<font color=goldenrod>The Phillies have clinched the division if they get Lee. No question.

They already were the favorites but not even the Braves could stack up with the Phillies if they had THAT rotation.</font>

Phillies agree to sign Cliff Lee for five years.

I find it surprising since he had two seven year deals offered to him, but what a rotation with him, Doc, Oswalt, and Hamels.

<font color=goldenrod>Wow. The Phillies just won the NL. Halladay AND Lee in a playoff series? No fucking way.</font>

Where do you see this at?

http://trsullivan.mlblogs.com/archiv..._philadel.html

<font color=goldenrod>He's reputable.

He pulled a LeBron. He knows the Phils will be in the playoffs - and that if he joined Halladay, Oswalt, and Hamels it'd be one of the best rotations ever, ESPECIALLY in the playoffs. They are immediately the World Series favorites if you ask me. Pitching wins titles.</font>

I see it on espn on the sidebar thing now.

O shit!!!! I didn't see this one coming boys

Is what he's doing just as bad as LeBron?

Wow.

Someone go make me a Phillies 2011 World Series Champions T-shirt

<font color=goldenrod>Not as bad since there's no TV special. But if the news comes out that the Rangers offered 6 years (which he said would make him come back) at way more than the Phils' offer, he def just gave Texas the big screw.</font>

Ugh.

Holy fucking hell

Hot shit, btw. Phils should have the best rotation since the Orioles in the late 70s-early 80s. [/Droford, making everything have to do with the Orioles]

Halladay/Lee/Oswalt/Hamels is the sickest shit ever

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HE'S BACK

<font color=goldenrod>There is absolutely no logical argument that can be made that the Phillies won't win the division next year. Unless they suffer injuries like crazy, that pitching will carry them.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Good thing I didn't expect the Mets to begin being relevant again until 2013 or so. By then most of the Phillies' players will be old and hopefully heavily declined.

Ugh.</font>

How dare these people

http://blog.nj.com/yankees_main/2009...k-fans-707.jpg

insult the beautiful Mrs. Lee. You get what you deserve.

And Phillies fans deserve this

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.co...e/clifflee.jpg

phuckin phillies

I'm still a little worried about the Phillies fifth starter, maybe they should trade for Greinke

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THIS GUY

He will be welcomed with open arms. No stress for him here. Friendly media and Fans that only encourage athletes.

No pressure here.

Wow, 5 year 100M deal.

Can't believe he left 60M on the table.

No one pays attention to baseball here anyway. He'll be fine!

Just got off the phone with Ruben Amaro. I am going to be the Phillies fifth starter. No more worrying!

Guess its 5 years 115M.

Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee are on the same team.

How bout that?!!!?

Dude don't worry about it. Carl Pavano is still avaible.

I fully expect Cashman to be on his way to Texas begging Andy Pettitte to come back right now.

Lee is Werth it.

<font color=goldenrod>If the Mets had signed Cliff Lee to a similar deal, his arm would have blown out by now.</font>

:(

<font color=goldenrod>Yankees fans - this is how it feels when you lose out on your top target.

Now you know why everyone else hates your team.</font> :(

Shocked he didn't take the Texas offer since it gave him the money value he wanted.

He probably saw it would have been easier to go back to the WS with a NL team and adding him on the already good Phillies rotation makes their pitching even more tougher to beat now,

I also wouldn't be surprised if he went against the Yankees offer once Cashman told him no more offers would be made and considered how his wife was treated last time in NY.

Three Words: Fuck the Yankees

Freaking called it. I knew it. He was dragging it on and on, which made it possible for a team to come in out of nowhere and steal him.

Halladay, Lee and Oswalt on the same team...Hamels as well...unbelievable.

This goes to show, like I said earlier, that the Yankees no longer have that "magic" they used to back in the day...before, every free agent wanted to be a Yankee, the organization wouldn't have to do too much in order to persuade free agents to go to New York and have the "privilege" of wearing the pinstripes...not so anymore...they've lost the "mystique".

I hate Cliff fucking Lee so much now. Why did it have to be the Phillies? Out of all the teams in the world why, the Phillies? I would have preferred Cliff Lee on the Red Sox. Now, what are the Yankees gonna do? Obviously we can't go into the season with our pitching kinda in shambles. Cashman says Burnett had an "Off Year" But I really don't think so. I know I was against trading for Greinke from the start, but now I feel as if we don't really have a fucking choice.

Lee signing with the Phillies, Werth signing with the Nationals, Crawford going to Fenway, the Red Sox finally getting Adrian Gonzalez...this offseason has been full of surprises.

Not really all of them. I knew deep down that the Red Sox would get Crawford or Werth or both. And once Werth went to the Nats I said to myself "This is it Carl is going to Boston" I didn't know how long but I knew Crawford was going to the Red Sox

Other then that complete surprises.

Fan fucking tastic.