Confused

With the Phillies finally playing at a reasonable time, we had the game on in the background as we prepared dinner. We sat down to eat at the beginning of the 4th, just as Tom McCarthy raved about Barry Zito - who at that point faced the minimum (Ben Francisco had a single followed by a double play in the 1st).

"The Phillies need to remember they're facing Barry Zito and start hitting him," Christine said.

Sure enough, Jimmy Rollins homered on the next pitch. They had rallies in the 4th and 5th that yielded only two more runs, but they seemed ready to bust out.

Nope. Amnesia returned, and they let Zito handle them as if he were Cole Hamels or something. Speaking of whom, young Cole must have thought he was Barry Zito - giving up seven runs (six earned) in five innings. I thought he had turned the corner.

Head-scratcher in Baltimore: I thought the sweep was well in hand when I saw the Red Sox were up 7-0 in the 3rd, but the O's put up a six-spot in the 3rd and knocked out Clay Buchholz with another run in the 5th. Although, by then, the Red Sox had already doubled their tally with a seven-run 4th inning. It ended as an 18-10 Red Sox win that left me wondering whether to praise Victor Martinez for going 5-6 with four RBI or complain that Red Sox pitchers gave up 10 runs in his first game behind the plate.

Today marked the official beginning of the end of the Jason Varitek era - I just have to remember that V-Mart's strength is at the plate, not behind it.

More head-hurting drug news: In the latest episode of the Red Sox trying to out-drug the Yankees, it was revealed that last year they fired two staffers, including Jerry Remy's son, for possessing steroids. I can't wait for this big weekend series against the Yankees. Our druggies are better than their druggies. Yea!