This team is a major loss leader
Penthouse magazine picked the Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series this year, which once again proves that Penthouse is to baseball predictions what the Phillies are to baseball.
Eleven games into the new season, the Phillies are down to business as usual -- 3-8 record, 4 1/2 games out of first in the National League East.
Such consistency -- one World Series championship since 1883 -- is something to be celebrated, PhiladelphiaWeekly.com has decided. With the Phillies having begun the 2007 season with 9,956 defeats, the site is running a regular feature entitled "The Road to 10,000 Losses," highlighting every new defeat with a cheerfully written loss report.
Said the site, "To put this in perspective, the Washington Generals, the team who used to play the Harlem Globetrotters, lost roughly 13,000 games. Yes, a team founded simply to lose games didn't lose that many more games than the Phillies."
Trivia time
The Phillies have lost the most games in the major leagues. Which franchise is No. 2?
The Philly way
Maybe there's something in those Philly cheesesteaks.
At the same time the Phillies are closing in on their unprecedented piece of ignominy, the Eagles tossed their hat into the laughingstock ring when they put their salary-cap status in jeopardy by accidentally paying running back Brian Westbrook his roster bonus twice in 2006.
ComcastSportsNet.com reported that because of an accounting error, Westbrook last year was twice paid the $3-million bonus that was built into the five-year contract he signed in late 2005. Team officials confirmed the mistake to ESPN.com.
Westbrook reportedly has agreed to repay the money, but until the reimbursement is made official, the gaffe could negatively affect the team's salary cap.
Westbrook rushed for 1,217 yards and seven touchdowns on 240 attempts in 2006.
Or, if the Eagles' accounting department is doing the statkeeping, 2,434 yards, 14 touchdowns and 480 carries.
Pepperoni rage
They were giving away beer and pizza in the Fenway Park stands Monday afternoon, although for the surprise recipient, they did not come without a price.
In the sixth inning of the Angels' 7-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox, Angels left fielder Garret Anderson chased a foul pop by J.D. Drew, reached into the crowd and knocked a beer all over a fan's Red Sox jacket.
