That Balls Outta Here » greg luzinski http://thatballsouttahere.com A Philadelphia Phillies Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 21 May 2013 16:10:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Six Phillies Qualify to Not be Forgotten Forever http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/12/15/six-phillies-qualify-to-not-be-forgotten-forever/ http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/12/15/six-phillies-qualify-to-not-be-forgotten-forever/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:00:06 +0000 Justin Klugh http://thatballsouttahere.com/?p=7723 Part of being a Phillie is creating your own lore.  Sometimes it’s a fairly visible one, like Chase Utley, who can point to any one of a number of heroic deeds and tell his grandchildren, “I was the fucking shit,” while his adult children look on, shaking their heads as the increasing dementia of their elderly father embodies itself in his conversation with a mailbox.

Other times, the legend is less visible.  No one is lining up to get a signed copy of The Kevin Sefcik Story.

But soon, a whole crop of Phillies heroes will be able to walk down Walnut Street, point up at a 3750 square foot mural, and shout “THAT IS ME!  THAT IS MY STORY, AND IT IS MYTHIC AND IT IS JOYOUS!”

There is room for only one more red pinstriped knight up on that wall, and now those six know, via fan polling, who they are: (more…)

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by Mitchell Nathanson

McFarland

We spend a lot of time attacking Mets fans with words, rotten vegetables, and the occasional car part.  But for a long time, this seemed what many referred to as “pointless,” “unnecessary,” or “despicable.”  ”Pretty dangerous” was a popular term.  In 2007, we won the NL East for the first time since 1993, but what’s extra fun to remember is that for us to win it, the Mets had to crumble into one of the most crushing episodes of month-long defeat ever witnessed.  After that, our assaults had some backing–an epic collapse is an indefensible action in any argument, whether you’re shouting at a guy who just wants his kids to see David Wright play, or trying to figure out which car is David Wright’s for tire-slashing purposes.

An oft forgotten notion in these times of 21-9, four-ace baseball is that 95% of Phillies history is epic collapses.

This isn’t a baseball retrospective.

Its a ghost story. (more…)

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