Cool Uniform Props: Flyers third/throwback jersey

I figured I better get this one up before the Flyers were (possibly) out of the playoff picture a lot earlier than last year, so here are the official Cool Uniform Props for their third jerseys that debuted this season.

Styled like the original 1970s Flyers jerseys, the orange on these things really pops. And we're big fans of that around Orange Whip. I also like the white C and A's on the front of the jersey, the white background for last names on the back, and the fact the numbers on the sleeves aren't contained within the white stripe. I think the arm stripes were a little less even/skinnier in the '70s, but I like them better here.

Let's hope we haven't seen the last of these jerseys for this season.

It's a lovely arbor!

Also: Drew Carey references the above. And, while he's not as consistent a bidder, this guy is pretty funny.

Can't stop the Easter

Tim and Eric, still flying high since Easter, rush the crowd on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night.

Harry Kalas, R.I.P.

The games will go on, but will never sound as good without Harry the K announcing. It's hard to imagine a summer without Kalas as the voice of the Phillies, but then it was hard to imagine games without his longtime color man Richie Ashburn as well. He will be missed.

There is a fairly extensive write-up on his career here, as well as some vids and interviews, including the one below.

Brawny

This is looking like it will be a crazy Formula 1 season. And I'm all for that.

Brawn GP, which formed only 23 days before the first race of the F1 season in Australia, ran 1-2 in qualifying and, even more improbably, 1-2 in the race with Jenson Button leading home Rubens Barrichelo both times. By 2008 standards this, in 300 terminology, would be madness. Especially since Brawn GP emerged from the Honda factory effort — they're basically the Honda cars that were in development since sometime last F1 season, but with Mercedes engines and gearboxes — that was awful last year, and saw Honda pull out of the sport in the offseason.

But a slew of rules changes were introduced prior to 2009, and it looks like the big teams were caught out. Brawn, Williams and Toyota all exploited a hole i the regulations regarding the rear diffuser, where Ferrari, McLaren, BMW-Sauber and Renault did not. Red Bull didn't either, but they appear to have brought a very fast piece to the track anyway, especially in the hands of youngster Sebastien Vettel.

So what did all this mean for the first race? Brawn GP first and second, with Button winning for the second time in his career. As a longtime Honda and Button fan, I'm liking it. And based on qualifying for the second race of the season in Malaysia, it looks like it will continue.

With no money restrictions or spending caps in the sport yet, the big teams could rebound once this early part of the season is out of the way, but they may well have been caught out by more than the diffuser issue, if Red Bull and Vettel's pace is considered.

We will see. In the meantime, it certainly cannot be called boring.

Joe and the Coma Girl

Caught this song on Y-Rock on XPN while driving home from a Phillies spring training game last night, and I quite liked it. "Coma Girl" by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros.

Strummer's inflection while singing the chorus reminds me a lot of some other song, but I can't think of it.

I've actually heard very little from this band. The stuff I did hear I was not blown away by, but I may give it another try. RIP Joe.