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Apr 7, 2023; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni throws out the first ball for the Philadelphia Phillies home opener against the Cincinnati Reds at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Hey! How ya been? I’m working my way back from the Eagles’ bye week, trying to put a bad cold behind me. I’m still a little woozy, and my recovery has not been helped by Jalen Hurts’ inability to refrain from swinging at pitches way out of the strike zone, or by the way the Phillies keep turning the ball over.
Wait, that doesn’t look right.
Same feeling in your gut at the end of the day, though, right?
For me, the common thread here is how as the Phillies’ season slipped away, the players seemed to understand what they needed to do, but they couldn’t manage to do it. After every loss to the Mets they would talk about how important it would be to have better at-bats, and about how the b...
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