Where's the reset button?

Today was one of those days - personally, professionally and especially baseball-y - I wish I could have a do-over for.

Josh Beckett had a decent outing, but was outpitched by Joba Chamberlain. The Red Sox lost 1-0, allowing the Yankees to climb within two. The Rays are playing late tonight.

I disagreed with the Yankees' decision to move Chamberlain to the rotation. Why mess with the shutdown bullpen he and Mariano Rivera provided? I thought it would be great for the rivalry to have Joba and Jonathan Papelbon duking it out at the end of games. Plus, I thought Kyle Farnsworth would be a disaster at Fenway Park in a close game. Tonight looked to be an example of that. In the 8th, the Sox had two on with one out against him, but in comes Mariano to shut the door. He faced six batters in his five-out save: three backward K's, a weak ground out, a fly out and a shallow single. Blech.

It appeared as if the Phillies would also go down 1-0 tonight to the Braves. As Christine says, when Kyle Kendrick gives up one run in six innings, you should win, but the story is that they lost 8-2 after heading into the 9th trailing 1-0. Brad Lidge came in, and he got beat around worse than at the All-Star game: five earned runs, four hits and a walk without an out. His ERA nearly doubled to 2.36. Clay Condrey allowed two more runs. Ryan Howard hit a clutch two-run homer in the bottom of the 9th to put the Phils on the board. Double blech.

Both NL East competitors won, so the Phils are again tied, but this time for second place with the Marlins, two games behind the Mets.