Home life has become increasingly dominated by the upcoming vacation and despite it having been on the drawing board for the better part of two years, once again I’m woefully unprepared.  Anyone bought a Tracfone in the US before?  I’m just sick of getting nailed with roaming charges when we’re out of country.

Speaking of out of country, I took a quick look at the Reading Phillies website and was reminded about something that bugged me this season:

Players who made Major League Rehab Assignments with Reading:

Shane Victorino
Rod Barajas
Chase Utley
Scott Mathieson
Ryan Madson
Adam Eaton
Shane Victorino
Rod Barajas
Chase Utley
Scott Mathieson
Ryan Madson
Adam Eaton

Players who made Major League Rehab assignments with Ottawa:

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Having said that, the Phillies front office paid quite a bit of attention (and time) here in the Nation’s Capital.  We saw Pat Gillick (Phillies GM), Mike Arbuckle (assistant GM) and Mike Compton (catching coordinator) among others.  Still, it would have been nice to see Ryan Howard…

Moving on - the Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League lost another one, but Joe Bisenius had another positive outing going two innings, allowing no hits, no walks and striking out one.  More importantly, he’s inducing more ground than fly ball outs.

Finally, the well documented deadline that the City imposed on the team last week has come and gone.  I’ll have to swing by the courthouse this week to see if a Statement of Claim has been issued, but I doubt I’ll find one.  Hopefully the relative silence is an indication that the rhetoric is being toned down and that they’ve moved on to finding a solution.  Unfortunately, if it does come, it’s likely too late for the Can Am League - we’ve not heard from Miles Wolff for some time now.  I’ve mentioned this before, but the best we can hope for now is that Mr. Pecor is able to put an end to the financial losses and move on.