That Balls Outta Here » pitcher 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 Maybe Pretend to Care Joe Blanton Could be Out for the Season http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/07/19/maybe-pretend-to-care-joe-blanton-could-be-out-for-the-season/ http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/07/19/maybe-pretend-to-care-joe-blanton-could-be-out-for-the-season/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:15:21 +0000 Justin Klugh http://thatballsouttahere.com/?p=6203

“… it seems doubtful the veteran is going to have the time to return to starting-pitcher form this season even if his elbow recovers in time to avoid a collision-course with an operating table.”

What Dennis Deitch was trying to say, while invoking the image of poor Joe Blanton getting pulverized by a cold metal piece of furniture, was that Joe may not be seeing his name in a box score for the rest of the season due to what Scott Profrock called a “hiccup” in his back.  Which sounds disgusting.  I hope his body is still in a single piece.

Don’t act like you care. (more…)

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Once more, we are forced to fall back on the cozy confines of sheer fantasy.

Hey, its Cliff Lee!

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