommy Hanson deep to right center field, good for the first home run of his career. Lee’s solo shot put the Phillies up 1-0 at that point.
It was the first homer by a Phillies pitcher since Chan Ho Park did it back in April of 2009.
Carlos Ruiz’s reaction to the dinger was priceless. Chooch was shown going nuts in the dugout as Cliff’s ball landed in the seats.
Cliff Lee could easily become The Muff Squad Player of the Year if he keeps this kind of at-bat going!
You watch the Phillies, the Eagles, and the Flyers; but what about the Soul, Union, and Sixers? With all these sports here in Philadelphia, it’s hard to find the time to keep up-to-date with them all. The Muff Squad has you covered (with news and information; not the spread) with The Others, our new weekly blog about the sport’s most fans just don’t have time for!
Season Stats
6 wins 11 losses (.353)
866 Points For || 908 Points Against
4 wins 4 losses at home
2 wins 7 losses away
American Conference East Standings
Last Game
Friday July 8th, 2011 Cleveland Gladiators at Philadelphia Soul || Soul win 49-21
Next Game (Final of the regular season)
Friday July 22nd, 2011 Pittsburgh Power at Philadelphia Soul || 7:05pm EST
Season Stats
28 points in 18 games played
7 wins 4 losses and 7 ties
21 Goals For || 16 Goals Against || +5
Eastern Conference Standings
Last Game
Saturday July 9th, 2011 Philadelphia Union at San Jose Earthquakes || Union Tie 0-0
Next Game
Sunday July 17th, 2011 Philadelphia Union at New England Revolution || 7:00pm EST
2010-2011 Final Regular Season Stats
41 wins 41 losses (.500)
26 wins 15 losses at home
15 wins 26 losses away
Eastern Conference Atlantic Standings
Philadelphia Sixers 2011 Playoff Standings
Round 1 vs. Miami Heat 1-4 ELIMINATED
In future issues, keep it locked down for actual news about what’s going on in these other sports as well!
Philadelphia Phillies 2011 Season Stats
55 wins 33 losses (.625)
32 wins 14 losses at home
23 wins 19 losses on the road
NL East Standings
The Muff Squad may be on a slight hiatus pod wise, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still talk write sports! In Red, White, and Phillies we’ll go over the current (as of writing) stats and standings, the latest game, The Muff Squad Player of the Week, and The Muff Squad Muff of the Week. Typically good ol’ Kev will be bringing you these articles, but maybe (just maybe) we can get Kurtz to throw in his two cents every now and then.
Phillies (6) vs. Marlins (7) July 6th, 2011 Loss
It slipped away from us – Phillies Manger, Charlie Manuel
Save for the third inning, the Phillies had a decent first half of a game. Mistakes were made, but when aren’t they? I’m not a big Kendrick fan, but can’t complain when two of our starters are on the 15 day DL. He held his own, even if it was for only 80 pitches.
The biggest problem came from our The Muff Squad Muff of the Week, Domonic Brown. With a fielding error in the third inning (the worst inning for the Phils that night) costing them two runs. If that wasn’t enough, in the sixth inning Brown seemingly was making up for his previous muff, sending the ball sailing down center field. It looked like it was a leadoff triple.
However, he didn’t touch second base. Yep. Aside from hitting and catching the ball, the most important part of the game is TOUCHING the bases. And he missed second.
He takes blame and admits to the fact he should have went back and taken the double, but it’s still amazing that an error like that can still happen in today’s game.
There was some shining light in the game though; with this weeks The Muff Squad Player of the Week, John Mayberry, Jr. In the second inning, he hit a two-run homer to left to give the Phils a 2-0 lead.
Later, after Brown’s misfortunate at-bat, Mayberry hit another home run (that could have been a two-run if Brown touched the base). I like both these kids a lot, but it looks like Mayberry is proving himself a little more.
The Phillies have a three-game series with the Braves starting today at 7:05pm EST at home that could help but an even bigger gap between us and the second place team before the All-Star break.
Speaking of the All-Star game, congrats to Placido Polanco, Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, and Cliff Lee for making the National League team! Way to represent the city of brotherly love! At the time of this writing, we’re still awaiting to see who the final player voted in is, and for the National League another Philadelphia Phillie is up for the spot, Shane Victorino. He could be the first two-time winner of the Final Vote!
I know it’s been a while since we’ve done a show (hey… it’s been a slow sports time in Philly AND Kurtz doesn’t have a car. Plus, we’re preparing for something 
). That doesn’t mean I can’t post a lil’ something something for you! Check out this video after the jump via Barstool Sports: Philly… looks like the Phillies game got a tad boring for this couple!
Continue reading “Phingered Phillies” »
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Kurtz was unable to get to the studio this week, so he called in! Kev and Kurtz discuss some possible changes to the show before getting into a little bit of playoff hockey and getting into the deep end with the Philadelphia Phillies.
All this and more (actually… very few) blunders on The Muff Squad, only on hhwst.net (it’s ALSO dot com!)
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The guys are distraught over the Flyers poor second round performance, but thing brighten up when Kyle McGrath, captain of the Night Owls of Kronum, calls in to explain this new sport that has caught Philly by storm!
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Kev starts things off talking Kronum up again, with wanting to be one of the first broadcasting teams (partnered up with Kurtz) for the sport! He reads a quick e-mail that Kyle from the Kronum League sent the guys before the move on to playoff hockey and some baseball news.
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