On primary day in Pennsylvania, some fans spent their time before last night's game filling out All-Star ballots.
They keep telling us that the ushers are handing out ballots for the All-Star game but I've yet to see one doing it. On Roy Halladay bobblehead night, Halladay threw 132 pitches in a complete game loss to the Pirates. It was a chilly night at the ballpark after a day of heavy rains. Winds and mist blew for most of the game. The Phillies played like a warm weather team, making three errors, dropping balls, and generally not executing in the 2-1 loss to Zach Duke. Ryan Howard had three of the Phillies' six hits. Something is up with Howard. He is definitely working on his offensive game.
The sell-out crowd was subdued, maybe by the weather or by the men left on base. Did I mention that both were brutal? When I started sniffling, I headed for the gate, as the Phillies were turning a double play to end the 8th.
The Phillies had the Canadien-Flyer scores posted on the out-of-town scoreboard and lots of fans were getting online updates. It was 3-0 Flyers when I left. And there it stayed. Then I heard the news that the Sixers had won the #2 pick in the NBA draft. Of course, you've got to wonder what the floundering Sixer franchise will do with their pick.
