Cliff Lee- Say it ain't sooooo

[Darren Miller]

News broke that Cliff Lee has turned down the Rangers and the Bronx Bombers for; get this- the dreaded Philadelphia Phillies!

Why oh why would such a talented man return to the team that shipped him away to get Doc Halladay?

I don't mind losing him to another team, but the Phillies?

[John Arnold]

Sorry (not), but, IT'S SOOOOOOOOOO!

[Nick Ostrowski]

HA HA HA HA HA!!! Sorry Darren.......oh who am I kidding. I'm not sorry. I'm giddy. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Tooooo bad Yankees.

Halladay, Hamels, Lee, Oswalt.......I think I might start crying.

[John Arnold]

Even my wife is happy, and she doesn't, or didn't, like Lee.

It helps that he gave up $50,000,000 because he'd rather be in Philadelphia. That gives us the warm fuzzies.

[Darren Miller]

People have been talking for years how the Yankees, with all their money, sign all the big stars, how they are bad for baseball etc.

Well, today on ESPN, all I keep hearing is how the Phillies are now considered the "Yankees of the national league".

How's that making you feel?

3 big time starters, (I don't consider Hamels big time, he's a punk) all over 33 years old. You guys got about 2-3 years of domination (as they say, a dynasty) before father time runs out.

My hats off to the Phillies and their fans, enjoy the ride!

[Nick Ostrowski]

Bitter Darren?

And correct me if I'm wrong but didn't some Yankees fans curse and spit at Cliff Lee's wife during the playoffs last year? Hardly a way to win anybody over.

[Nick Ostrowski]

From The 700 level Blog........

Cliff Lee's Wife Reportedly Didn't Care for New York, Loves Philly

The reports this past October of Cliff Lee's wife getting spit on by New York Yankees fans may or may not have been blown out of proportion, but now we can at least all point and laugh at Yankees fans for their boorish behavior. Today, in light of Lee opting to leave millions of dollars on the table and join the Phillies instead of New York, beat writer Randy Miller says that Lee's wife had a big part in this decision, "A good source tells me that Cliff Lee''s wife is the main reason he didn't sign with Yankees. She wanted NO PART of New York, i was told." And: "Apparently incident with Lee's wife had last fall with Yankees fans wasn't forgotten. Besides that, she's not fond of NY. She LOVES Philly."

Cliff Lee wasn't with the Phillies a very long time his first time around, but he endeared himself to Philadelphia's fanbase just about as quickly as humanly possible. I went skimming back through our Cliff Lee archives and found this gem of a video from October 8th, 2009 when the Fightins won game one of the NLDS. Just listen to the crowd.

Lee may have left an obscene amount of money on the table, but you can't put a value on 45,000+ Philadelphians chanting your name.

Sure beats having your wife spit on by New Yorkers.

[Darren Miller]

Bitter Darren?


Nick,

I just said

"My hats off to the Phillies and their fans, enjoy the ride!"

Where do you get bitter out of that?

[Rick Hurst]

To go back to a team who's fans threw batteries at Santa Claus?

Where is the thinking of this one? Oh, yeah. 120 million.

rick

[John Arnold]

To go back to a team who's fans threw batteries at Santa Claus?

Where is the thinking of this one? Oh, yeah. 120 million.

rick

Hey, man, those were Eagles fans, not Phillies fans. And it was snowballs, not batteries.
See snopes.com: Philadelphia Fans Boo Santa Claus (http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/philadelphia.asp)

And that Phillies fan that threw up on someone on purpose? He's from New Jersey, not Philadelphia.I'm just sayin'.

[Darren Miller]

Actually, I heard a report yesterday that one of Lee's children is suffering/recovering from a major disease (sorry, I forgot which one) and Philadelphia has one of the worlds best hospitals for this particular disease.

I don't know of it's true or not, but if it is, family and health over everything else.

[John Arnold]

From Wikipedia:

Lee and his wife Kristen have a son named Jaxon (4/29/01) and a daughter, Maci (4/5/03). Jaxon was diagnosed with leukemia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia) at the age of 4 months, but after undergoing treatments, is now in remission