Wednesday, December 15, 2010

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

***LEE IS A PHILLY***
"Out of the night, when the full moon is bright, rode the horseman known as..." well, not Zorro, but Ruben Amaro, who came from nowhere to steal Cliff Lee from the Yanks and the Rangers. You're really not stealing if the guy wanted to go with you all along and apparently, that was the case. So good luck to Philadelphia.

***THE YANKS ANSWER BACK***
Right, they signed Mark Pryor - to a minor league deal, the deal being, "If we can't win one league, we'll win another." Scranton/Wilkes-Barre must be ecstatic. With no Cliff Lee, Cashman has rerouted the Brinks truck to Texas to try and buy Andy Pettitte. There will be no incentive-laden contract this year.

***IF YOU THINK CASHMAN FEELS BAD...***
The Daily News sports writer (who shall be unnamed) that covers the Mets, announced at the beginning of the Winter Meetings, that there were a lot of silly rumors floating around. "As an example," he said, " there is one that says the Phillies will sign Cliff Lee. If that happens, I'll cover the meetings in a speedo." Good call, I'll bet even Cashman is feeling less pressure in the nether regions than he is.

***IT'S NOT WHAT I SAY, IT'S WHAT I SAY. ER, WAIT...***
Because it's almost all NY and Yankee stuff, you'd think Picasner would watch the Mike Francesa Show, but if you've ever seen it, you probably know why I don't. He's very opinionated, he doesn't just disagree with callers, he insults them and if he's not interested in something a caller says, he just hangs up and acts as though there was no call. Add to it that he's usually wrong (say hello to Bob Matthews). Think I'm exaggerating? Follow the link and be sure to watch the video at the end. I think he's using George Bush's speech writers.
http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=32052&cpage=1

As long as we're still in the Silly Season, here's one that the NY papers mentioned: King Felix of the Mariners for Montero, Nunez and Burnett (with the Yanks picking up some salary). Nice idea, but it ain't enough for the Mariners.

CP-

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