The Daily Numbers: 45,574 packed into Citizens Bank Park for the Phils home opener.
205 consecutive home sellouts for the Phils at CBP.
2 runs scored by the Marlins in a 6-2 loss.
1-3 mark now for the Phutiles.
0-for-12 skid snapped by second baseman Freddy Galvis, who doubled in the Phils 2 runs.
4 runs on 8 hits in 5 and 1/3 innings for starter Cole Hamels.
3 to 23 months in prison for former Penn-Delco School Board member John Green for stealing funds from a booster club.
21,000 dollars in restitution he also will have to make to the club.
6 teens now facing charges in Folcroft in connection with the vicious beating of a man.
92,629 dollar contract awarded by County Council to computer courses to be offered to laid-off refinery workers.
89 bags of illegal drugs allegedly found in the pants of a man in a bust in Sharon Hill.
2 Philly firefighters killed in a warehouse inferno yesterday.
130.55 point decline for the Dow yesterday, dipping under 13,000 for 1st time since March 12.
2.2 million dollars that Sunoco will pay to Massachusetts over cleanups at several gas stations.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Today’s mantra: It’s just 4 games….. It’s just 4 games.
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I Don’t Get It: Another teen has been charged in that brutal beating of a man in Folcroft.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the 45,000-plus who jammed Citizens Bank Park in the 205th consecutive home sellout.
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Quote Box: “I take a vacation day for this day every year.”
- Phillies fan John Palumbo, on his tradition of attending opening day at Citizens Bank Park.
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