This morning I clicked over to Philly.com like I do nearly every day, and on the front page about halfway down, I saw that Sam Carchidi was offering a Flyers preview for 2008-2009.
Half a second later I caught the title and my jaw dropped: "Flyers 2008-09, A to Z"
The first line? "Here is a primer for the Flyers' preseason camp, which starts today at the Skate Zone in Voorhees."
What is this, f***ing preschool?
Look, I understand that the new ownership regime and Knight-Ridder publishers want to cut down on the number of trees killed and streamline the look and bulk of their newspapers, but this is just inane.
I know by now we're not going to get a special supplement wedged in the sports section featuring all Inky staff writers giving their opinions, but let's at least have Tim Panaccio (the actual Flyers beat guy) put out a legitimate column for the season preview!
Let's be honest. An A to Z preview is something cutesy for a hockey blog where creativity is short some days and you're not getting paid a salary for your work.
It's kind of insulting to Sam, who's been here and written on a variety of subjects for almost 20 years, to have to produce the hockey version of "Everything I needed to know I learned in Kindergarten" for hockey fans. Hey, I know Philly fans get a bad rap for their manner, but they're not simpletons.
Unlike a lot of prior content, this piece at least was accurate in spelling, grammar and information.
By the way, anyone catch the sly way Carchidi cozied up to the organ-eye-zation and did a little backhand slap to Brian Propp when praising Chris Therien?
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