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Pedestrians were perplexed yes-terday at the debut of the city’sfirst “E-Lane” of sidewalk traf-fic, designated for those whowish to use electronic deviceswhile walking, on the 1400block of JFK Boulevard in Cen-ter City.

Some kept to their designat-ed direction in the two-waylane demarcated by whitepaint. Some tip-toed carefullyon the margins, while othersavoided the lane altogether orburst into giggles at the signsdepicting a stick figure holdingup a mobile device.

Perhaps most tellingly,those buried in their cellphones seemed not to notice it

at all. “I looked down, but I didn’t know what it was,” saidT.J. Jizzi of Bensalem as he andtwo friends texted on theirtouch screens. Jizzi said that hethought the lane was a goodidea, as he and his friends oftenbump into people while walk-ing and using their phones.

But not everyone was sold.“I think it’s a waste of money,honestly,” said Philadelphia res-ident Gary Dixon as he waitedfor the bus. “There’s a lot of is-sues you could address, con-front and deal with that are verymuch more important. Thiswould be way at the bottom.”

Mayor Michael Nutter andthe city’s Office of Transporta-

tion and Utilities rolled out thelane at a press conference onSaturday. In honor of AprilFools’ Day, the pedestrian thor-oughfare is what Chief of StaffAndrew Stober calls a “seriousprank.”

“It’s not something we’regoing to keep after the pilot pe-riod,” Stober said. “The pilot pe-riod is an opportunity over thecourse of the next week to starta dialogue about pedestriansafety and people looking outfor themselves while walkingaround the city.”

Stober said that the effortwas entirely financed by dona-tions, down to the tape mark-ing off the lane.

New sidewalk lane fortexting and walking

Bizarre idea by City Hall officials is an April Fools’ joke, sort of Transportation officials say it’s serious about pedestrian safety

“We noticed anincreasing problemwith people notpaying attention towhere they’regoing and beingdistracted byphones ... andthought this was afun way to drawattention to theissue and hopefullymake the city safer.”ANDREW STOBER, CITYTRANSPORTATION SPOKESMAN

Vick in Webads againstanimal abusePHILADELPHIA. TheHumane Society hasteamed up with MikeVick to release two Webads advocating againstanimal fighting.

“I wanted to be a voicein the fight againstanimal cruelty because Idon’t want kids to godown the wrong path,and I don’t want more an-imals to be hurt, so Ivowed to help more ani-mals than I hurt. I feellike I owe that to a lot ofanimals,” Vick intones inone of the ads.

The athlete served twoyears in prison for dogfighting. METRO/AW

Cops: Menbeat trashscavengerREADING. Two ExeterTownship neighbors mis-takenly assaulted an eld-erly trash scavenger inthe belief that he was achild predator, The Asso-ciated Press reported.

The men, charged Fri-day, were reportedly re-acting to a Facebook postabout a suspectedpedophile in the areawhen they attacked thevictim March 21. METRO

Body found inburning carFELTONVILLE. Firemen bat-tling a car blaze on the4500 block of North ThirdStreet around 2:30 a.m.yesterday found the bodyof an unknown woman inthe passenger seat.

There were two bulletholes in the passengerdoor of the 2002 ChryslerSebring, police said.

Investigators have notyet identified the woman;the motive is unknown atthis time. METRO/AW

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11Vehicles damaged in anew outbreak of tireslashings on a street inClaymont, Del., duringthe weekend, accordingto state police. With on-going slashings rousingtempers in Northeastand West Philadelphia,the question is: Arecopycats popping upacross the region or arethe low-level propertycrimes garnering moremedia attention?

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Sad miss Friends of leukemia-stricken local teenKevin McGuireannounced some badnews on his Facebookfan page Saturday. “Iam so sorry toannounce this devas-tating news, but Kevinwas admitted to thehospital last night,and is unable toattend the Academyof Country MusicAwards with TaylorSwift,” the post read.

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“About every fourhours a pedestrianin Philadelphia isstruck by a car. Thefirst thing onelearns inkindergarten is tolook both wayswhen crossing thestreet.” RINA CUTLER, DEPUTY MAYOR FORTRANSPORTATION

Man killed ingunfire nearbiker clubWEST PHILADELPHIA. A man waskilled yesterday in a doubleshooting near the Wheels ofSoul motorcycle club.

