Steamed

At our last game, we sat behind a family with three young children. At one point, the dad came back with ice cream - it was so hot that day, the ice cream was steaming in the hot, muggy air.

The little guy in front of us, wearing a Pat Burrell giveaway promotional hat, had a big waffle cone filled with chocolate ice cream.

He tried his best to eat it carefully, but the thing was so tall the kid couldn't lick it without dipping the bill of his hat into his treat. You can see the stain on the bottom left of the bill.

Funny, we have now twice seen chocolate ice cream stain a Pat Burrell garment. That's two more times than all other players' gear combined.

OUTRAGE!: Toward the end of that game, I was trying to figure out which pitcher was coming in for the Marlins. (They weren't doing a very good job that day of announcing pitching changes.) I noticed a woman checking a sheet of paper in front of me.

I took a picture, and upon closer examination, my suspicions were confirmed. There are Newsy Notes somewhere at the stadium, contrary to what I had been told earlier in the season.

I was ready to march right into Ruben Amaro Jr.'s office before Christine calmed me down by pointing out that the opposite page was blank and that these notes contained no news, just the roster.

Get rid of Chris Wheeler and bring back Newsy Notes for everyone. Now.

Eye-gate: David Murphy has a convoluted account of the latest twist in the Brett Myers' eye injury-bar fight saga. It appears the Myers were involved in some sort of incident at the bar. Police say the eye was not injured at the bar, but I don't think we're ever going to get the truth on this one.

Today's games: The Phillies, after another good win behind J.A. Happ last night, have a deserved day off. The reeling Red Sox, mercifully, are also off.