Friday, October 30, 2009

The Daily Numbers - Oct. 30

The Daily Numbers: 1win apiece after the Phils and Yanks split the first two games of the World Series in the Big Apple.
6 years, how long it had been since the Yankees had won a World Series game.
4 hits, all the Phils could scratch out against Yanks starter A.J. Burnett.
7 strong innings for Burnett, who struck out 9 and retired the last 8 batters he faced.
8 strikeouts in six-plus innings for Phils starter Pedro Martinez. He gave up all 3 Mets runs.
0 for 8 with 6 strikeouts for Yankees’ slugger Alex Rodriguez.
4 whiffs for Phillies star Ryan Howard, who has yet to find his stroke in the Series.
16, age of female high school student who was held up while walking to school in the 500 block of Industrial Drive in Yeadon.
1 person rescued and 1 still missing after they apparently fell out of a boat on the Delaware River near the Sunoco refinery in Marcus Hook.
4,700 SEPTA city division workers who are preparing to walk off their jobs tonight at midnight. That would leave a lot of people walking. And almost everyone having to drive to World Series Game 3 Saturday night in South Philly.
400,000 dollar fine being paid by Sunoco for clean air violations at a plant in Haverhill, Ohio.
12 and a half to 25 years in prison for three teens charged in the death of Starbucks manager Sean Conroy, a Delco native, on a center city subway concourse.
3 teens shot at a McDonald’s in Philadelphia in what police believe was a fight over a girl.
2 students and 2 frats that face charges at Penn State in connection with the death of a student who fell into a stairwell after a night of drinking.
200 million dollars in stimulus funds for Peco, which will use the money to deploy new “smart meter” technology.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Yes, the Phils got a split in New York. But why does it seem they still blew a golden opportunity to seize control of the Series.
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I Don’t Get It: Three teens finally apologized to Sharon Conroy for their role in the death of her son. Earlier they had been laughing during court proceedings. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: It will be nice to see real, live fans again when the World Series comes back to Citizens Bank Park this weekend. What did they do to Yankees’ fans, force-feed them all tranquilizers?
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Quote Box: “They’re the best team we’ve played all year.”
- Yankees star Derek Jeter, on the Phils after scatching back to a 1-1 tie in the Series.

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