The Daily Numbers for Wednesday, July 8

The Daily Numbers: 2 dozen stores still shut down in wake of fire that hit business smack in the middle of 69th Street business district in Upper Darby.

7 neighboring stores to the Payless Shoe Store that suffered smoke and water damage. The shoe store was destroyed.

24 hours, how long it is believed fuel was spilling from a storage tank in Ridley, eventually getting into Stony Creek.

1 final Mass scheduled for Holy Savious Parish in Lower Chichester. It’s set for 4 p.m. Sunday.

20 million dollar pricetag for Springfield Park Shopping Center on Baltimore Pike.

5 to 10 years in state prison for a woman involved in a violent home invasion in Folcroft.

6 months on home monitoring and 3 years probation for a man who admitted stealing a disabled youth’s specialty motorized wheelchair and selling it for scrap.

43.40, how much Brian Runge got for the wheelchair.

5,310 dollars, what it cost to buy a replacement.

62, age of head of the Concept School in Thornbury, Chester County, who has been charged with indecently assaulting a student.

3-23 months in prison for former teacher and sports writer who admitted an improper sexual relationship with a student in Chester County.

13, age of Emily Simkovich of Drexel Hill, who was crowned national marbles champion in the annual tourney in Wildwood.

2 people rescued from flooded roadway in Middletown Monday night.

40 seasons of magic at the Upper Darby Summer Stage Program.

6 percent hike in tolls on the Pa. Turnpike coming next year.

.179 batting average for Chase Utley, who is on the disabled list and may not get his starting job back when he returns.

.302 batting average for the red-hot Cesar Hernandez, who has replaced Utley in the Phils’ lineup.

7-2 win for the Phils over the Dodgers last night.

1 for 4 with a walk for Hernandez in the win.

12-game hitting streak for Hernandez. He’s batting .451 during the streak.

2 runs on 6 hits for Phils’ starter and former Dodger Chad Billingsley.

2nd DUI arrest for former Eagles QB Donovan McNabb in Arizona.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.

I don’t think anyone wanted to see it end this way, but it’s hard to disagree with GM Ruben Amaro Jr., who said yesterday it is unlikely Chase Utley will get his starting job back when he returns from the disabled list.

I Don’t Get It: Now it’s Subway spokesman Jared Fogle. I don’t get it.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to the 200 firefighters who responded to the blaze on 69th Street and confined damage to one store.

Quote Box: “I’m not sorry for standing by my mentor. I’m sorry the accusations RTrue.”

- Tweet by Philly singer Jill Scott on new revelations about Bill Cosby.

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