Video: The Inquirer's Bob Ford and the Daily News' Marcus Hayes discuss what one move was most responsible for launching the Phillies into this current era of winning baseball in the latest edition of That's What He Said.
Bob Ford, Inquirer Sports Columnist
Video: Bob Ford of the Inquirer sat down with CineSport's Noah Coslov to talk about the Flyers' current goalie controversey.
Video: Which position is the biggest priority for the Eagles in this month’s draft? Bob Ford of the Inquirer and Marcus Hayes of the Daily News discuss in the latest episode of That's What He Said.
Bob Ford, Inquirer Sports Columnist
The television guy asked the Flyers executive about the sense that the team was bored by the regular season, always looking ahead to the playoffs, always rating themselves like a good jockey trying to finish the race. Well, he didn’t say it quite like that, but you get the idea.
The executive, team president Peter Luukko, said all the right things about being banged up and losing your edge a little and, hey, the NHL is so deep that on any given night you lose an overtime game here and there.
What he didn’t say is how the players know the mayhem that lies ahead. They have been there and they know the price it exacts. So they make their decisions during the regular season. What is necessary to give on any singular night and what is not. Once the playoffs arrive, there are no decisions.
Video: The Inquirer's Bob Ford and the Daily News' Marcus Hayes discuss which team would be the best match for the Sixers in the playoffs.
Video: If the Eagles could add any NFL player to their roster, who would it be? Marcus Hayes of the Daily News and Bob Ford of the Inquirer discuss.
Video: Inquirer columnist Bob Ford explains what Charlie Manuel's daily approach brings to the Phillies and why this season may be the manager's toughest test yet.
That's What He Said: The Sixers are a playoff team, but no one is going to the games. How can they change that? Bob Ford of the Inquirer and Marcus Hayes of the Daily News discuss.
Bob Ford, Inquirer Sports Columnist
A baseball clubhouse has always been a fertile source for additions to the modern American lexicon. Where else could the expression to “dial 8” -- synonymous for calling long distance from a hotel room and for going long distance with a home run – have sprung so cleverly to mind?
It’s partly because baseball players have so much time on their hands to come up with this kind of stuff. They fill the idle hours before games and some of the idle hours on the bench and in the bullpen during games with banter designed to make the other guy laugh. They invent their own language. A female companion invited to meet up on a road trip is an “import.” Fans who buzz around hotel lobbies and congregate at the players’ gate at stadiums are “green flies.” It could fill a dictionary.
Baseball players don’t mind appropriating someone else’s invention, either, and that’s the case with “yard sale.” The term originated in downhill skiing to describe the aftermath of a crash on the slopes, one in which the skier’s goggles, gloves, skis, poles and clothing are scattered all over the terrain like items at a, yes, yard sale. Cyclists have used the term, too, also for crashes and for a similar scattering of gear.
Video: Las Vegas has the Phillies at 97 wins. Will they go over or under? Bob Ford of the Inquirer and Marcus Hayes of the Daily News discuss in the latest episode of "That's What He Said."
