Spring training facts

Extrapolating the likely Phillies season-end stats based on four spring training games:

RBI leader: 162, C Tommy Joseph
SB leader: 81, OF Ben Revere
Hits leader: 231, 2B Yuniesky Betancourt
Runs leader: 202, 1B Ryan Howard
HR leader: 81, OF Domonic Brown
** projected new MLB record

Wins leader: 54, RP Zach Miner

** projected new MLB record 

Ks leader: 235, SP Roy Halladay

BBs leader: 200, SP Tyler Cloyd

Losses leader: 54, RP Jonathan Papelbon

** projected new MLB record 

ERA leader: 0.00, SP Cliff Lee

** projected new MLB record 

Projected Phillies record: 41-81-40

I know 40 ties is unlikely, considering there haven't been any in baseball's regular season in about 100 years, but they do have that weird new interleague schedule, so ...

Phillies 2013 Spring Training ads

After the success of last year's early ad campaign, the Phillies are back with a new, grittier set of ads for the start of the 2013 season:

The State of Philadelphia Sports address, 2013

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens:

Well, the Sixers lost yesterday, the Flyers lost yesterday, the Eagles resigned Mike Vick, and Chooch is suspended for the first 25 games of the baseball season.

Yeah, the state of our union is not good.

At least the state of the Philadelphia Union is still ok (0-0-1).

God bless America.

Greatest colleges ever

A full list of schools who can claim a U.S. vice president and a Super Bowl MVP among their alumni:

1 -- University of Michigan
VP: Gerald Ford
MVP: Tom Brady, Desmond Howard

2 -- University of Delaware
VP: Joe Biden
MVP: Joe Flacco

3 -- None

And, just to add to the prestige, see if you can identify which helmet is from which school: