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[desh]

The Phillies just traded Robinson Tejeda and Jake Blalock to the Rangers for David Dellucci.

In other words, they traded a 24-year-old power pitcher who had a 3.57 major league ERA last season as a rookie, and a low-level hitting prospect who's the younger brother of a two-time all-star, for a 32-year-old 5th outfielder who hit .251 last year.

It's not even opening day, and I'm already hating the Phillies. They better know something I don't...

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[pkzimmer.livejournal.com]

It's not even opening day, and I'm already hating the Phillies. They better know something I don't...

Um... have you been paying attention for the last 50 years? Clearly they don't.

[desh]

Being a sports fan means hoping against all logic...

You could make quite the incredible rotation out of players that the Phillies have traded over the past 10 years and for whom they've gotten nothing worthwhile in exchange.

[pkzimmer.livejournal.com]

Well, look on the bright side. You could be a Pirates fan. They haven't had a winning season since they last had Barry Bonds, Sid Bream, Bobby Bonilla, and Andy Van Slyke all on the same team (1992). Yes, this will almost certainly be their 14th CONSECUTIVE losing season.


Haha. Suckers.

[desh]

Ha, Sid Bream? Thought he was on the Braves by then. Slowest man EVER. I loved that wave-him-around play. (Don't tell anyone, but I actually sort of liked the Braves then.)

Andy Van Slyke was on the Phillies briefly after that. I'm willing to blame all of the post-1993 crap on him and his Pittsburgh karma. Thanks for the scapegoat!

[pkzimmer.livejournal.com]

You're totally right. Bream was on the Braves that year. I just always associate him with Pirate loser-ness because he was the one who scored the winner in game 7 of that NLCS.