At the Franklin Institute - make that the Phranklin Institute - administrators found a unique way to honor the Phillies:

They've put one of Jayson Werth's game-used bats in the hands of the plastinated, baseball-playing specimen in the "Body Worlds 2 and the Brain" exhibit.

Which gives a whole new meaning to "the dead-ball era."

"Body Worlds" is the controversial show that displays real corpses, their skin removed to show internal organs. Wear Phillies garb on World Series game days and get $2 off the admission fee.

P as in 'pretzel' or 'Phils'?

Yesterday, riders heading into Center City aboard the 8:06 a.m. train from Chestnut Hill were met by Beneficial Bank staffers who gave out soft pretzels, baked not in the classic shape but in the form of the Phillies P.

Will defendant, um, rise?

Auto dealer Gary Barbera and Wired 96.5 radio personality Chio, of Chio in the Morning, plan to give a pair of Game 3 tickets to Susan Finkelstein, the West Philadelphia woman accused of trying to trade sex for Phillies seats. Bensalem police charged her with prostitution; her attorney says it's a misunderstanding. Chio plans to hand over the tickets tomorrow. Finkelstein will be on Wired 96.5 at 8 a.m. today.

Hits, runs, but no errors

Students in Mr. Pisacano's fifth-grade class - Room 49, or phorty-nine, as they write at McDonald Elementary School in Warminster - are using the World Series to hone their math skills. The kids will tally Phillies statistics, then use the data to make predictions in the form of baseball questions. The goal is to show that math isn't tedious but relevant to what matters most in life - baseball. Each class begins with a chorus of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."

A religious wager

The archbishop of Philadelphia, Cardinal Justin Rigali, and the archbishop of New York, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, have made a friendly wager on the World Series:

The loser surrenders his immortal soul.

Just kidding.

Actually, the two spoke Tuesday to settle the terms. If the Phillies win, Dolan will ship a dozen bagels to Philadelphia. If the Yankees prevail, Rigali will send a case of Tastykakes to New York.

"Cardinal Rigali is one of my closest and dearest friends," Dolan said. "I just wish he had better taste in baseball teams."

Riposted Rigali: "We have the cream cheese ready for the bagels."

Batting first in the order

One year ago today, the Phillies won the World Series - and Megan Lawler gave birth to her first child. So what did she and her husband, Michael, name their boy?

Chase, Ryan, or Howard? Jimmy? Maybe even Homer?

Nope.

Liam.

Megan Lawler, a graduate academic adviser at La Salle University, reports that this year, no doubt in recognition of the home team's World Series run, Liam has taken to throwing his toys.

"My husband's hoping he'll be a southpaw," she said.

And that's one too many

On the marquee outside Abington Memorial Hospital: "441 new Phillies fans born in September!"

Public-relations staffer Beth Ann Neill hopes a Yankees fan complains. She's ready to change the sign to "440 new Phillies fans, and one stinkin' Yankees fan."

Pinch-twitter

Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, trying to build a Twitter following, tweeted Tuesday that people who went to Villanova University's Connelly Center could win a big prize. She later said the first 12 to show up in a fake mustache and bathing suit could compete to win two Series tickets. They had to write a 30-second rap saying why they should win. The seats went to Colleen Lennon of Philadelphia.

Mayoral betting

The World Series bet between Mayors Nutter and Michael Bloomberg seeks to help children. If the Phillies win, Bloomberg comes here to take part in a day of service while wearing a Phillies jersey. If the Yankees win, Nutter does the same in New York in a Yankees jersey. Nutter would paint a mural on the side of a recreation center. Bloomberg would paint the inside of a school.

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Contact staff writer Jeff Gammage at 215-854-2415 or jgammage@phillynews.com.

Contributing to this article were Inquirer staff writers Michael Vitez, Russell Cooke, and Dan Hardy.