That Balls Outta Here » offseason http://thatballsouttahere.com A Philadelphia Phillies Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 May 2013 23:11:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Delusion Helpful When Saying Phillies Will be Totally Fine http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/10/19/delusion-helpful-when-saying-phillies-will-be-totally-fine/ http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/10/19/delusion-helpful-when-saying-phillies-will-be-totally-fine/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:00:10 +0000 Justin Klugh http://thatballsouttahere.com/?p=7217 Some people are telling you not to worry or whine.  Some people are content with where the Phillies season ended and whereit  will go in 2012.  Some people don’t sleep with a hatchet under their pillow.

Some people are delusional.  And are completely unaware of the ease with which a possum can crawl through your bedroom window. (more…)

]]> http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/10/19/delusion-helpful-when-saying-phillies-will-be-totally-fine/feed/ 0 Chad Durbin Admits Addiction to Playing for Good Teams http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/02/09/chad-durbin-admits-addiction-to-playing-for-good-teams/ http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/02/09/chad-durbin-admits-addiction-to-playing-for-good-teams/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:29:17 +0000 Justin Klugh http://thatballsouttahere.com/?p=3940 In December 2007, Chad Durbin met the Phillies and it was love at first four-seam fastball.  Chad stepped into a pair of bright red cleats and never looked back, providing the spastic bullpen with some flakes of stability throughout three highly successful campaigns.  By the end of it, though, the Phils cut him loose, leaving the reliable Durbin a mere shadow of his former self–a habitual win-junkie, unable to think of anything but his next chance to suck down some sweet, sweet, victory.

With the free agent market laying before him, and several mediocre teams on th phone, Chad is discovering one haunting aspect of his time with the WFC:  The Phillies are a gateway team. (more…)

]]> http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/02/09/chad-durbin-admits-addiction-to-playing-for-good-teams/feed/ 0 Shane Victorino’s Long Awaited World Series Prediction http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/02/07/shane-victorinos-long-awaited-world-series-prediction/ http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/02/07/shane-victorinos-long-awaited-world-series-prediction/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:44:37 +0000 Justin Klugh http://thatballsouttahere.com/?p=3920 If you would have told me at the end of last year that Shane Victorino would claim the Phillies will win the 2011 World Series, I would have been not surprised, because Shane Victorino plays for the Phillies, and they are very good.  So when he did just that, I was not surprised, because Shane Victorino plays for the Phillies, and they have only gotten better. (more…)

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