Confessional

****Cycle correction**** (Correction on a correction post - Christine's not too happy with me.)

When you're married for not-quite seven years, you sometimes have to 'fess up. When you also co-publish a blog with your spouse, sometimes that confessional has to be done in public.

Last week, Christine and I were discussing some writers' midseason award picks. Christine mentioned how no one brought up her NL Rookie of the Year pick, Pablo Sandoval.

Impossible, I thought, he's in the MVP discussion (.333/.385/.550). He may have been more deserving of being added to the All-Star team than Shane Victorino or Jayson Werth.

There is a good reason he's not getting any ROY love: He lost his rookie eligibility with 145 at-bats last year.

Oops.

Dirty little secret. When it comes to SoxandPhils preseason predictions, I sometimes help Christine whittle down the rookie class if there's no obvious Phillie candidate (we thought J.A. Happ would be stuck in the bullpen all year). I recommended Sandoval based on a baseball-reference blog that listed him as a rookie. This one's on me, but at least I can say I never voted for a sophomore for rookie of the year.

Tonight's games: We're booking out early for a top-secret baseball-related mission (details to come later), but hopefully Jimmy Rollins hits another cycle as the Phillies start a series against the Cubs. Rodrigo Lopez looks to keep his job against Ted Lilly.

The Red Sox, meanwhile, look to end their mini skid with a series against the Rangers opened with a showdown of two former Braves: John Smoltz and Kevin Millwood.