Seven years

Since July 21, 2002, the Red Sox and Phillies have played 2,258 regular season games going 1,270-988, a .562 winning percentage.

They've made the playoffs seven times, going 11-4 in 15 series, with three World Championships.

Yes, we've had a nice run of baseball since then. We've had a pretty nice seven years of marriage as well.

While researching this post, Christine insisted that she remembered that the Phillies won on our wedding day. They didn't. Kevin Millwood (then a Brave) beat Randy Wolf 2-1. Maybe she just looks back on that day with rose-colored glasses.

I don't remember a thing about the Red Sox game, but there's no sugar-coating (even retrospectively) SoxandPhil felon Ugueth Urbina blowing a 9th-inning lead against the Yankees.

Today: Tim Wakefield has been DL'd, temporarily solving the rotation's logjam. Josh Beckett takes aim at the Rangers in hopes of ending this three-game skid. After Rodrigo Lopez kept himself in the Phillies rotation with another strong showing, this time against the Cubs, Joe Blanton looks to extend the team's nine-game winning streak.