Tomorrow, we expect our playoff tickets to arrive. A week ago, I was debating whether to tell Christine to save the $20 processing fee and not order them. I didn't think then that the Phillies were about to sweep the Brewers and Braves.
Tonight, they got embarrassed 14-8 by the Marlins, and Christine sounds like someone kicked her puppy (no, we don't have a puppy). The Mets bullpen survived another one, beating the Braves, to take back first place - a half game up on the Phils.
I'll take that spot, given where they were a week ago. The Mets will lose again, and the Phillies weren't going to go undefeated over the last two weeks. I expect they'll win the division, and if not, I'm even more confident that the NL East's second place team will be the Wild Card. And despite Christine's worry about the Marlins - now 4.5 games out - they won't be that team.
Tonight's game: Listening in the car to the Phillies score two in the 1st, I thought tonight would be the night young Brett Myers gets shelled. Yup. He was tagged for 10 earned in four-plus innings. Forget what I said yesterday about wanting him ahead of Cole Hamels in a big spot. The offense came through, but the pitching has to limit the Marlins to one, not two, touchdowns.
Red Sox: Paul Byrd put up an acceptable start - three earned in six innings - as the Sox narrowly beat the Blue Jays 4-3 to keep pace (1.5 behind) with the Rays who blew out the Twins tonight.
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