Hey everyone, just a quick howdy from the City of Brotherly Love... last weekend of games before the All-Star Break. Things are definitely going well for the team at this point, the home runs are coming and I'm loving every day here in Philadelphia.

Playing in Philadelphia, playing with Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins and all of my teammate... just the overall team chemistry that we have, that is definitely the best part about being a member of the Phillies roster. And it's been great all season long.

I remember back to a prank we played on Kyle Kendrick early in spring training, telling him he was traded to Japan... that's just the type of chemistry we have as a team. We're like a family, which is important because you're together so much.

That's not to say I don't see my regular family - My parents are both retired, so they do a lot of traveling. They'll come up to Philly and check out some games, and normally when we go to the Midwest, like Chicago, Milwaukee or Cincinnati, they usually make the drive up and come check it out. And of course when we play (and weplay) in St. Louis.

Okay, now back to your regularly scheduled day...