Last Night’s Agnew’s Cabin Live
by Mike Agnew Jr.All in all I think it was a good show and a good start. Sadly we learned that visuals that were on the screen for the live broadcast were not recorded. I think this is just the way UStream is so make sure to tune in to see the graphics and videos during the live show next time. See you next Thursday.
Sports Loyalties…..Forced or Chosen?
by Big Daddy MowrerWhile at work today, the wife sends me the cutest picture of my daughter in time for the Eagles MNF game tonight against the Redskins and it got me thinking about sports team loyalties. Everyone has that one friend that is Cowboys, Red Sox/Yankees, Notre Dame fan with no connection to the 
team/school whatsoever. I myself have been a fan more of the players than of the team. I used to like the Golden State Warriors because of Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway and the killer crossover, and my favorite Latrell Spreewell. I am a big fan of the Detroit tigers just because Cecil Fielder was so fat and out of shape, all he did was swing for the fences (a poor man’s Matt Stairs). I started rooting for Louisville a couple years ago when their basketball team was really good and their football team was putting up 60+ points a game. My dad went to Penn State, so growing up I rooted for them and whoever else he rooted for, same with professional sports. Vice versa, I hated teams he hated. Should that be the way though? Should my daughter have to be an Eagles, Sixers, Flyers, and Phillies fan? What if she comes home one day with a Romo jersey? Do I still love her? Probably, but I can’t be certain. I feel she should have the opportunity to choose her team, with the hope that she will want to like and watch what I do. All four Philly teams have good players and good people to root for, outside of Michael Vick. I hope she does the right thing and likes who I do because she wants to be closer to Daddy. If not, I just hope it isn’t the Cowgirls.
REDEMPTION in PHILLY?
by Jon Hassinger"This puts me in a weird position."
Those were the first words out of my mouth, once I received the news that Michael Vick had signed with MY Philadelphia Eagles.
I have lived and died for at least 20 years with this team!
McNabb and Randall.
Rickey and T.O..
Kotite and Reid.
And frustrate me they have, but only because of their actions on the field.
But now, as a Philly fan, I am being forced to cheer a man who electrocuted, drowned, and hung dogs.
There is a difference between the hatred I have for Tom Brady....
vs. the hatred I have for Michael Vick.
As a sports fan, the hatred for Tom Brady is cloaked in respect. Aside from Joe Montana and Peyton Manning, Brady is the greatest quarterback I've ever seen. And I hate him, because he isn't on my team. However I don't wish anything negative on the man. I was happy when he went down with the season ending injury last year, only because it made the NFL more interesting. And I knew he'd be back the following season.
Vick is different. I actually never hated Vick as a sports fan, because for the most part the Eagles owned him. It was Vick's Falcons that we defeated in the NFC Championship 5 years ago to go to our second Super Bowl.
As a man Vick did something that I can forgive, but to cheer for him? Sheesh.
I would have loved it if he ended up on the Cowboys or Bengals, where most degenerates land (see Pacman Jones
and Chris Henry)
That way I could root against and hate him as a football player as well as a person. That would have been easier.
But now what?
What if Vick is the missing piece for my Eagles, who comes so close every year? What if he resurrects his career in Philadelphia and brings us our first ever Super Bowl Championship?
It's not impossible.
As Ocho Cinco said on Twitter, "Vick and McNabb on the same team?! Good luck game planning to stop that!"
My favorite television show of all time, L O S T, focuses on redemption. A plane crashes on a mysterious island, and several strangers are forced to deal with it's elements. But after 5 seasons, you realize that all of these characters were "lost" in life, and them crashing on the island has given them several chances at redemption.
Purpose. Redemption.
That's life.
And no matter what, it goes on...
So does Michael Vick deserve a chance at redemption? I think so.
Will I cheer him? Of course. He's now part of my team. I have no choice.
Will I boo him if he doesn't perform. You bet. I have no choice.
I will cheer him as a man who seeks redemption, and as a player who seeks to bring Philadelphia closer to it's first Super Bowl Championship.
You have to give him credit for coming to Philly, of all places.
Instead of going to Tampa Bay or San Fran, where the expectations for the team are very low, he comes to a town who's expectations over the past decade have been: 'Super Bowl or Die'.
He will now be under the microscope of the harsh Philly media and Philly fans.
So play your best, Vick! We're giving you a chance, not only to rebuild your career, but a legitimate chance at a ring.
Don't turn on us. Not even once.
Or else.
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