Before midnight last night there was the same talk coming from Yankee fans. "Sure those Red Sox signings are nice, but they are too left handed and once the Yankees sign Cliff Lee there is no way the Sox can beat them in a 7 game series". The arrogance of thinking no matter the history they can land anyone because of money seemed logical. They did it with Johnny Damon, so of course Cliff Lee's wife can absorb some spit and taunts from the historic Yankee fans.
Then the clock struck midnight, and everything changed.
Not only did Cliff Lee choose the Phillies over the Yankees, but he also did so for about $40 million less. But these are the legendary Yankees, a historic franchise with a historic fan base, why would anyone pass that up? Oh yea, because usually husbands aren't all that pleased when their wife is spit on.
I said it back on Oct 26th "We will see, but I'm glad those gelled hair, fan stabbing queers in New York might have cost themselves one of the best postseason pitchers this league has ever seen." I didn't think that would be enough for Lee to turn down top dollar, but when you are talking about the difference between 21 and 25 million a year I guess money really isn't all that important anymore.
Now we may look back and say "Wow good thing the Yankees didn't sign Lee to a 7 year deal", but for next year (which is usually all the Yankees care about) this is truly going to kill them, and demoralize their fan base. And I'm glad, it's about time those arrogant pieces of shit learned a lesson. No, not that you can't just throw money at a problem, but you shouldn't go around stabbing people (remember that Sox fan they stabbed), and you shouldn't spit on players' wives (especially when you are the favorites to sign that player).
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