Slammin' Adam Joseph

****Cycle correction****

Today, while celebrating Christine's mom's birthday, talk turned to the weather as the Phillies were attempting to come back against the Cardinals in the 6th inning.

Her mother, who is a big Adam Joseph fan, offered to turn to Channel 6 to check the weather. Christine asked her to wait until we knew whether the Phillies scored. She waited - until Greg Dobbs walked to load the bases - before switching the channel to the weather report.

It didn't seem like that much time had passed, but when the game was turned back on, Jimmy Rollins was in the dugout getting congratulated for his grand slam, which gave the Phillies a 7-4 lead. They scored seven more to beat the Cardinals 14-6.

So in one week, Christine missed a grand slam and a cycle by Rollins. J-Roll to Christine: Please don't watch my at-bats anymore.

Rodrigo "Why do they need Pedro Martinez or Roy Halladay?" Lopez gave up four runs (three earned) over six innings. That's his worst start of the year.

Christine's mom didn't like hearing that she was going to be the subject of tonight's blog.

In other news: The game was delayed several times as some dolt in the stands kept shining a laser pointer on Cardinals batters. And we were quite surprised to see Steven Register on the mound. We had never heard of him before. If this bullpen mess doesn't end soon, The Pen's casting credits will take 10 minutes to roll.

Red Sox: Jon Lester is pitching well; the Red Sox lead the Orioles 5-2 in the 8th.