If you're at work reading this, hurry up and run to the bathroom. Sell it.

Act like you're getting sick. That tuna salad sandwich at lunch must have been bad.

If there was ever a day to call in sick, today might be it. It's gearing up to be a postcard kind of day at Citizens Bank Park.

Although there are some clouds in the sky, the skyline looks magnificent from the press box. The sun is beginning to peak through now, too.

And best of all it's not one of those sweat til you puke summer matinee games at the ballyard. The temperature won't be in the 90s... and may not even reach the 80s.

Hey, I'm not here to sell tickets. But Phils-Red Sox and a picture perfect day... would you really rather be sitting in a cubicle?

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Not much news in the a.m. Only curious item in the lineup, pointed out by fellow scribe Mike Radano from my old paper across the bridge, is the presence of Carlos Ruiz back behind the plate.

This being a day game after a night game (which was also started by Ruiz), the move seems a little strange. Then again, maybe Charlie's trying to right Ruiz's bat... the second-year catcher is hitting .226.

The Phils skipper doesn't formally speak before day games, so we'll have to find out why Chris Coste is sitting this one out later...

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Meet the Mess

You have to love the New York tabloids, especially when the news isn't good for their local teams. Check out the terrific front page (and the back ain't bad, either) of the New York Post here.

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The Archive Files

One night after their own ace lefty delivered a victory, the Phillies found themselves in the cross hairs of a storybook season of a very talented Boston Red Sox southpaw.

Also, the Phillies react to the news in New York, where their rival Mets dumped their manager.

Speaking of which, Jack McCaffery columnizes about how the Phillies own manager has persevered since he was hired in the same offseason as Willie Randolph.