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3:45 a.m. outside the club’sprivate headquarters at 61stand Market streets, strikingtwo men, police said. Oneman, 28, was shot multipletimes. He was taken byprivate car to a nearby hospi-tal by the time police arrived,but died shortly before 4 a.m.

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tim, 25, at Mercy Hospitalwith a gunshot wound to theface. He was transferred tothe Hospital of the Universityof Pennsylvania in criticalcondition.

That victim was sitting in aDodge Charger when he washit, police said.

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Though the terms of the newcontract will not be publiclyreleased until they pass aunion ratification vote —which is to be held either to-day or tomorrow — SEPTAtransit police and manage-ment have reached a tenta-tive agreement, unionspokesman Anthony Ingargio-la said yesterday.

Talks wrapped up late Fri-day night and cops were backon duty by the midnight shiftSaturday morning, Ingargiolasaid. Union members wereexpected to receive a writtenversion of the new contractfor consideration yesterday.Ingargiola said that the newterms have “a very goodchance of passing” the vote,but they do not become offi-cial until both sides sign offon them.

Two hundred and nineteenmembers of the Fraternal Or-der of Transit Police walkedoff the job shortly before 2p.m. on March 21, giving offi-cials about a half an hour’s no-tice in a move that drew criti-cism from Mayor Michael Nut-ter and Police CommissionerCharles Ramsey. The unionhad been working without acontract for a year.

Ingargiola previously saidthat, despite concessionsmade by the union regardingpensions and other areas, ne-gotiations broke down duringthe nine-day strike over a$200,000 increase in “certifi-cation pay” that would costSEPTA about $20 more perweek.

Police have identified the mankilled during a high-speed po-lice pursuit Friday night.

Danny Irizarry Roman, 36,of the 4800 block of NorthEighth Street in Olney, diedwhen another car’s driver flee-ing from police allegedly T-boned the car in which Ro-man was riding. That fatal,high-speed chase ended onWest Ontario Street in Hunt-

ing Park. The driver and her 4-year-old son were also critical-ly injured.

The driver of the strikingcar tried to flee on foot afterthe crash, but was caught bypolice on the 900 block ofWest Russell Street.

Police have identified himas Gregory Alston, 39, of the4500 block of Fernhill Streetin Germantown. He is charged

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“No, but I got this.”SUSPECT IN AN ALLEGED FATAL CARCRASH DURING HIS INITIALCONFRONTATION WITH POLICEWHEN AN OFFICER ASKED HIM FORHIS LICENSE, SHOWING A BLACKHANDGUN BEFORE TAKING OFF.

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“Philly Farm & Food Fest” — which featured more than100 regional farmers and food artisans — includedunique locally made products ranging from ice cream andhoney to organic meats and baked goods at PennsylvaniaConvention Center yesterday. METRO

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Barbara Barnes, left, and her daughter, Robin Barnes, purchased chocolate from John & Kira's Chocolates at the farm fest.

Transit officers returned to job midnight SaturdayNew deal with SEPTA ‘very good chance’ of being

ratified today or tomorrow Strike was almost 10 days

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219Members of theFraternal Order of TransitPolice union who walkedoff the job shortly before2 p.m. on March 21

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State prosecutors have listeda number of instances inwhich they claim two formerPenn State University offi-cials lied to a grand juryabout their involvement inthe Jerry Sandusky sex abusescandal.

Former athletic directorTim Curley and now-retired fi-nancial officer Gary Schultzpleaded not guilty in Januaryto charges of perjury and fail-ing to report abuse allegationsagainst Sandusky to police.

In response to a petitionby Curley and Schultz tohave the charges againstthem dropped, the Pennsyl-vania attorney general’s of-fice on Friday provided a listof 15 times in which theysaid Curley lied to the grandjury, and 18 for Schultz.

Prosecutors also wrote thatthey believe the former PennState employees were tryingto “take advantage” of Pater-no’s death from lung cancer.

Curley and Schultz arguedin their February motions todismiss the perjury charges,saying Paterno was not avail-able to support McQueary’stestimony during their crimi-nal trial and there was no

one else to back up his claim.“McQueary’s testimony

was corroborated by that ofhis father, John McQueary …(who) testified that he metwith Defendant Schultz sometime after the incident de-scribed by his son,” wroteBruce Beemer, the attorneygeneral’s chief of staff.

The attorneys for Curleyand Schultz, Caroline Rober-to and Tom Farrell, had littleto say in response to theprosecution’s rebuttal.

