Within an hour of when the Mavericks 12-game winning streak was stopped, I had the air sucked out of me once again.
At around 11 p.m. Monday, I received notification via social media connections that Cliff Lee, the man who put the Dallas-Fort Worth area sports world on pins and needles for weeks, had signed with the Phillies.
My immediate reaction was “What, they traded him!” and “Thanks for leading us on.” The first report I head of the Phillies’ interest in Cliff Lee was about three hours before the shocking, slap-in-the-face announcement.
Why do I describe it as such? For two weeks this has been about the Rangers and the ever-hated Yankees courting the top free-agent hurler. The Phillies were never mentioned.
The Rangers pulled out all the stops, even numerous trips to Arkansas, but on Monday night Lee called to say it wasn’t good enough, that the Rangers still couldn’t land a top-of-the-line pitcher.
So now, I can’t help but wonder what he really meant when he said he enjoyed his time in Texas. He said the same thing about the Phillies. Was it all a ruse?
The Rangers offered him more years and more money than the Phillies. The Rangers were comfortable with a five-year contract, but Lee said he wanted more. Don’t tell me this is what’s best for his family because they will be more than 1,150 miles away.
I would like to know what the Phillies did at the last minute to get Lee to sign a reported 5-year $120 million deal. Did their knight in shining pitching rubber ride in and save the day?
What’s done is done. But I take it as a snub in the face, and I don’t like it at all.
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