THURSDAY’S QUICKIE QUIZ
>>> If Manny Machado had signed with the Phillies instead of the Padres, he almost certainly would have set the club record for career home runs by a player with the initials M.M. before Labor Day . . . Who gets to hold on to that mark now?
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THURSDAY’S SINGLE DIGITS
>>> Since drafting Joel Embiid, the Sixers have played 386 regular season games . . . He has played in 148 of them . . . Only one of those numbers will change in the near future.
>>> In Villanova’s 85-73 loss to Georgetown Wednesday, the Wildcats lost both halves of the game (-10, -2) for just the second time all season . . . The first was to then-No. 1 Kansas (-2, -1) on Dec, 15.
>>> La Salle lost a tough one at St. Bonaventure Wednesday, 62-60, but it is easy to see one reason the Explorers have improved from their 0-10 start. Consider:
Opponent Points/Game:
84.1 -- First 10 Games (0-10)
64.9 -- Last 17 Games (8-7)
>>> When the Lightning torched the Flyers for three goals in the first 10:23 Tuesday, it was just the third fastest a team had done so against them this season . . . Toronto took just 7:44 to get three on Nov. 28 after the Sabres had notched a triple in the first 8:55 against Philadelphia a week earlier.
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QUICKIE QUIZ ANSWER
>>> Mickey Morandini currently holds the Phillies’ club record for career home runs by a player with the initials M.M. (20) . . . He should be okay at least until 2016 No. 1 pick Mickey Moniak (11 HR in 283 low-minor league games) climbs his way into the big leagues and sticks around long enough to catch him.