Cliff Lee going back to Philly ... this needs its own thread

The fact that he turned down Texas gives Cashman some cover. He didn't reject NY for PHilly.

With ARod and Jeter in full diva mode, like 2 aging drag queens bickering about the lighting and drapes, Lee probably wanted no part of being the last piece to a decaying dynasty.

 

I think it has more to do with the media than the fans.

 

Philly's rotation is incredible, but I can't be the only one wondering where the offense will come from.

 

I know Philly is no bed of raises, Gee. (Neither is Boston).
But guys seem to crumble more in NY than anywhere.
Lee already has some credit in the bank with Philly fans because of the 2009 WS but if he comes to NY with the rep as a Yankee killer and then fails, the outcry would be worse than anywhere.

 

I don't think its logical to assume that five games will be rained out this season and not made up.

 

Spnited, it seems to me that citing the crumbling of baseball free agents in New York, which has happened, may be a matter of confusing cause and effect. The New York teams sign an outsized percentage of the highest priced free agents. Therefore, it seems to me, they have likely signed an outsized percentage of the players who would crumble in any town because they couldn't handle the burden of making that much money anywhere. Look at Mike Torrez, whose performance deteriorated when he went FROM the Yankees to the Sox as a free agent. Ed Whitson would've been a bum no matter where he went. Johnny Damon was the same player for the Yanks as he was for his other teams. So is C.C.

 

He'd just rather have the Giants embarrass him in the NLCS than on the big stage of the World Series, I guess.

 

Damn Straight.

 

Just wish Philly would lust/reminisce just as much for Aaron Rowand and try to get him back.

 

So Philly traded Lee for a shitload of prospects only to get him back a few months later? Not too shabby.

 

Except the prospects they got were awful, they had to trade better players for Oswalt to save the 2010 season and they didnt have Lee for the playoffs when they lost to an inferior team. Otherwise, it was brilliantly played.

 

Well, it worked out perfectly for me. My favorite team won the series.