SPORTS HITS

Football fans are very fickle and I can say I am one of those as well. What though amazes me is how everyone in Philadelphia seem to want to get rid of Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb all the time. Yes, they have struggled to win NFC Championship games and usually in the end that is how anyone measures you. I tend to look at it in a little different light. Now change sometimes is good, but just to make a change for the sake of it is not something I totally agree with.

If Eagles fans and the press want Donovan McNabb and Andy Reid out so bad that is all well and good, but they really do need to look at the alternative. Can they really hire someone off the street that can do a better job than Reid. Sure maybe Mike Shanahan and Jon Gruden are available, but are they better than what you have right now.

Take Donovan McNabb yes he has struggled at times, but wasn’t it him who got benched and did not hold his head down he came out and played hard and help the eagles make the playoffs. Sure you can trade him, but can you really do better. I think you will find out it is much tougher than you can imagine. McNabb loves playing in Philadelphia even though he has taken a lot of abuse from the press and fans. Just remember before you decide to ship these two out, you must first find better now that is much tougher than you can imagine.

I was glad to see that Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice finally get in. Today I wanted to take a look at some of the guys who are still waiting to get in and probably should be there already. Andre Dawson was a baseball player who played well almost everywhere he went.  In 21 seasons he hit 438 home runs and also won an MVP, but could only manage 67 percent of the vote.

Mark McGwire who has 583 home runs, but made his mistakes with steroids and his testimony on Capitol hill sure has not helped him could only get 21.9 percent of the vote. I am surprised that it is that low. I thought he would be much higher than that, but apparently the voters are not very happy with him.

I think with the 2010 Baseball  Class we could see just two people as well and that would be Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven entering the Baseball Hall Of Fame. It is just tough to get in as these entrance exams are very tough.9

We started this all last summer and now we are finally down to the Pittsburgh Steelers vs the Arizona Cardinals. Many people thought the Steelers would be here when this journey started, but not many people thought the Cardinals would be here. I can stand up and say I would have never guessed in a million years the Cardinals would have made it. Now this should be a very interesting Super Bowl on many aspects.

First we will have one of the top offenses in the NFL the Cardinals going against the number one defense in Pittsburgh. They say that defenses win championships so I guess we will find out if that is true. The Arizona Cardinals head coach use to work for the Steelers as an assistant coach before leaving. That means he should know them pretty well and that can only help.

Many people have written off the Cardinals and I will admit I am one of those people. I thought during this run someone would beat them, but that did not happen at all. In fact the Cardinals took on each challenge and won. Now they are just one win away from the ultimate prize. As the game gets closer we will break it down even more so we can hopefully pick a winner. This is one Super Bowl that really could live up to it’s hype.