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Disclaimer from Me
The Phillies have not won ANYTHING yet. I am not one of those fans who is going to brag and say that the World Series, or even the Playoffs are in the bag. Am I excited? Yes. Is this a dream come true pitching rotation? Yes. Is anything a guarantee in professional sports? No.
It's a long season. The Phillies are going to be a very good team. But, there are injuries, there are hitting slumps, there are errors made, and there are other very good teams in this league.
I am not sure if everyone is already sick of hearing about the Cliff Lee signing; I am sure for non-Philly fans it is less than thrilling stuff. And for Yankee fans I am not sure what the reaction is. Anyway, I'm not trying to be annoying posting this stuff, but damn am I happy, surprised, and optimistic regarding this signing, and the upcoming season.
Here are some tidbits from around the web...
This was posted back in October . Talk about foreshadowing!
Cliff Lee will be wearing #33, the number he wore with the Rangers. Roy Halladay has #34 already.
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| NYC Covers... |
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| It was stunning to many. |
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| Roy Oswalt looks classic here. |
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| From a fan, he made his wife breakfast this morning this way to tell her the news. |
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| These are all over Philadelphia, different topics. |
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| Nice Christmas gift for us fans. |
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| Awesome. |
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| Let's hope so. |
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| Get used to hearing this phrase. |
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| Amaro, Jr. as Philly's hero. |
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| This stuff has been banned. |
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| Four Aces (obvious one here) |
Some good quotes from other blogs:
From the Zo Zone: Phillies players' cell phones rang and buzzed throughout the night as word spread.
"We're like, 'Whoa,'" Shane Victorino said. "I had heard about this mystery team. I was like, 'There's no way it's us.' Then I heard the Phillies were back in it. I texted Cliff last week and he never said anything. I texted him again today when everything started coming out. I'm like, 'Come on.' He finally texted me back, 'I'm back,' and I was like, 'Oh my goodness.' I thought there was no way we're bringing him back."
The one time I WANTED the Yankees to spend a lotta money! Grrrrrrrr
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Oh, by the way, you'll be happy with the results of the group break.
I hadn't seen a lot of those graphics yet. I'm continually impressed by how creative people are!
ReplyDeleteThe Jesus picture has some people up in arms. "Offensive" is the terminology. I don't think it is in bad taste, though.
ReplyDeleteRegardless of the outcome (as sadly was the case for 2010) 2011 is going to be a great year. I can hardly wait to see the new season start!!
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