“We have received theprosecution’s filings andlook forward to reviewingtheir responses,” they said ina joint statement. REUTERS

NEW JERSEY. PATCO has an-nounced that riders will nowbe able to use contactless creditcards to ride the system as partof the second phase of a pilotprogram.

PATCO’s new open-fare col-lection system was created byCubic Transportation Systemsand debuted last fall. The firstphase allowed passengers to

purchase a prepaid Visa cardthat could also be used atstores. The latest innovationwill allow passengers to swipetheir own Visa, MasterCard orDiscover cards by a card readerat fare gates and parking lots.

As part of the promotion,those who use the prepaid cardwill be entered to win a $600credit. METRO/SDL

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A concert officially opened the city’s newest entertainmentvenue at the South Philadelphia sports complex Saturdayevening. Mayor Michael Nutter and Flyers owner Ed Sniderhelped unveil Xfinity Live! earlier in the day, though the facili-ty actually opened first Wednesday night for BruceSpringsteen concertgoers. METRO

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Kryz Reid and Stephan Jenkins, left and right, of Third Eye Blind, headlined the opening of Xfinity Live! this weekend.

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The U.S. Senate’s top Republi-can called on his party tounite behind leading presi-dential candidate Mitt Rom-ney yesterday as rival RickSantorum vowed to stay inthe race beyond a likely de-feat in tomorrow’s Wisconsinprimary.

Senate Republican LeaderMitch McConnell stoppedshort of endorsing Romney inan interview on CNN’s “Stateof the Union” show. But Mc-Connell did say the formerMassachusetts governorwould make an “excellentnominee” and left littledoubt about whom he sup-ported in the battle to takeon Democratic PresidentBarack Obama in the Nov. 6election.

“It’s time to turn our atten-tion to the fall campaign andmake the case against thepresident of the United States.

“It’s important to get behindthe person who is obviouslygoing to be our nominee,” Mc-Connell said, referring toRomney.

A victory in Wisconsin’sprimary tomorrow would giveRomney an almost insur-mountable lead in the Repub-licans’ state-by-state nominat-ing contest.

McConnell joined a chorusof other top Republicans whohave called for the nominat-ing process to wind down.REUTERS

Santorum won’t quit race;GOP leader calls for unity

Santorum said a defeat in Wisconsin would not force him from the race and predicted he would do well in May, when several conservative states hold their primaries.

Myanmar oppositionclaims major win forpopular San Suu KyiMyanmar’s pro-democracyleader Aung San Suu Kyi won aseat in parliament yesterday,her party said, after a historicby-election that is testing thecountry’s nascent reform cre-dentials and could persuadethe West to end sanctions.

Suu Kyi’s National Leaguefor Democracy party claimedvictories in at least 19 of the 45available seats and announcedto loud cheers that the Nobel

Peace Prize laureate had wonin Kawhmu, southwest of thecommercial capital Yangon,raising the prospect of a siz-able political role following atwo-decade struggle againstmilitary dictatorship.

The charismatic and wildlypopular Suu Kyi did not addressthe crowd but issued a state-ment asking supporters to re-spect the other parties.REUTERS

National League for Democracy supporters celebrate their victoryin the parliamentary elections outside the party headquarters.

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Mitt Romney hastrust issues. TheRepublican presi-dential candidate,accused of having

worn through more flip-flopsthan a spring break veteran,has earned a reputation oftrustworthiness approximatelycommensurate with that owedto an Etch-a-Sketch. Over thecourse of his political career,but especially during the ten-

dentious 2012 nominatingprocess, the infamous “Massa-chusetts moderate” has be-come known for saying what-ever needs saying, whenever itneeds to be said, with the ex-press goal of serving his politi-cal ambitions.

Cynical readers will notethat this actually describes allpoliticians. Of course. But thatdoesn’t mean we can’t stillhold Romney rhetorically ac-

countable for his obvious dis-sembling. Take this past week-end for example, during whichHis Mittness addressed a Wis-consin crowd ahead of thestate’s primary tomorrow,touting his apparent immunityto partisan hackery.

“I didn’t criticize in a publicand personal way the Senatepresident or the speaker of theHouse,” Romney said, claimingthat as governor he was able to

stand above the typical dividebetween the two parties. “Theywould attack me becausethat’s what Republicans andDemocrats do to each other. Atone point, one of the two ofthem — I won’t mentionwhich one — sent me a note.And he said, ‘I’ve noticed thatyou don’t respond to my at-tacks, I’m going to stop attack-ing you.’ And there began abetter relationship.”

