Catching Up | You wouldn't think of Germany as a hotbed of baseball, but even the Stuttgart suburb to which the Shallow Center household decamped for a week has its own team. Sindelfingen also has high-speed Internet access, so I was able to check in on the Phillies from time to time. It appeared as if the home nine was able to bounce back from the Marlins' sweep and has been playing decent baseball, including yesterday's Bizarro World win over Arizona, over the past week or so. Feel free to use the Comments link below to let me know of any trends or items of interest I missed while I was away.