July 30, 2010

Oswalt Signing Shows Phils Erred in Trading Lee

Bob Ford, Philadelphia Inquirer

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Never mind. All that talk about restocking the farm system and balancing the need to win today with the need to put a team on the field in the future? Well, that was then.

This is now, and now the Phillies have decided they want to do whatever it takes to make the 2010 postseason. If that had been the philosophy last December, yesterday's deal for Roy Oswalt would not have been necessary. If that had been the philosophy when it should have been, the Phils would not be in the precarious situation of staring up at the Atlanta Braves in the National League East.

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