You see? Just like hisporous positions onabortion rights andthe individual man-date, Romney was for

bipartisan harmony before hewas against it. He would neverattack his rivals, because that’swhat those other people do,and he’s not one of them. Ex-cept, of course, when he is.

Like that same day, whenhe accused President Obamaof failing America and of hav-ing radically different viewsfrom the rest of us. “Our pres-ident doesn’t have the samefeelings about American ex-ceptionalism that we do,”Romney said within hours ofhis high-minded refutation ofad hominem attacks. “Thispresident has failed us. ... Hebroke a lot of promises.”

Romney, on the otherhand, is a man of his words.All of them, unfortunately.

He’s not like all the others

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Lohan celebratesfreedom viapartyingDespite advice from a judge thatshe should probably stop party-ing, Lindsay Lohan celebratedthe end of her formal probationby throwing a little get-togetherat the Chateau Marmont, accord-ing to Radar Online. “Lindsay’sguests ate paella and watchedElizabeth Taylor’s ‘Who’s AfraidOf Virginia Woolf?’ Lindsay wasin an extremely good mood andgrateful to be off of formal pro-bation,” a source says. “The party

went until around 2 a.m. Alcoholwas being served in moderation,but Lindsay wasn’t seen drinking.It’s just rather strange that Lind-say chose to have the party at thehotel, especially after what thejudge said to her in court.”

Brand isphilosophicalDon’t worry about Russell Brand— he’s doing just fine. “I’m doingwell,” Brand, who filed fordivorce from Katy Perry late lastyear, tells People magazine. Andapparently “well” means he’s in aphilosophical mood. “You don’tneed to brush it off if you don’tget it on you in the first place,” hesays. “I don’t have to let anythinggo. I don’t hold on to anything

negative. It’s the same as zero-ness.” He’s also not holding ontohis recent arrest in New Orleans,which is “meaningless to me,” hesays. “It’s like it never happened.It’s meaningless.”

Winslet wants to barfWhile many still consider CelineDion’s “Titanic” tune, “My HeartWill Go On,” a classic, KateWinslet is literally sick of it. “I feellike throwing up when I hear it.No, I shouldn’t say that. No, actu-ally, I do feel like throwing up,”Winslet tells MTV News. “I wish Icould say, ‘Oh listen, everybody!It’s the Celine Dion song!’ But Idon’t. I just have to sit there, youknow, kind of straight-faced with

a massive, internal eye-roll.”

Gaga’s tamebirthday nightLady Gaga had a not-so-wild cel-ebration for her 26th birthday,treating her friends to some timeat the gym before grabbing din-ner with her parents, accordingto Us Weekly. “Her friends filledthe studio, and they had a blast,”a source says of Gaga’s visit toSoulCycle, an L.A. spin class stu-dio. “She requested [BruceSpringsteen’s] ‘Thunder Road’because it’s one of her favoritesongs. And as for the location ofthe celebratory dinner: home. “Itwas just a small thing with herfamily,” says the source. “Hermother cooked.”

Checking in withsome of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve been upto — in their ownwords, in 140 characters or fewer.

Garry Shandling knowswhat you’ve heardabout him, Jenny Mc-Carthy is a little shaky,Conan O’Brien is takingin some culture andRoseanne Barr is look-ing for a way out.

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Sheen is embarking onsomething of an apologytour. “I didn’t recognizeparts of who that guy was.I just wish it wassomebody else’s body. Yousay it’s been a year — it’seither been a day, or a hun-dred years,” Sheen toldMatt Lauer during an inter-view on the “Today” showlast week. “I guess the planwas to reintroduce myselfto America and to the me-dia and say, ‘Sorry aboutthat, but here’s what’s hap-pening now.’” Clearly, thatdidn’t go as planned. NowSheen is busying promot-ing a new TV show, FX’s“Anger Management.” “Icouldn’t have the ‘Two anda Half Men’ thing be mytelevision legacy,” Sheensays. “I couldn’t have thatend on that note.”

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The “Today” show is re-sponding to the missilethat ABC hurled lastweek — the announce-

ment that anchorwoman KatieCouric is guest-hosting “GoodMorning America” — with anuclear warhead of its own:

The NBC morning show an-nounced over the weekendthat Tuesday’s guest-host willbe none other than Sarah Palin(yes, that Sarah Palin. Wethought it was an April Foolsjoke, too).

