Countdown to Eagles training camp starts... now

(Hey, you try to find an image of rats leaving a sinking ship that doesn't involve the Bush Administration. Can't be done.)

This one goes out to your (and by your, we do mean your) Philadelphia Phillies, who have come out of the gate like a sorority rush who likes to mix ruffies with schnapps. Once or maybe twice, it could be an accident, but after a while, you have to chalk it up to Poor Character.

Now 1-6, the team that shortstop Jimmy Rollins called "the team to beat" in the NL East has been, well, just that.

Between the Sixers winning just enough games to prevent any shot at a decent player in the Oden/Durant draft, the Flyers being the Knicks of the NHL (only without the entertainment value), and the Phils doing their time-tested April Walk of Shame, one of the great sports towns in America has become a one team town.

And that's not just FTT saying that -- it's 50K-plus Mets fans, serenading the unwise Rollins with "Darryl" esque chants. Get used to it, Meat, because they're going to be filling your home stands for those Mets games, too. At least you'll have a crowd for some of those games that isn't chanting E-A-G-L-E-S.

And people wonder why we're bitter. (And, also, why we buy schnapps. You gotta dance with what brung ya, and all.)