Forum MVP bs69 Posted December 15, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 To the Phillies! Not a good day for Mets fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ammagamalin Crew Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 To the Phillies! Not a good day for Mets fans. Doesn't matter we're gonna clean up the Phillies this year! Go REDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP August West Posted December 15, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 To the Phillies! Not a good day for Mets fans. They will counter that Lee signing with a monster year out of Ollie Perez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Mango Posted December 15, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Couldn't be any happier about the whole thing. Doesn't matter we're gonna clean up the Phillies this year! Go REDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's a nice thought, but, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP New York Steve Posted December 21, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Couldn't be any happier about the whole thing. That's a nice thought, but, no. no more under dog Phils or Redsox. You buy ur talent just like the evil empire. Lee's incestuous ways fit in better in the city of brotherly love.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Mango Posted December 22, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 no more under dog Phils or Redsox. You buy ur talent just like the evil empire. Lee's incestuous ways fit in better in the city of brotherly love.... Well we can't just let the Yanks take it! Phil's won their ring in 08 with mostly homegrown talent....that success led to the franchise being able to afford a higher bankroll. No complaints here in Philadelphia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Dstone5553 Posted December 22, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 no more under dog Phils or Redsox. You buy ur talent just like the evil empire. Lee's incestuous ways fit in better in the city of brotherly love.... No one outbid the evil empire here. Lee thought that what Philly was offering was enough to live on (imagine that!) and said no to making MANY more millions with the Yanks. He left a ton of money on that table. You have to admit...don't see that every day. I think most people who love baseball breathed a sigh of relief last year, when the Yanks somehow didn't get Lee. Didn't we all assume they would, as with everyone else? I think most were shocked when that deal didn't go down and he went to Texas. Personally, I think it was good for baseball that they didn't get him--evened things out a bit and made it more fair. Of course baseball is never going to be fair but it made it so it wasn't a forgone conclusion that NY would win the thing again. And lo and behold...look what happened. We already have reality television where everything is supposed to be real but it's not. Sports has always been genuine reality televsion where ANYTHING really can happen. I think most people who aren't Yankees fans were glad NY didn't get Lee, which may be stating the obvious, but that's never stopped me before, so why now? You don't often see money not get it done in the world of sports (or any world for that matter). This was a shocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP New York Steve Posted December 22, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 No one outbid the evil empire here. Lee thought that what Philly was offering was enough to live on (imagine that!) and said no to making MANY more millions with the Yanks. He left a ton of money on that table. You have to admit...don't see that every day. I think most people who love baseball breathed a sigh of relief last year, when the Yanks somehow didn't get Lee. Didn't we all assume they would, as with everyone else? I think most were shocked when that deal didn't go down and he went to Texas. Personally, I think it was good for baseball that they didn't get him--evened things out a bit and made it more fair. Of course baseball is never going to be fair but it made it so it wasn't a forgon conclusion that NY would win the thing again. And lo and behold...look what happened! We already have reality television where everything is supposed to be real but it's not. Sports has always been genuine reality televsion where ANYTHING really can happen. Therefore, I think most people who aren't Yankees fans were glad NY didn't get Lee, which may be stating the obvious, but that's never stopped me before, so why now? You don't often see money not get it done in the world of sports (or any world for that matter). This was a shocker. i actually agree. i wanted Lee as a yankee fan and commend him for taking less. My point is that there are now two other teams with payroll in the mid 100's, who bought free agents just like the yankees do. See Oswald, Lee, Holliday. I am anti-Phillie as a city, think its a pit of hell- dates back from spending time in the Burgh as a child, Spectrum shows and the fact that i went to college with an enormous amount of Phillie idiots. I root passionately for whoever Phillie is playing... in any sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Mango Posted December 22, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 i actually agree. i wanted Lee as a yankee fan and commend him for taking less. My point is that there are now two other teams with payroll in the mid 100's, who bought free agents just like the yankees do. See Oswald, Lee, Holliday. I am anti-Phillie as a city, think its a pit of hell- dates back from spending time in the Burgh as a child, Spectrum shows and the fact that i went to college with an enormous amount of Phillie idiots. I root passionately for whoever Phillie is playing... in any sport. You're right, Philly is now one of several teams in the 100mil+ club, a list that in 2010 included the angles, white sox, tigers, phillies, mets, cubs, and red sox. The yankees actually didn't make into that club but instead elevated themselves to 200mil+. And as far as Philly(and no, it's not 'phillie') being a pit of hell....well I don't know what to say about that but maybe next time your there I can show you the good parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petey Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 as far as payroll yeah the Phillies are up there with them but Halladay and Oswalt were not bought.....a lot of talent was given up to acquire those two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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