To make things even more

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3. Nicki Minaj performed onstageat FOX’s “American Idol” Season11 Top 9 To 8 Live EliminationShow on Thursday in Hollywood.

4. Justin Bieber and host WillSmith were doused in greenslime at Nickelodeon’s Kids’Choice Awards on Saturday.

5. Stacy “Fergie” Fergusonarrived to celebrate her 37thbirthday at 1 OAK Las Vegas at theMirage Hotel & Casino on Fridayin Las Vegas. According to People,she spent the night table-hoppingfrom the one she shared with hus-band Josh Duhamel and Ne-Yo toone where Michael Jordan wassitting.

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There is much debate onwhether the Phillies’ windowof opportunity is closing.

They’re too old. They can’thit. They’re injury-prone.However, some believe thatthe team could go deep in thepostseason this year and be-yond as long as the three acestoe the mound for the Phillies.

“When you have threestarters like Roy Halladay, CliffLee and Cole Hamels, you havea distinct advantage over mostother teams,” an NL scout said.“Sure, they may have some of-fensive issues, but you don’thave to score a heck of a lot ofruns when you have that kindof pitching. They may have

overspent for Jonathan Papel-bon but look for him to be aterrific closer in Philly.”

The Phillies have the pitch-ing. But someone has to drivein some runs to enable thatstaff to win games. Accordingto Baseball Prospectus, the of-fensive decline for most hit-ters strikes when players arebetween 32 and 34, which iswhere many of these Philliesfall. Factor in that gaping holein the heart of the order tostart the season.

Remember, no RyanHoward. And no Chase Utley.

“Nobody’s felt sorry for usin the past,” Phils skipperCharlie Manuel said. “I don’t

think our guys feel that way. Ifeel like that’s what we haveand that’s what we're going toplay with.”

Yankees manager Joe Girar-di, who won a World Series in2009 with a Yankees squad ledby stars in their mid-30s,thinks the Phillies’ offensewill be just fine.

“I think that’s a team thatcan still go to the World Se-ries,” Girardi said. “Not everyteam has a Jimmy Rollins, aShane Victorino or CarlosRuiz. Those guys are clutchguys. Look at the big hitsRollins and Ruiz have gottenin big situations and especial-ly in the playoffs.

“I think most guys wouldtake their chances managing ateam like that. And at somepoint this season, they’ll get[Ryan] Howard back. I don’tthink it’s all over for thePhillies by any stretch.”

The Phillies also have a GM

willing to do whatever it takesto get to the postseason.When the Phillies neededarms, Ruben Amaro acquiredthe best, Roy Halladay andCliff Lee. When the Philliesneeded a bat, they scored thefinest available last July bytrading for Hunter Pence.

“That’s another reason tobelieve that the Phillies willbe a strong contender everyyear,” the NL scout said. “Theyhave a general manager whowill go for it. Add that to astrong nucleus and goodthings should happen.”

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1 JimmyRollins, SS —J-Roll has hadproblemsstayinghealthy and needs to uphis .268 2011 average.

2 Placido Polanco, 3B —Chose not toupgrade.Need Polly toreturn to his2010 form.

3 Shane Victorino, CF —Victorino isin his primeentering hiswalk year.Led Phils inOPS (.847) in 2011.

4 Hunter Pence, RF —He’s the key with Utley,Howard out.A full year ofPence shouldtranslate tobig (TripleCrown?) numbers.

5 Ty Wigginton, 1B —Journeymanbatted .180this spring.He’ll platoonwith Mayber-ry, Laynce Nix, Jim Thome.

6 John Mayberry, LF —Has to provehe can hitrighties: .236vs. them forhis career.

7 Carlos Ruiz, C —Phils will take.283 in the 7-hole. You can’tput a value onhis defense.

8 Freddy Galvis, 2B — Can he hitbig-leaguepitching?We’ll findout. Batted.256 this spring.

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Jim and Charlie:Reunited and itfeels so goodWhen Jim Thome wasn’tworking on fielding drills inthe early morning Florida sun,he was standing around hislocker chatting with his man-ager Charlie Manuel.

It was like watching aproud father holding courtwith his accomplished son.Manuel is clearly thrilled tohave Thome around, to startsome games at first base andto provide a late-inning powerthreat off the bench. ButManuel also loves having himaround the clubhouse.

