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Why Cliff Lee Going To Texas Is Good For Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, Jr.
Posted: 11th July 2010 by Asher B. Chancey in MLB
Philadelphia Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. can breathe a sigh of relief.
Now that former Phillies pitcher and fan favorite Cliff Lee has been traded to the Texas Rangers, Phillies fans will no longer be scoreboard, watching every five days wondering "what if?"
Lee's starts will no longer be Chinese water torture for a Phillies team with three reliable starters and two train wrecks.
Phillies fans will no longer calculate ...
2010 MLB Trade Rumors: Cliff Lee to Be Traded to Texas Rangers
Posted: 9th July 2010 by Asher B. Chancey in MLB
According to the New York Post 's Joel Sherman, Seattle Mariners pitcher Cliff Lee will be traded to the Texas Rangers along with pitcher Mark Lowe in exchange for first base prospect Justin Smoak and three other players.
The Rangers will be Lee's fourth team in two seasons, and the acquisition of the Mariners ace and 2010 AL All-Star ostensibly puts the Rangers in the pole position for the AL West ...
Can the San Francisco Giants’ Tim Lincecum Still Win His Third Cy Young?
Posted: 2nd July 2010 by Asher B. Chancey in MLB
Remember Tim Lincecum, that phenom who won the last two NL Cy Young Awards in his second and third seasons?
Lincecum, enjoying a merely excellent season, has become yesterday's news as a variety of new star pitchers emerge in the National League, including guys like Roy Halladay, Stephen Strasburg, and Ubaldo Jimenez, but also Jaime Garcia, Carlos Silva, and Mat Latos.
After two straight seasons of dominance by what was once ...