It was the first round of inter-league play for all but the Rockies and Brewers. The Phillies hosted the Texas Rangers and even with the offensive slump taking grip on the club they managed to win 2 out of 3 games.
Rangers mound gathering
MLB tried to spin this weekend with what seemed like the marketing outcome of a creative think tank of people definitely not smarter than a 5th grader. The unimaginative naming and hyping of some of the inter-league games left more than a little to be desired.
For me the highlight would have been watching Cliff Lee pitch against the Texas Rangers on Saturday night, this I was soon to find out would not happen as Fox deemed it a requirement to blackout the game on MLBTV and force feed me the Yankees and Mets on regular television.
It is time MLB and the television networks primarily Fox, became more fan friendly with the blackout rulings, so that everybody has a chance to watch any or all of the out of market games, not just the ones they want to force feed us.
The Phillies will now play host to the Cincinnati Reds who just spent the weekend getting thoroughly stomped on by the other Ohio MLB team who everybody thought would be showing their true colors by now.
Phillies Outside 