Home Run Payoff - $10,000 WinnerA teaching assistant at Kingsway Living Center in Moorestown, N.J., Kathleen Rollo was the first $10,000 Philadelphia Daily News Home Run Payoff contest winner of the season.
Rollo, a self-proclaimed lifetime Phillies fan who lives in Haddon Township, won the money on Jimmy Rollins' grand slam in the sixth inning
Rollo could not think of the first thing she would possibly do with the money; she did say she could probably find some bills to pay, though.
"I'm not going to quit my job, I know that," Rollo said
Rollo grew up in Philadelphia watching the Phils and has stayed strong through all the bad times, as well as the good. It looks as if her team has decided to pay her back for her supreme loyalty.
When the Daily News reached her to tell her the good news, Rollo was already in shock, having listened to the game. Rollo said she has sent in contest entries for the longest time, but her brother always told her that it was a waste of stamps and that nothing would ever come of it. It looks as if she got the last laugh.
Six other collected prizes in the Daily News Home Run Payoff contest
The Daily News pays $1,000 for a home run hit in the payoff inning and $10,000 for a grand slam.
Contestants whose batters fail to hit a home run receive a gift pack, which includes a variety of Phillies-related items.
This season, the Daily News has paid out $33,000.
--Alex Falk
The Philadelphia Daily News
Oct. 2nd, Page 37
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