“I guess it was one of those days,” Newcomb said. “It was definitely a hot one. I

The Philadelphia Eagles might want to make room on the shelf for some Emmys next to the Lombardi Trophy.

The real Philly Special was throwing it back to the `80s on an episode of ”The Goldbergs.”

The casting call for an Eagles ensemble came last year when ”Goldbergs” creator Adam Goldberg picked a football theme for his latest Philly sports episode. The furry green Philly Phanatic had guest starred and Flyers gear is much a part of the fabric of the show as Bev Goldberg dropping a ”schmoopie” reference. So it seemed fitting the Eagles would eventually get co-billing http://www.thejaguarsfootballauthentic.com/jawaan-taylor-jersey-authentic , and they do, on Wednesday night’s ”Hail Barry ” episode.

About the only thing Goldberg couldn’t script was a perfect ending: He watched the Super Bowl at a party in Los Angeles and had to skip a hopeful trip to the Eagles’ championship parade in Philadelphia because of a time crunch to write this season’s final episodes.

One cool part of being the boss of your own show is getting the chance to invite your idols to the set. His Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, family was part of a group that shared Flyers season tickets from 1985 to 1994 and older brother Barry was a die-hard Eagles fan. The 41-year-old Goldberg said his older brother arranged his wedding around an Eagles game, and is still a season-ticket holder even though he lives in New York. ”The Goldbergs” featured an episode on Eagles’ gameday superstitions but Goldberg went straight to the source for this week’s homage – 1980s star wide receiver Mike Quick.

Quick, a five-time Pro Bowl pick in the 1980s, was Barry Goldberg’s favorite player and plays an assistant high school coach in ”Hail Barry.” Eagles president Don Smolenski, vice president of football operations Howie Roseman and radio announcer Merrill Reese all make cameos. The Eagles executives made an appearance on the set when the team spent a week in Los Angeles in December between road games at Seattle and Los Angeles.

Goldberg also taps into the NFL pop culture of the day with a shoutout to the Eagles 1988 rap video , ”Buddy’s Watchin’ You .”

Quick, a color commentator for the team radio broadcast, was a natural on set.

”He crushes every joke to the point where the writers are like T.J. Hockenson Jersey , can he come back as a cast member. I’m like, this guy has a real job,” Goldberg said. ”He’s so funny. If he went out here and went on auditions, he would get work.”

Barry Goldberg, who swore he would never act on the ”The Goldbergs,” broke his vow for the shot to live out a boyhood dream by playing catch with Quick . Barry Goldberg and his real-life Jenkintown Posse (JTP!) buddies play a game of touch football with their TV counterparts.

At the end of the episode, the cast gathers for an ”E-A-G-L-E-S, Eagles” chant as the screen shows ”Dedicated to Eagles Fans Everywhere ,” and Queen’s ”We Are The Champions” plays.

”I knew the Eagles would win,” Goldberg said.

Because of talent?

”The minute I knew that (Barry) couldn’t go to the game because he got the flu , I said they’re going to win Jahlani Tavai Jersey ,” Goldberg said.

Ah yes, some good-natured teasing between brothers, 3,000 miles from the City of Brotherly Love.

The season five finale hit a bump this week when director Kevin Smith said he had a heart attack after performing at a Los Angeles comedy show Sunday night. Smith credited a doctor with saving his life after the 47-year-old ”Clerks” filmmaker suffered a total blockage of his left coronary artery, often referred to as ”the widow maker.” Smith was set to start shooting the finale of the hit ABC comedy on Monday but Goldberg said a staff writer will take his place for the episode.

”I’m just happy he’s OK. I emailed him and told him don’t worry about my dumb comedy show,” Goldberg said . ”Get better and we’ll have you back ASAP.”

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MILWAUKEE — Lorenzo Cain plans to be back in the lineup Sunday afternoon when the Milwaukee Brewers wrap up a four-game series with the Atlanta Braves at Miller Park,

Cain had been on the disabled list with a sore groin since June 26 and was eligible to return Wednesday, but the final step of his recovery took slightly longer than expected. He went through a full workout Saturday afternoon at Miller Park and after getting through it without issue declared himself ready to go.

“I’ll be playing tomorrow,” Cain told reporters as he walked off the field after his workout.

Since signing a four-year, $80 million contract with Milwaukee in January, Cain has been a force in the batter’s box and in center field. He was slashing .291/.394/.438 with eight home runs and 26 RBIs in 72 games for the Brewers Will Harris Jersey , numbers that make him a leading candidate for a spot when All-Star rosters are announced Sunday evening.

The 32-year-old has made an All-Star team once in his career — in 2015 with the Kansas City Royals, but Brewers manager Craig Counsell said the chance of Cain landing a spot on the National League roster had no bearing on his return timeline.

“The all-star game is a separate entity,” Counsell said. “He feels really comfortable right now and is doing really good. If everything turns out well today, then we’re set for tomorrow and the next day.”

Reinstating Cain will require another roster move for the Brewers. The team has managed its roster on a nearly daily basis this season, shuttling fresh arms and hot bats back and forth between Milwaukee and Triple-A Colorado Springs.

Part of it, naturally, has been based on need, but part of it is also an attempt to create the strongest roster possible on any given day.

“Our point of doing it is just to kind of optimize our roster every day, ” Counsell said. “You go into a game with kind of a forecast of the game a little bit. If you need the pitching, you have to have the pitching. But if you don’t need the pitching, you have to have the position player. You have to let the previous games dictate it for you and tell you what’s going to happen.”

Junior Guerra (5-5 Austin Bryant Jersey , 2.87 ERA) was part of that shuffle already this season. He opened the year with Colorado Springs and was brought back to Milwaukee when the need arose. The right-hander hasn’t let up since and takes the mound Sunday afternoon looking for a victory in a third consecutive start.

Guerra threw five shutout innings in a no-decision in his only appearance versus Atlanta in 2016.

The Braves counter with left-hander Sean Newcomb (8-3, 3.10), whose last outing was one he’d like to forget. Pitching through sweltering heat and humidity, Newcomb was tagged for five runs, three hits and five walks while working 2 2/3 innings at Yankee Stadium.

“I guess it was one of those days,” Newcomb said. “It was definitely a hot one. I had to go out there and deal with the elements and a good lineup. I just didn’t have my best stuff.”

Newcomb was 7-1 with a 2.07 ERA in the 11 previous starts and will be looking to revert to that form Sunday when he faces Milwaukee for the first time in his career.