Nothing new to report from the pregame media chat with Charlie and the crew.... tonight's lineup is pretty much the most popular lineup this year (at least when Rollins wasn't hurt).

Rollins
Victorino
Utley
Howard
Burrell
Jenkins
Feliz
Ruiz
Kendrick

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What a great night to take off!

While sitting on a couch in Avalon (it was nice to chill out at the shore for a day that began in Houston at 3 a.m.) I was wondering if a couple of those innings would ever end.

And it was oddly similar to the Phils previous game -- batting around twice in multiple games.

It looks like Chase Utley's "slump" is over. In a month that's seen his average drop from .364 to .303, Utley went 4-for-11 with two home runs and nine RBIs in the last two Phillies routs.

You have to imagine this offense slows down sometime soon. As good as it can be, they can't keep scoring more than a dozen runs a game.

Although I'm sure their pitchers won't mind...

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The Archive Files

Jerry Crawford is fine. Sorry I didn't update since my last post, which was all about the Delco native umpire getting injured.

Hopefully you read all about Crawford's bout with Carlos Lee's bat in Monday's paper. Here it is, in the notebook from Houston.

In today's paper, you can read about Ryan Howard's progress of late (this story is actually by Daily Times sports editor Rob Parent, not me (although that's what the byline reads.) Howard has kind of been up and down from my own viewpoint - he'll homer one day, finish 0-for-4 the next.

There's also Monday's game story, also from Parent.

If you want to read all about the first blowout win, on Sunday in Houston where Shane Victorino was vindicated, you can find it here.

Almost forgot - DCT's Chris Vito caught up with Colorado's Taylor Buchholz, a Delco product, who is having an influence on the local prep scene.

Okay... we're all updated. Time to get to work...