Cliff Lee knob-slobbing thread

by **Bakestar** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 14:32:53

ha ha lawyers

by **Trent Steele** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 14:38:12

Bakestar wrote:ha ha lawyers

smarter than jayson stark

by **dajafi** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 14:56:25

Ultimately, it matters less what the agent wants than what the client wants. Hopefully what Lee will want is to make a great deal of money with a team he enjoys playing for and can win every year, rather than making a truly absurd level of money for a team where neither of those things is any more likely.

by **Grotewold** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 14:57:17

Well he obviously wants no part of the Mets

by **HillMD** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 15:01:31

Jayson Stark does not know anything. He always seems to write these negative articles about how the Phillies have no chance to trade for someone or re-sign someone. I'm not letting Jayson Stark tell me that we aren't re-signing Lee. The "official" from the other team most likely is upset that they did not get him.

by **stevemc** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 15:05:04

meh - after 2 WS rings and two WS MVPs, I won't worry about losing Lee too much. He'll want a new challenge. We'll have Drabek take his spot as the next conqueror and continue on!

by **JFLNYC** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 15:33:34

I'll bet he'll want to stay in the NL because of how well he's doing. And he really seems to dig hitting.

by **philliesphhan** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 16:19:01

Wasn't the "buzz" at the trade deadline that the Indians would demand Drabek +++ for Lee?

by **JFLNYC** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 16:29:20

If you want to call my idle and incorrect speculation "buzz," then yes.

by **philliesphhan** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 17:41:40

JFLNYC wrote:If you want to call my idle and incorrect speculation "buzz," then yes.

I seem to remember a Stark article with "an NL scout" saying the Indians would ask for that much.

by **FTN** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 21:01:26

There is an interesting twist to Lee's right to demand a trade. If he demands a trade and is ultimately traded, Major League Baseball's Basic Agreement states the team that acquires him would own his rights for three seasons. In other words, instead of Lee becoming a free agent after next season when he is 32, he would become a free agent after 2012 when he is 34. In the meantime, he would be a salary-arbitration eligible player potentially playing on one-year contracts.

- Zolecki

by **stevemc** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 09:20:06

FTN wrote:
There is an interesting twist to Lee's right to demand a trade. If he demands a trade and is ultimately traded, Major League Baseball's Basic Agreement states the team that acquires him would own his rights for three seasons. In other words, instead of Lee becoming a free agent after next season when he is 32, he would become a free agent after 2012 when he is 34. In the meantime, he would be a salary-arbitration eligible player potentially playing on one-year contracts.

- Zolecki

So I see there is absolute certainty that he won't demand a trade.

by 1 » Sat Aug 29, 2009 21:56:55

Now w/ teeth!!!

by **FTN** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 22:03:46

Lee on the cell calling his agent telling him to prepare the "demand a trade" paperwork or insist that the Phillies only make him pitch in road games

by **VFB** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 22:08:49

too many latinos in the stands

by **mcare89** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 22:37:47

VFB wrote:too many latinos in the stands

Thank god he's not pitching Wednesday.

by **JFLNYC** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 22:47:35

We can now all get off our knees.

by **Soren** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 23:08:30

this guy sucks. we should out right eaton him this offseason.

by **FTN** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 01:00:21

Homers to Anderson and Brian McCann might not have been home runs elsewhere, but Lee refused to use that as an excuse.

"Ballpark? Whatever," Lee said. "I got hit today because I was throwing pitches down the middle. That had nothing to do with the ballpark. It was me throwing balls down the middle and them not missing them. They're good hitters. The ballpark is an excuse. Yeah, maybe in another ballpark a couple of those would have been fly balls, but they weren't. They were home runs. It's my job not to throw the pitches where I did."

-Zoblog

by 1 » Sun Aug 30, 2009 01:02:44

i could be confused again, but that looked an awful lot like a player holding himself accountable for his suckiness.

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