Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Daily Numbers -- July 15

The Daily Numbers: 4 letter in the popular expletive blurted out by Chase Utley after he was booed by New York fans last night. Unfortunately for Utley, they were picked up by his TV mike. He apologized.

40 years the Spectrum has stood at the corner of Broad and Pattison at the South Philly sports complex. Not much longer. Ed Snider confirmed it will be knocked down to make way for a new hotel.

3 year-old dog killed in Ridley. Police have charged a woman’s husband with stabbing the pooch with a sword.

10 swords and 20 daggers seized by police from the man’s home.

2 video gaming machines and $15,610 seized when police raided Della Polla’s Family Tavern on MacDade Boulevard last night.

4,133 Democrats who have joined the county voting rolls between April 15 and June 11. That’s 41 percent of voters. Republicans still command a registration edge at 48 percent, but it’s getting smaller.

2 people from Yeadon who waived their preliminary hearing yesterday on charges that they assaulted a parking meter maid in Upper Darby.


75,000 dollar grant delivered to volunteer firefighters in Bethel yesterday by Sen. Bob Casey Jr. and Rep. Joe Sestak.

134 phone calls from Tim Donaghy to another NBA ref that are being reviewed, according to a Fox News report. Donaghy is the Delco native at the center of an NBA betting scandal.

1.4 million dollars, an elderly woman’s life savings, believed ripped off in Montgomery County by a woman financial planner from New Jersey.


6 years in the slammer, what the female half of Philly’s glamorous so-called “Bonnie & Clyde” of ID theft is likely looking at after entering a guilty plea yesterday.

9 days, how long 63rd Street in Upper Darby will be shut down for a reconstruction project on the Market-Frankford El. There is no El service between 69th Street and 40th Street as well.

2 doctors injured in Bryn Mawr when the scooter they were riding was struck by an SUV.

1,500 feet, how high a proposed skyscraper will stand in Philadelphia. It’s expected to be reviewed by the Planning Commission today. It would be the tallest building between New York City and Chicago.


2 massive bronze doors stolen from a Mausoleum in Delaware.

9 arson fires, mostly in abandoned houses, reported in Sussex County, Del.

28 home runs for Josh Hamilton in the first round of last night’s All-Star Home Run Derby. And he didn’t win. He fell in the final to Minnesota’s Justin Morneau.

5 home runs for Chase Utley, who went out in the first round.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Utley dropped the F-bomb after being booed by fans during the introductions. Yep, he’s one of us.
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I Don’t Get It: A domestic disagreement in Ridley ended when a man used a sword to kill his wife’s dog, according to police. I don’t get it.

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Today’s Upper: Get outside at some point today and enjoy the weather. We’re looking at one of the best days of the summer so far.

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Quote Box: “We are working on the registration numbers to see what we can do.”

-- Delco GOP boss Tom Judge, on more gains being made to cut into the GOP’s registration edge in the county.

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