The Daily Numbers: 4:06, as in 4 hours, 6 minutes, how long it took the Phils to finally edge the Rockies in last night’s NLDS game in Denver.
10:07, first pitch Sunday night at Coors Field. Yep, that means if you hung in there, the final out came after 2 a.m.
35 degrees, game-time temperature in Denver. That ties the Major League record for coldest game ever.
6:07, first pitch of Game 4 tonight in Denver.
108 years of church services that came to an end with yesterday’s final service at St. John the Evangelist Church in Lansdowne.
18, age of Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades student who was killed in an accident on campus Friday.
148,000 dollar fine for Sunoco for violations of hazardous waste regulations at its Marcus Hook plant.
2 days that Archbishop Carroll High School was closed last week because of a H1N1 outbreak. The school reopens this morning.
1 firefighter injured in blaze that struck a home in Kensington last night.
132,000 square feet of space in the new Wegman’s grocery store that opened in Collegeville. It includes a pub.
18 people rescued from a fire in a Warminster apartment building early Sunday.
101 days, how long it took Pennsylvania legislators to agree on a new state budget, which was signed by Gov. Rendell Friday night.
2.47, average price of gasoline in the 5-county Philadelphia region.
1 more win, all the Phils need to advance to the NLCS against the Dodgers.
264 yards passing for Donovan McNabb in his return as the Eagles starting QB Sunday against the Bucs.
2 TD catches for rookie wide receiver Jeremy Maclin.
1 win combined for the 3 teams the Eagles have beaten so far this year.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Well, I was right. You start a playoff game at 10:07 p.m. and your ending time is right around 2 a.m. Wonderful.
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I Don’t Get It: Not that it matters what the fans want. Baseball – and all major league sports – will continue to play their most meaningful games exactly when TV tells them to play them. The fans be damned.
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Today’s Upper: Just imagine how you’d feel this morning if you had stayed up until after 2 a.m. only to watch Brad Lidge blow the game.
Yeah, I know, the thought was going through my head as well.
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Quote Box: “The ball might have caught me … Nobody said anything so I ran hard.”
- Phillies Chase Utley, on a key play in the top of the 9th in which a ball seemed to hit him, thus making it a foul ball. Instead, Utley ran it out and no call was made. Jimmy Rollins advanced to third, where he scored the winning run on Ryan Howard’s sacrifice fly.
10:07, first pitch Sunday night at Coors Field. Yep, that means if you hung in there, the final out came after 2 a.m.
35 degrees, game-time temperature in Denver. That ties the Major League record for coldest game ever.
6:07, first pitch of Game 4 tonight in Denver.
108 years of church services that came to an end with yesterday’s final service at St. John the Evangelist Church in Lansdowne.
18, age of Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades student who was killed in an accident on campus Friday.
148,000 dollar fine for Sunoco for violations of hazardous waste regulations at its Marcus Hook plant.
2 days that Archbishop Carroll High School was closed last week because of a H1N1 outbreak. The school reopens this morning.
1 firefighter injured in blaze that struck a home in Kensington last night.
132,000 square feet of space in the new Wegman’s grocery store that opened in Collegeville. It includes a pub.
18 people rescued from a fire in a Warminster apartment building early Sunday.
101 days, how long it took Pennsylvania legislators to agree on a new state budget, which was signed by Gov. Rendell Friday night.
2.47, average price of gasoline in the 5-county Philadelphia region.
1 more win, all the Phils need to advance to the NLCS against the Dodgers.
264 yards passing for Donovan McNabb in his return as the Eagles starting QB Sunday against the Bucs.
2 TD catches for rookie wide receiver Jeremy Maclin.
1 win combined for the 3 teams the Eagles have beaten so far this year.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Well, I was right. You start a playoff game at 10:07 p.m. and your ending time is right around 2 a.m. Wonderful.
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I Don’t Get It: Not that it matters what the fans want. Baseball – and all major league sports – will continue to play their most meaningful games exactly when TV tells them to play them. The fans be damned.
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Today’s Upper: Just imagine how you’d feel this morning if you had stayed up until after 2 a.m. only to watch Brad Lidge blow the game.
Yeah, I know, the thought was going through my head as well.
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Quote Box: “The ball might have caught me … Nobody said anything so I ran hard.”
- Phillies Chase Utley, on a key play in the top of the 9th in which a ball seemed to hit him, thus making it a foul ball. Instead, Utley ran it out and no call was made. Jimmy Rollins advanced to third, where he scored the winning run on Ryan Howard’s sacrifice fly.
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