That Balls Outta Here » john kruk http://thatballsouttahere.com A Philadelphia Phillies Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:38:22 +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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