Lee

I am rubbing my eyes in disbelief. Can it be that Pat Gillick has been replaced by a new gerneration's Paul Owens?

Days ago I read comments from Houston GM Ed Wade saying how they couldn't afford to do anymore this year. And all of a sudden the Phils no longer seem like the tightwads we've come to hate. Can it be that it was Ed Wade all along and not the invisible management that was squeezing the purse strings?

Well, who knows, but all I can say is that I was all for forgetting about Roy Halladay and the ridiculously high price tag the Blue Jays had placed on him, in favor of Cliff Lee, Cleveland's regining Cy Young winner. Lo and behold we got him! And we're now saddled with a ridiculous wealth of lefthanded starters!

Sorry, just a little giddy at the prospects for the remainder of the season.

Now if Ruben can only find a way to trade for George Sherrill to bolster the pen...