Moving Beyond 10,000 Losses: An occasional look at why it’s so difficult to be a Phillies – hell for that matter a Philadelphia – sports fan.
Can anybody figure this team out? They go down 3-0 in the first inning, and it looks like it’s time to stick a fork in them. They roar right back in the bottom of the frame, put 4 on the board, and go on to smoke the Rockies, 12-4. In the process they’re right back to a game and a half back in the Wild Card. Amazin’. Speaking of Amazin,’ the Phils go to Shea for three with the Mets. This Wild-Card thing looks like it might go down to the last weekend.
The Daily Numbers: 5,700 U.S. troops that could be home from Iraq by Christmas under the plan announced last night by President Bush.
21,500 soldiers who will exit Iraq by next summer.
9 billion dollars a month, what the war in Iraq is costing the United States.
450 billion dollars, what Congress has appropriated to the war in Iraq.
19 members of the Lehigh University swim team charged with underage drinking after police raided an off-campus booze bash.
9 people indicted in a huge cocaine ring in Montgomery County, the leader of which has been charged with paying for the murder of a woman who was planning to testify against him.
10 blocks, how far a man was dragged after a fatal hit-run overnight in Oxford Circle. The driver of the minivan fled the scene.
2 Philadelphia police sergeants who have been charged with insurance violations in a side business they operate.
4 New Jersey men who have been charged in the vicious beating of a man in a parking lot outside Citizens Bank Park.
8 employees of the House Democratic Office of Legislative Research who are believed to have spent months away from their state jobs to campaign full time, while still getting big bonuses. The state attorney general is on the case.
3 bucks, what the Bank of America is now planning to charge non-customers to use their ATM machines.
20 percent more, what we could be paying for pasta soon because of worldwide shortage in the wheat crop.
1 inning for J.D. Durbin last night for the Phillies. The Durbinator had trouble finding the plate and when he did the Rockies were hitting his offerings hard.
5 hits, 3 walks and 3 runs given up by Durbin, who did not get anyone out in the second inning before making his exit.
12 runs, what the Phils promptly put on the board to cool off the Rockies.
1.5 back in the wild-card chase for the Phils, tied with the Dodgers and chasing the Padres.
I Don’t Get It (with apologies to Jack McCaffery): How about that tough Guy NFL boss Roger Goodell? He brings the hammer down on players like Pac-Man Jones and Michael Vick. But Bill Belichick? No suspension. Maybe a draft pick. A fine. He was cheating. I don’t get it.
Today’s Upper: No football Sunday. The Eagles don’t take the field again ‘til Monday night. Enjoy the Phillies as they tantalize us once again.
Quote Box: "Success is not going to happen overnight. It’s going to take time."
-- Vietnam veteran James Alleva, as he watched President Bush’s speech last night.
Can anybody figure this team out? They go down 3-0 in the first inning, and it looks like it’s time to stick a fork in them. They roar right back in the bottom of the frame, put 4 on the board, and go on to smoke the Rockies, 12-4. In the process they’re right back to a game and a half back in the Wild Card. Amazin’. Speaking of Amazin,’ the Phils go to Shea for three with the Mets. This Wild-Card thing looks like it might go down to the last weekend.
The Daily Numbers: 5,700 U.S. troops that could be home from Iraq by Christmas under the plan announced last night by President Bush.
21,500 soldiers who will exit Iraq by next summer.
9 billion dollars a month, what the war in Iraq is costing the United States.
450 billion dollars, what Congress has appropriated to the war in Iraq.
19 members of the Lehigh University swim team charged with underage drinking after police raided an off-campus booze bash.
9 people indicted in a huge cocaine ring in Montgomery County, the leader of which has been charged with paying for the murder of a woman who was planning to testify against him.
10 blocks, how far a man was dragged after a fatal hit-run overnight in Oxford Circle. The driver of the minivan fled the scene.
2 Philadelphia police sergeants who have been charged with insurance violations in a side business they operate.
4 New Jersey men who have been charged in the vicious beating of a man in a parking lot outside Citizens Bank Park.
8 employees of the House Democratic Office of Legislative Research who are believed to have spent months away from their state jobs to campaign full time, while still getting big bonuses. The state attorney general is on the case.
3 bucks, what the Bank of America is now planning to charge non-customers to use their ATM machines.
20 percent more, what we could be paying for pasta soon because of worldwide shortage in the wheat crop.
1 inning for J.D. Durbin last night for the Phillies. The Durbinator had trouble finding the plate and when he did the Rockies were hitting his offerings hard.
5 hits, 3 walks and 3 runs given up by Durbin, who did not get anyone out in the second inning before making his exit.
12 runs, what the Phils promptly put on the board to cool off the Rockies.
1.5 back in the wild-card chase for the Phils, tied with the Dodgers and chasing the Padres.
I Don’t Get It (with apologies to Jack McCaffery): How about that tough Guy NFL boss Roger Goodell? He brings the hammer down on players like Pac-Man Jones and Michael Vick. But Bill Belichick? No suspension. Maybe a draft pick. A fine. He was cheating. I don’t get it.
Today’s Upper: No football Sunday. The Eagles don’t take the field again ‘til Monday night. Enjoy the Phillies as they tantalize us once again.
Quote Box: "Success is not going to happen overnight. It’s going to take time."
-- Vietnam veteran James Alleva, as he watched President Bush’s speech last night.
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