Cliff Lee

I understand that to professional athletes thirteen million dollars is pretty much chum change. But c'mon... How can you sign that significantly less of a contract? Honestly, and it's not even like Lee is going to play in Miami or Southern California over New York, he's playing in Philadelphia. People in Philadelphia are ashamed to say that they are from Philadelphia. Cliff Lee signing with the Phillies is nothing short of a Christmas miracle for Phillies fans and it makes people from New York and Dallas's blood boil. New York and Dallas are two places I don't think I would want to mess with. I mean New York is New York and as Jimmy Rollins learned two years ago, if you mess with the Yankees it never ends up well. Last night I watched the "Pony Exce$$" on ESPN's 30 for 30 and people from Dallas are badass and very serious about sports. Let me also be the first to remind you that last season the Phillies traded Lee because they felt he wasn't as good as Halladay. I can't fathom after being burned and insulted by an entire organization and after his stunning World Series performance (besides Chase Utley he was the only one to play well) they say he's only as good as three minor league prospects. As a Yankee fan I promise Lee and the Phillies on behalf of the entire Yankees organization that the battle may have been lost but the war is just beginning.