Lost weekend

The SoxandPhils headed into their current series looking ready to lock up the postseason. The Red Sox magic number was three, the Phillies five. Heck, Milwaukee had the plastic ready to protect the Phillies personal effects from the champagne celebration. And, in a rare example of a manger losing focus of the job at hand, Terry Francona said the Red Sox would celebrate being second best.

There was even, if my logic is correct (might not be), a chance that if the Red Sox and Rangers had been swept this weekend, the Red Sox would clinch the playoffs while being beat by the Yankees in their division clincher. But a win by Texas last night made that moot.

Sorry for that meandering. Bottom line, neither of our teams will celebrate this weekend. Well, there is still a chance the Red Sox could clinch, but it would sicken me to watch them party tomorrow after dropping the first two this weekend in the Bronx.

Two positives today: Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched well in his loss: one run on six hits and five walks over seven innings with three strikeouts. He threw only 115 pitches. Who is this Dice-K?

Even better, reports on Jon Lester the day after a ball smashed off his leg are encouraging.

Phillies: After last night's ugly loss, they're tied with the Brewers at five in the 8th inning. Jamie Moyer, relieving Kyle Kendrick who was replacing Pedro Martinez, should have been out of the 6th inning if Jimmy Rollins hadn't muffed a fly ball. Christine is getting very cranky with her team right now.

We watched that play on different levels of the house. I thought J-Roll might have some trouble with it, but knew for sure when I heard "Noooooooooooooo!" from upstairs. (Our downstairs TV is on a little bit of a delay with HD.)

Weather watch: This morning was a little chilly, but not as bad as last Sunday. But it stayed dry, allowing me to get in a nice bike ride. I hit 60 miles for the first time. I'm not big on milestones, but that round number makes me proud.

Next weekend is what we're worried about. Saturday is the big ride. Sunday is our friends' charity walk and the Phillies last game. Weather.com predicts rain on both days; AccuWeather says sun. I think we're going to be wet.