The Rheal World

Kevin Millwood and Rheal Cormier answered the bell last night, Billy Wagner returned to his automatic ways, and Jim Thome continues to be absolutely locked in -- add 'em together and the sum is a fairly ho-hum 5-2 Phillies win that enabled them to keep pace with the Marlins, who shut out Atlanta.

Meanwhile, the Inquirer's Jim Salisbury breaks the news that Cormier and his wife are eagerly awaiting the chance to become United States citizens. Cormier sounds like a really good guy, and I hope he and his wife get their wish. Well, and that he's as effective for the rest of the season as he was last night.