Six things we know to be true...

1. The Phillies officially dropped out of the playoff hunt last night with their 9-7 loss to The Worst Team in Baseball.

2. While that was happening, Sarah Palin was hitting a home run out of the park. By all accounts, her speech was a smashing success.

3. Last week it was Dr Z, now ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski has the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl.

4. Our first play in the 6-year old Flag Football League next week will be a halfback option pass. And just like that, the rest of the league hate us.

5. Florida will pistol-whip The U this weekend -- something like 40-10.

6. With each passing day, it becomes more obvious the 76ers will be beating meeting the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals this coming season.