Unlike some of Manuel’sother players, the 41-year-oldThome let the hitting gurumold him into one of thegame’s greatest home-run hit-ters. Thome listened as a rawMidwestern kid and his ear isalways open for Manuel.

“Charlie knows a thing ortwo about hitting,” Manuelsaid. “He knows a lot aboutbaseball period. It would befoolish not to listen to everyword he says.”

There is a deep bond be-

tween Manuel and Thomethat was forged during theirdays together in Cleveland,when Manuel was the club’shitting guru and Thome was avery promising bat.

Manuel went on to managethe Indians and Thome be-came one of his most success-

ful pupils. Thome signed amassive free agent contractwith the Phillies in 2003 andManuel followed his charge toPhilly two seasons later andbecame the most successfulmanager in franchise history.

When Thome signed a freeagent deal this past offseasonwith the Phillies, Manuelhoped that his close friendcould play first base.

“Jim knows how to hit,” hesaid. “He’s always been a verygood hitter. He can still hit.He’s going to help us.”

While waiting his turn, youcan bet that Thome will betalking baseball with Manuel.

“I love going over thingswith him,” Thome said. “Oneof the great things about com-ing back to the Phillies was be-ing around him. [Manuel].He’s a great person, whoknows the game as good asanybody. We enjoy each oth-er’s company.”

In a pinch

Thome’s primary role will be as a pinch-hitter who can change the game withone swing. The Phillieshaven’t had such a benchplayer since Matt Stairs went for the fences eachtime he came up to theplate.

“I’m going to do all that I canfor this team,” Thome said.“I’ll try to play some gamesat first base. I hope thatworks out. I would love toget a couple of bats a gameand make an impact.”

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Mike GregerMetro Philadelphia

NL East: PhilliesNL Central: RedsNL West: Giants

Mark OsborneMetro New York

AL East: RaysAL Central: TigersAL West: Angels

Matt BurkeMetro Boston

AL wild cards: Yankees and RangersNL wild cards: Marlins and Diamondbacks

Detroit. They already had perennialCy Young candidate Justin Verlander.Now the Tigers throw Prince Field-er’s 40 home runs into the mix.We’re betting on 100 wins and a cigarette endorsement deal for JimLeyland.

Angels. Sure, everyone knows theyadded Albert Pujols, but look at theirpitching staff. Jered Weaver, C.J. Wil-son, Dan Haren and Ervin Santanacould be the best top 4 in the entiremajors. Oh, also, they signed AlbertPujols.

San Francisco. The of-fense was dreadfullast season, but thereturn of BusterPosey in the middleof the lineup shouldhelp reverse SanFran’s fortunes.

Miguel Cabrera.Reported tocamp in the“best shape ofhis life.” That'snot saying much,but all signs point to anotherworldly season.

Jose Bautista. Forget all the nonsen-sical steroids talk. This guy shouldhave won the AL MVP last year.He batted .302 with a .447 OBPand clubbed 42 home runs to givehim the best OPS in the majors aswell. He’s real people.

Joey Votto. The 28-year-old sometimesgets lost in the shuf-fle, but with PrinceFielder and AlbertPujols changingleagues, it’s his time.

Roy Halladay. Silence all the StephenStrasburg talk right now. Doc spenthis offseason wrestling snakes andpolishing his two Cy Young awards.Mark the Phillies’ ace down for 22wins and 240 innings. Another ho-hum season.

Clayton Kershaw. It wasKershaw, not Halladay or Ver-

lander, who had the best ERAin the majors last year. He

had 248strikeouts in

233 1/3 IP.

Justin Verlan-der. Still thegoldstandard.

Could the 2011AL MVP and Cy YoungAward winner possiblymatch his 2011 output?

Tampa Bay. Every year, peoplecount out the Rays and it’s alwayshard to understand why. With leftyMatt Moore, the most experiencedrookie in the majors, Tampa Baycould easily win the AL Eastoutright in 2012. Here’s sayingthey will.

Atlanta. This is going to be an uglysurprise. The Braves have Matt Diazand Tyler Pastornicky in their lineupand they just signed Livan Hernandezas a possible starter. I can’t believepeople think this team is an actualplayoff contender.

Pittsburgh. They haven’t had awinning season since 1992 and arethrowing out Erik Bedard onOpening Day. Still, in a weak divi-sion, we like the Bucs to do somedamage. Andrew McCutchen is afive-tool talent.

Which team will lead the majors inwins during the regular season?

Which hitter will have the best regular season?

Which pitcher will have the bestregular season?

