The whole photo gallery is here, but here are some choice ones:

Beautiful on the outside:

Lame on the inside, including behind home plate, which can only be seen by the deep pocket types. The concourse is completely closed off in this area.

If you want to watch the game from the outfield, make sure you like your baseball letterboxed:

There are video screens everywhere:

The Jackie Robinson Rotunda is a nice touch:

Are there pipes like this at Citizens Bank Park? I don’t recall nearly tripping over pipes like this in Philly:

An underwhelming ballpark overall, proving as always, that there’s no place like home:

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The Phillies are looking up at the Mets in the standings right now after a little winning streak by our division rivals as well as losses in 4 of the Phils last 5 games, including 2 at Citi Field. Charlie is probably not too far away from needing to make some decisions regarding both the rotation and the bullpen. JC Romero is about 20 games away from returning to his post, and here’s hoping that his return marks the end of Jack Taschner’s time in red pinstripes. With J.A. Happ headed for the rotation at some point, Scott Eyre should remain as the other lefthanded option out of the ‘pen.

Brad Lidge continues to look awful, but if you go based solely on his quotes in the paper, he is headed in the right direction. His bloated ERA sounds like a function of the knee problems and insufficient offseason conditioning. Lidge also has suffered from a lack of consistent save opportunities, as it seems like the Phillies are either losing, or up by 7 in the 9th inning of every game.