The Daily Numbers - Sept. 27

The Daily Numbers: 100 wins for the Phillies after they beat the Braves, 4-2, last night.


3 times in franchise history they have hit triple digits in victories.


1, as in No. 1, where Phillies rank in attendance in Major League Baseball this year.


3,680,718 people who made their way through the turnstiles at Citizens Bank Park this year.


204 consecutive home sellouts at the Bank.


1 teen, an 18-year-old and the only adult to face charges, who pleaded guilty in that flash mob incident in which a group of teens sacked the Upper Darby Sears store.


14 to 35 years in jail for a Philadelphia man convicted of third-degree murder in the death of a Yeadon man.


139,000 stuffed inside the socks of a couple stopped at Philadelphia International Airport.


20,000 in jewelry cleaned out from a household in Chester County, allegedly by a maid from Aston.


3.59 a gallon, what we’re paying on average at the pump for gas in the Philly region. That’s down 3 cents over the weekend and down from #3.66 last week.


4.05 a gallon, the peak price we hit back on May 5.


9 of November, date for resentencing for former Philly political power broker and longtime state senator Vince Fumo. Fed prosecutors want him to do 15 years behind bars.


1 person killed and her child injured when a car slammed into them on the curb on Roosevelt Blvd.


500 people being hired by Capital One as it expands its operations in Delaware.


467 million dollars for the airport expansion plan being delivered by the FAA.


4 people in 1 family dead in murder suicide in Mather, Pa.


1 game margin for Braves over the Cardinals in the NL Wild Card race. Both lost last night.


17-8 record for Cliff Lee, who got the win vs. Braves last night.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Good news: Michael Vick’s hand is bruised, not broken. Bad news: He still might not be able to play Sunday vs. 49ers. The way he’s been playing that might not be a bad thing.


 


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I Don’t Get It: Michael Vick turned to the tried and true method when hitting a bump in the road in pro sports: Blame the refs.


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Today’s Upper: That woman who donated a kidney to her son in Philly but lost her job in the process is back on the job after the company thought better about its actions. Good.


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Quote Box: “I was kind of character and being too candid in that aspect.


- Michael Vick on Monday, talking about his comments on the refs after Sunday’s loss to the Giants.

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