That Balls Outta Here » ken oberkfell http://thatballsouttahere.com A Philadelphia Phillies Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 21:44:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Domonic Brown Goes to Play Winter Ball; Doesn’t http://thatballsouttahere.com/2010/11/21/domonic-brown-goes-to-play-winter-ball-doesnt/ http://thatballsouttahere.com/2010/11/21/domonic-brown-goes-to-play-winter-ball-doesnt/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:35:24 +0000 Justin Klugh http://thatballsouttahere.com/?p=3117 Tadahito Iguchi was one of the many Phillies players to have an long U sound in his last name.  Therefore, he required a minimal amount of clutch hits or defensive plays to have the crowd sound like its chanting “OOOOOOOOOOOO” and give him the “It sounds like we’re booing but we’re not ha ha” treatment that would one day be commonplace for Raul Ibanez and Carlos Ruiz.

He joined up in 2007 when Chase Utley was hand-broken, did marginally well, and was sent on his way.  He was an adequate temporary replacement and bench player who held our hands through some tough times.  Well, mainly his appeal was that the White Sox handed him over and all it really cost the Phillies was some magic beans.

All it cost Rich Dubee was his son.

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