NFL Cliff Lee Lost in Philly during Halladay Seas

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Unlike our "ace" twice reseeded in Mr. Hamels, Lee is not out there thinking about his son Jackson, who has overcome many obstacles in his short, yet stressful life. Tim Lincecum is thinking about pitching and succeeding for his team.

On the eve, or whatever you may call it,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], of the Phillies trading Lee for Doctor Roy Medicine Man, Lincecum cannot help but think of what could have been.?A 1-2 tandem of Lee/Halladay would have reigned supreme over baseball. The entire league would fear this Phillies team.
I refuse to take this as an excuse for not being given at least one year of heaven with Lee and Halladay together.?I break the bank to buy Phillies tickets, take trips to Clearwater, buy shirts and other assorted gear, but the Phillies can't do the same for me?

Maybe I'm being selfish, but Lincecum just think Lincecum is being realistic. For the Phillies to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox for the near future, they truly need Lee teamed up with Halladay to bring another parade down Broad Street.?In order to keep me coming back and spending my hard earned money on the franchise, they will need to bid me more than a rotation of Halladay, Hamels, Happ, Blanton, and Moyer/Kendrick.?/p>
These days Hamels is about as much of a sure thing as Carlton Loewer, and Happ is still somewhat unproven. Finding a way to go above and beyond competition is something the Phillies have never done.?By losing Lee, while gaining Halladay, you have not progressed at all for 2010. The only thing certain is that Lincecum will quietly be rooting for the best tandem in baseball, King Felix and Cliff Lee, pitching in Seattle in 2010.

What really gets me most is hearing about the Phillies not wanting to go over the USD140 million payroll that apparently was set by the anonymous ownership group who nobody has ever met, heard of, or seen.

Cliff, Lincecum hardly knew ya, but Lincecum know one thing is for sure, you will be missed. He earned his first major league victory in his next start on the road against the Colorado Rockies. Lincecum who is often compared to Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Oswalt faced him in each of his next two starts, Oswalt with the Astros at the time. After the first agree up, Astros third baseman Mike Lamb said, The stuff he was throwing out there tonight was everything he is hyped up to be. He was 97 mph with movement. You just don't see that every day. He pitched very much like the pitcher he is compared to and out dueled him throughout the night. The pair dueled to a no decision the first time, and Lincecum pitched eight innings and got the win the second time. The Giants asked Lincecum not to throw the bullpen sessions typical of other pitchers during the off season. Manager Bruce Bochy told the San Francisco Chronicle that they were being careful with Lincecum because there have been studies that show that pitchers who throw 200 innings early in their career were more susceptible to injuries.
Granted, the Phillies have now been in the World Series for two consecutive years and won in 2010, but the Lee/Halladay tandem would have simply been even more of a growth for a franchise that has done nothing but that since its miraculous division championship in 2010.?/p>
Ruben Amaro has done a great job of upgrading his ball club over the first two years of his tenure as Phillies general administerr, replacing Pat Burrell with Raul Ibanez, after Burrell,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], his wife Michelle, and dog Elvis, led the parade down Broad Street. Even more recently Amaro has replaced defensive wizard, yet poor contact hitter Pedro Feliz, with a more sure thing at the plate in one-time Phillie Placido Polanco.?/p>
But this is a first for Amaro, and almost a never for most GMs�rading your recently acquired Cy Young Winner for another Cy Young Winner. Obviously,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Halladay has been Amaro's obsession since becoming GM prior to the 2010 season.?I typically agree with Amaro,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], fixing what is not broken, but in this case Lincecum just feel a void.

But all changed when the Phillies got their man, granting the second choice to the now incumbent ace Dr. Roy Halladay.
Lincecum was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 48 round of the 2003 MLB Draft; however he did not sign up for the team. He decided to attend college instead and was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 42 round on entering the draft in 2005, but once again failed to sign. In 2004, he was drafted tenth overall by the San Francisco Giants becoming the first player from the University of Washington to be taken in the first round. He signed for a 2.025 million dollars signing award on June 30, which at the time was the highest amount the organization had ever paid to any amateur player until they gave 2.1 million dollars to Angel Villalona a little over a month later. Jed Jacobsohn His repertoire includes a two seam fastball that he throws at 93 mph, a changeup he grips like a splitter, a curveball notable for its sharp breaking action, a slider and a four seam fastball that reaches speeds in the mid nineties.
If last July you were to tell me that the Phillies would acquire Cliff Lee for borderline prospects, make a big run to the World Series only to get stopped by the powerhouse, money driven, fresh, unique,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], original, unusual, novel, modern, current, recent York Yankees, Lincecum wouldn't believe you.?/p>
Not amidst a season in which our closer had one of the worst years on record.?Not amidst a season in which our so-called "ace" had been borderline at best, going through a ton of freak injuries due to him not ever wanting to abandon the banquet room for the training room. Not amidst a season in which our shortstop was about as much of a threat at the plate as Desi Relaford.

I know everything there is to know about this story. Lee supposedly would not accept an extension and wanted to test the market, fine. Halladay,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], however, has never played for a winner in his near Hall of Fame career, and wants the chance to win, which is why he'll accept a "discounted" contract at three years/USD60 million with two options for 2010 and 2010.
These anonymous owners can't break the bank even though just 10 short years ago the Phillies were playing in front of about 11,000 people a game in a gigantic, concrete mess of a stadium. They now play in a beautiful modern stadium,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with 45,000 a night, even in games again the lowliest teams such as the Nationals.
There has never been a pitcher that Lincecum had such an immediate love for other than Clifton Phifer Lee.?Everything about him, his "ghost throw" to centerfield before Tim Lincecum began his warm-up pitches, his personality that seemingly put him on a Greg Maddux plane, wherein you knew Tim Lincecum only thought of one thing on the mound and that was pitching.

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