{"id":6136,"date":"2009-12-19T21:09:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T02:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/70.39.147.119\/~crossi12\/2009\/12\/happy-halladays\/"},"modified":"2014-06-06T11:51:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T15:51:27","slug":"happy-halladays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/2009\/12\/happy-halladays.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halladays!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobilwi.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0120a6dde087970b0120a768a85e970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a0120a6dde087970b0120a768a85e970b \" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/mobilwi.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0120a6dde087970b0120a768a85e970b-500wi\" alt=\"12-19-2009 8-20-28 PM\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRoy is Phillie. \u00a0We should be happy, this should be good times. \u00a0The Phillies just signed an ace. \u00a0A guy to lead the top of the rotation. \u00a0A guy to win them big playoff games. \u00a0Except, we just had that guy.<\/p>\n<p>In gaining Halladay from the Jays, the Phillies traded away Cliff Lee. \u00a0Lee was the guy I just described, he was an ace, a stopper, and\u00a0unconscious\u00a0in the World Series. \u00a0Ruben Amaro couldn&#8217;t justify giving away the farm for Halladay, he had to get something back. \u00a0He couldn&#8217;t stand the fact that Marson, Donald, Taylor and his prized Drabek had to be swapped for the best pitcher in the game. \u00a0Sure, some of those guys brought Lee, but six months later it&#8217;s Halladay at the top of our rotation. \u00a0It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m not thrilled we have Halladay, it&#8217;s that we could have had him without giving away Lee. \u00a0Ruben just had to get something for the guys he gave away, and trading Lee, who denied reports of not wanting to re-sign, was his only move. \u00a0Will Aumont, Gillies, or Ramirez be any good? \u00a0Who knows. \u00a0Who cares.<\/p>\n<p>We just traded away a guy who turned in one of the top World Series performances ever. \u00a0With Lee, the Phillies would have been the odds on favorite to win the World Series. \u00a0Without Lee? \u00a0We are the same team as last year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sure Halladay might be better over the course of the season, but the best he can be in the playoffs is Cliff Lee. \u00a0He doesn&#8217;t give us any better of a chance to win the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine the Yankees trading away a player like that in a year where they had a chance to win the World Series? \u00a0No way. \u00a0Maybe that is why they are defending World Champions and we&#8217;re not.<\/p>\n<p>So, Happy Halladays, Roy is here. \u00a0That sentiment, however, is met with some salt in the wound as we gave away the chance to be truly merry this holiday season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy is Phillie. \u00a0We should be happy, this should be good times. \u00a0The Phillies just signed an ace. \u00a0A guy to lead the top of the rotation. \u00a0A guy to win them big playoff games. \u00a0Except, we just had that guy. 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