Note To Phillies Fans and Media: We Got Roy Oswalt, So Enough About Cliff Lee

Phillies fans are never happy unless they are miserable. Trust me, I am one, so I have first-hand knowledge. We love…live…to complain about our sports teams, and that goes double for a franchise that until the last few years, was an absolute laughing stock in its sport. We wear 10,000 losses (and counting) like a badge of honor. Winning? It’s almost like we still haven’t properly figured out what that’s supposed to feel like.

So with that, Phillies fans — and media, please we’ll get to the media in a second — must find something to complain about in order to feel properly balanced while rooting for our favorite team. But what’s to complain about when your team has won three-straight division titles and has gone to two-consecutive World Series, winning one?

Honestly, Phillies fans…what is there to complain about? Oh, right, Cliff Lee. When all else fails, complain about the one that got away.

The Phillies traded some of their top prospects – yet held on to the very top guys in the system – to acquire CliffREAD MORE