Today's Highlights: Ryan Howard hosted a morning of reading at the ballpark. That is all. Today's Lowlights: There were more young children than normal there to witness the fall of Vinny Velasquez.
Everyone watching this game--even those not Phillies fans--felt the same rollicking nausea erode the tempered excitement of a rain-delayed start for Vince Velasquez against the best team in baseball. After a brief storm with apocalyptic bearing finished blustering over the stadium, Velasquez threw two pitches and beckoned to the dugout to be removed. He left no trace of his injury in the broadcast, barely even grimacing once.