Cliff Lee is a Phillies!!! We did it!

by **Grotewold** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:35:34

Ace Rothstein wrote:jody mac reading something about the phillies want to indians to throw in money

[Rube pulls receiver from Monty, and severs his pudding access]

by **Barry Jive** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:36:54

this isn't Halladay, but this is so awesome. i'm loving the demise of Ricciardi's career

by **Polar Bear Phan** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:37:33

JFLNYC wrote:Don't think so. As soon as the Phils do a Hallday deal, the Indians lose their leverage with the Dodgers. I think the Phils are playing it straight up with Shapiro: We're going to give Halladay one more try, but we'll be back to you at X time with a firm yes or no and Shapiro has agreed to wait a few hours simply because he likes the Phils' deal better, not because he's in on some anti-Jays conspiracy.

The market for Halladay is probably no more than two or three teams, but the market for Lee is probably around a dozen. The Indians wouldn't lose too much leverage.

by **GrizzledVeteran** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:37:40

Barry Jive wrote:this isn't Halladay, but this is so awesome. i'm loving the demise of Ricciardi's career

This is what happens when you fuck with Ruben.

by **Brantt** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:40:22

CFP wrote:I just want to let everyone know that I called Ben Francisco about an hour ago with zero sources. Figure I will have my Brantt moment here.

I have a Cardinals source though.

by **The Dude** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:40:34

Polar Bear Phan wrote:
JFLNYC wrote:Don't think so. As soon as the Phils do a Hallday deal, the Indians lose their leverage with the Dodgers. I think the Phils are playing it straight up with Shapiro: We're going to give Halladay one more try, but we'll be back to you at X time with a firm yes or no and Shapiro has agreed to wait a few hours simply because he likes the Phils' deal better, not because he's in on some anti-Jays conspiracy.

The market for Halladay is probably no more than two or three teams, but the market for Lee is probably around a dozen. The Indians wouldn't lose too much leverage.

I think it's just the Dodgers and Phillies at this point. I don't see why other teams would have jumped in all of a sudden. They would have wanted a shot to start low too

by **Woody** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:40:45

Ruben is Tony Montana

by **stevemc** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:41:13

Brantt wrote:
CFP wrote:I just want to let everyone know that I called Ben Francisco about an hour ago with zero sources. Figure I will have my Brantt moment here.

I have a Cardinals source though.

Arizona?

by **JFLNYC** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:41:17

Polar Bear Phan wrote:
JFLNYC wrote:Don't think so. As soon as the Phils do a Hallday deal, the Indians lose their leverage with the Dodgers. I think the Phils are playing it straight up with Shapiro: We're going to give Halladay one more try, but we'll be back to you at X time with a firm yes or no and Shapiro has agreed to wait a few hours simply because he likes the Phils' deal better, not because he's in on some anti-Jays conspiracy.

The market for Halladay is probably no more than two or three teams, but the market for Lee is probably around a dozen. The Indians wouldn't lose too much leverage.

Yeah, but they no longer have their favorite/best deal to drive up the price, which it why it's not a Phillies/Indians "ruse," as you suggested.

by **jerseyhoya** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:41:30

stevemc wrote:
Brantt wrote:
CFP wrote:I just want to let everyone know that I called Ben Francisco about an hour ago with zero sources. Figure I will have my Brantt moment here.

I have a Cardinals source though.

Arizona?

Ball State?

by **stevemc** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:42:02

jerseyhoya wrote:
stevemc wrote:
Brantt wrote:
CFP wrote:I just want to let everyone know that I called Ben Francisco about an hour ago with zero sources. Figure I will have my Brantt moment here.

I have a Cardinals source though.

Arizona?

Ball State?

Stanfords?

by **Benny Lava** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:42:12

GrizzledVeteran wrote:This is what happens when you are an idiot.

Fixed for accuracy.

by **jerseyhoya** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:42:29

ek wrote:foxsports says there is an agreement

Jesus christ

RUBE!

by **CFP** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:43:06

Done deal!

Wow Heyman really blew it

Rosenthal back to #1 in power rankings

by **stevemc** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:43:15

VIVA LA PHANATIC!

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9866 ... dians'-Lee

by **lowcountry** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:43:18

Cliff Lee is a Phillies?

by **Grotewold** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:43:34

Slap it up flip it

by **karn** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:43:42

goddamnit...agreement good...still want them to go back one more time to toronto...roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooy

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:43:46

So... looking at Ben Francisco, who I must admit I knew nothing about before just now, he's an average outfield bat... lacks patience, but doesn't strike out a whole lot, has been a starter for Cleveland the last two years... is he prepared to take a bench role here? And do we need another outfielder?

Halladay/Scutaro is the better option in my opinion because Scutaro is an infielder, but, if the price is none of Taylor/Brown/Drabek, the price is right I guess.

by **Harpua** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 13:43:48

I'm flippin'

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