{"id":72798,"date":"2013-08-27T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcntv.rcn.com\/?p=72798"},"modified":"2023-04-14T15:04:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T15:04:03","slug":"the-sportstalk-shop-charlie-manuel-eagles-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/the-sportstalk-shop-charlie-manuel-eagles-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"The SportsTalk Shop:  Charlie Manuel &#038; Eagles Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Charlie Manuel &amp; Eagles Preview<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><strong>&#8211; A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Probably the greatest opening line in literature, the start of one of my favorite novels. It\u2019s a phrase I sometimes ponder during the more hectic times of my professional year.<\/p>\n<p>It is a wonderful time right now. There\u2019s excitement over the new football season. The MLB pennant races are kicking in. The NBA and NHL seasons are right around the corner. All of the fall college and high school sports are kicking in. So much to talk about and cover. It seems there just isn\u2019t enough time to do all the sports justice. This was especially the case this past Thursday, coming on the heels of Charlie Manuel \u2018s dismissal as the Phillies manager. In addition, there was all that we had to discuss with the local Eagles\/Phillies beat writers on our RCN Sports Talk show, not to mention squeezing in a few high school football comments as well.<\/p>\n<p>Because of all the great expertise of Mike LoRe and Brad Wilson, the hour flew by. Time only permitted a few minutes on many different topics that needed to be addressed. Here\u2019s a clip of just a few of the items discussed (to catch the entire program, it will be available on RCN On-Demand for the next several weeks), as well as some bits of information that the men shared this us off-air that we didn\u2019t have time for.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beat Writers Preview Eagles, Phillies\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jIoVG2InzDw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other Eagles \/ Phillies notes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 The Eagles are still approximately $20 million under the cap and they CAN defer that money to next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 For the first time, perhaps ever &#8212; Joe Craig (our resident Eagles Homer) is not optimistic for Chip Kelly\u2019s first year and has his Birds predicted to win less games than I do (I\u2019m going with 9 and a playoff berth).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Our panelist seems to hope that Rich Dubee doesn\u2019t return as the Phillies pitching coach next year, with multiple examples of former\/current players that have had poor experiences with Dubee and much more positive results with current bullpen coach Rod Nichols. Brad also doubted that Dubee\u2019s possible departure would sway Roy Halladay in his decision to return in 2014.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 I tried to limit our panelists\u2019 \u201cPhillies Wish List\u201d for improvement for 2014 to three items, but they all agreed it\u2019s going to take more than just three \u2018significant\u2019 free agent signings to make this team a serious playoff contender. I don\u2019t see how they can make many trades to add big time talent, with only Jonathon Papelbon as a legitimate big trade bullet. How much they could get in return for him hinges on how well he rebounds on the mound this September.<\/p>\n<p>What are your Eagles\u2019 predictions? Your thoughts on Charlie Manuel and expectations for this fall? 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