Which team will be a surprise —good or bad — this year?

Cabrera is a slightly slimmer bad man.

Manuel: Phils still team to beat in NL EastThe Phillies wrapped upspring training yesterday inFlorida. Charlie Manuel’ssquad tied the Braves 7-7 intheir Grapefruit League finale.

Before the game, thePhillies’ fearless leader had

some words for the rest of theNational League East — andanyone else that might bedoubting the Phillies.

“I think until somebodybeats us, we’re the team tobeat,” Manuel said. “We ain’t

going to lay down for anybody.We’ve got a bunch of guys thatlike to play. You can smack us.We’re not going to turn theother cheek. We’re going tofight you back. We ain’t goingto lay down and die.”

The Phils return to Citi-zens Bank Park today for anexhibition game versus the Pi-rates. They’ll play two herebefore heading to Pittsburghfor the opener Thursday.

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The Phillies open the 2012season on April 5 inPittsburgh. There will be alot of talk and predictions inthe coming days, but hereare 10 things we are gettinga jump-start on — or somebold predictions sure to gowrong.

Cole Hamels gets his deal.Hamels will get a six-yeardeal worth $20 million aseason. The Phillies will keepthe three aces intact beyond2012 and Hamels will be sorich that he won’t ever needto do another Xfinitycommercial.

What a relief. Reliever JakeDiekman will be called up byMay 1 and have a betterrookie season than MichaelStutes had last year.

Old man Polly. PlacidoPolanco will suffer throughanother spate of injuries(again) and be ineffective(again) as the aging infieldertries to play through thebumps and bruises.

Who’s on first? Jim Thome,at 41, will hit double-digithomers and play twice a

week at first until RyanHoward returns from hisAchilles tendon rehab.

Hunting season. HunterPence will be the offensivereason the Phillies win theirsixth consecutive NL East

crown. Pence will carry theteam on his broad shoulders,hit more than 35 homers andpush for the Triple Crown.

Steady Freddy. Freddy Galvis,who has a great glove, willprovide enough offense

batting out of the 8-hole andmake his share of “WebGems” each week.

Moyer Mania. Jamie Moyerwill beat the Phillies whenthe Rockies come to CitizensBank Park. The old man willsomehow win 11 games forColorado. Moyer willeventually be the first 300-game winner to not makethe Hall of Fame.

Nationals treasure. ThePhillies will continue todominate the Nationals,especially in D.C. Can’t waitfor Phillies fans “OccupyNationals Park” movement inearly May.

Everyone doesn’t hit. ColeHamels will throw his firstno-hitter. He’ll be perfect in a1-0 win over Clayton Kershawand the Dodgers on June 4(it’s Cliff Lee bobbleheadnight). Victorino will score ona throwing error in the ninth.

Leading off. Juan Pierre, notJimmy Rollins, will lead offfor the Phillies, with Rollinsin the 3-hole. Pence will batcleanup and Victorino fifth.

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Mayberry up to challengeWith Ryan Howard and ChaseUtley out indefinitely, thePhillies are hoping for anotherpower source.

John Mayberry Jr.Mayberry will have a

chance to prove that the 12homers he hit in just 163 at-bats in 2011 wasn’t a fluke,but the beginning of some-thing special.

The left-field job is Mayber-ry’s to lose, according to Philsskipper Charlie Manuel. Theonly reason Mayberry may notbe in left is to man first base.Ben Francisco earned the right-field job last season after a ter-rific spring. However, Francis-co failed miserably when the2011 campaign commenced.

“I’m just trying to go in and

play my game and do the bestI can,” Mayberry said. “I wantto help the team as much aspossible.”

Mayberry has had a diffi-cult spring. He has failed to hithis weight and has struggledagainst left-handed pitching. Ifit’s any solace, spring trainingsuccess means nothing unlessyou’re fighting for a job,

which isn’t the case for May-berry. He is versatile, powerfuland earned the chance to startbased on last season’s success.

“He [Mayberry] showed us alot last season,” Manuel said.

“I’m ready for it,” Mayberrysaid. “I’ve been playing for along time and I want to makethe most of my chance.”

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The United Auto Workersmembership rose 1.1 percentto 380,719 at the end of lastyear, the union’s second con-secutive annual gain, as U.S. au-tomakers added employeesamid rising sales.

The UAW added 4,107 mem-bers from 376,612 in 2010, ac-cording to a filing Friday withthe U.S. Labor Department.

