It's nobody's business who Cliff Lee wants to play baseball for next season. It's nobody's place to tell him that he shouldn't play in Philadelphia. But now that he's chosen, he sure has told us a lot about himself, hasn't he? Will McDonald at SB Nation's Royals Review weighed in to help break it down:
Cliff Lee Signs With Phillies, Takes The Easy Route, Shatters His Legacy
To be truly great, you have to win with your own team. In taking the sidekick route, Cliff Lee revealed that he isn’t serious about working. When the going got tough, Cliff Lee ran away. His legacy is forever destroyed. Instead of sticking it out and winning a championship for the people of Texas, Lee checked out.
One thing is clear: Cliff Lee doesn’t want it badly enough. Not nearly enough. He and “his team” (posse) may feel more welcome in Philadelphia, and maybe his “wife” (baby mama) didn’t like New York as much, but it’s no excuse. Be a man, Cliff. But then, “Cliff” is really more of a boy’s name, isn’t it?
Faced with a choice between loyalty (Texas) or immortality (New York), he chose Philly. Gross.
As McDonald continues:
I blame today’s hip-hop AAU culture. These kids today... they’re all friends. They become “boys” (that’s what they call it) when they are 12 and it’s all a game to them. It’s terrible. Things were better when guys only ran into each other at the paternity tests. When I look at today’s sports world. I’m sickened. The greatest moment of my childhood was when [insert name] did [insert insane thing].
He’s 110% correct. Remember [insert memory]?
There was a time when pride mattered. Now it’s all swagger and PR agents and LeBron James and ESPYs--that’s all these guys care about. So of course Cliff Lee took the easy route. Why try to beat ‘em and when you can join ‘em at the Kodak Theatre?
These days, it’s used car salesmen like William Wesley that wield the power in sports. Don’t blame Cliff Lee. It’s the people around him, a bunch of Mavericks and jesters wearing King’s clothing.
It’s all about ESPYs these days, and when it’s all about ESPYs, the fans lose every time, because they’re not nominated. That’s the way the system works with our ESPY Hip-Hop AAU Culture. Welcome to the sports world in 2010. The apocalypse is near, FOX has the broadcast rights, and Obama doesn’t care. Don’t you wish we could all be like Cliff Lee and take the easy way out?
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