General Motors, Ford andChrysler gained sales andboosted their share of the U.S.market last year. While theUAW’s 2011 gain followed a 6percent increase in 2010, theUAW’s total membership is stillonly about one-fourth its size in1979, when it peaked at 1.5 mil-lion members.

“In order to gain any kind ofstrength at the bargainingtable, they’re going to have tobe a bigger union,” said KristinDziczek of the Center for Auto-motive Research. “Organizingnew workers is critical to theUAW’s future. That’s their chal-lenge and that’s what they’vegot to do. It won’t be easy.”

Detroit-based UAW wants torebuild membership after fail-ing to organize U.S. factories ofToyota, Honda and Nissan.UAW President Bob Kingpledged to expand the union’sbargaining power by organiz-

ing a U.S. plant owned by anAsian or European automakerin 2011. King failed to meetthat deadline.

The union president saidlast year the UAW was in dis-cussions with automakers he

didn’t identify. The UAW thismonth started passing out au-thorization cards at Volkswa-gen’s plant in Chattanooga,Tennessee, Reuters reportedlast week, citing factory work-ers it didn’t identify. BLOOMBERG

Jobs added, butUAW needs morefor greater clout

On thehorizonGM, Ford and Chrysler willhire 14,750 workersrepresented by the UAW by2015, according to the Centerfor Automotive Research. Thethree automakers employed110,150 UAW-representedworkers last year, downalmost two-thirds from about300,000 in 2001, according tothe center. By 2015, the U.S.automakers will employ120,400 UAW workers, thecenter estimates.

“How the UAW sustainsits organization and theirmembership will depend onhow they grow,” Dziczek said.“There’s going to have to begrowth through organizing.”

Growth in autoworkers at Detroit’s Big Three isn’t enough for increasing UAW’s clout.

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Henrik Fisker gets nostalgic ashe reminisces about the cars ofthe 1950s. He loves oversized,over-the-top designs with soar-ing fins and lush interiors.

“Those were American carsthat ruled the road,” he said.

While the 48-year-old Danepreviously designed cars forAston Martin and BMW, it takesa Grand Canyon-sized leap tostart a car company. He co-founded Fisker Automotive Inc.in 2007 and showed the FiskerKarma concept a year later. It’smeant to be unpredictable, sur-prising, fast and sexy — withan environmental twist. Thehybrid can run in all-electricmode or in tandem with asmall gasoline engine. It’s nowon sale, stuffed with eco-con-scious technology.

It’s easy to get swept up inFisker’s vision. I just wish Iliked the car better.

As a luxury sports sedan, theKarma, starting at $103,000,

looks exotic. Its generous pro-portions hover somewhere be-tween the voluptuousness of a1960s Italian exotic like aMaserati and the over-ripenessof a 1970s Corvette.

Fisker argues the Karma’smajor selling point is its blendof sportiness and green creden-tials. I’m not convinced. Luxuryconsumers don’t like compro-mises, and the Karma is full ofthem. The car works similarlyto the Chevy Volt. It can run onall-electric power from a lithi-um-ion battery pack in whatFisker calls “stealth mode.”

This new technology comeswith its own set of issues. Thesemay include reliability.Consumer Reports said itsKarma, which it bought, brokedown. The San FranciscoChronicle reported that fourout of five shipped to one deal-ership had software glitches al-most immediately.

I experienced nothing like

that. But the meshing of sys-tems is often noisy and harsh,with unaccounted-for noisesand vibrations. This happens al-most entirely when the gas en-gine is on, and in a luxury rideit’s unacceptable.

Nor is the car especially fast.Combined power from the mo-tors is a claimed 403 horsepow-er and 959 pound-feet oftorque. That should translateinto sonic speeds, except theheavy batteries and additionalequipment weigh it down. Atsome 5,300 pounds, it’s heavierthan some SUVs. BLOOMBERG

Pushing for sky, luxurynewcomer has its limits

Former designer for Aston Martin, BMW has started his own high-end carcompany His ride has comparable shortcomings, auto editor informs

The Fisker Karma, luxury scene newcomer, has shortcomings.

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At a glance

Range: More than 30 miles onall-electric; an additional 250miles in extended-rangemodePrice as tested: $116,000Best features: Eye-catching ex-terior, stealth-mode drivingWorst features: Cramped,shudders and unpleasant en-gine noiseTarget buyer: The Silicon Val-ley wunderkind who wants toshow his eco side

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