I could see it if it was Baltimore/Kansas City/Pittsburgh - small market teams with very little success in recent history. But this is the Phillies and Ruber Amaro (sp?) Jr.... Guy has built "something special" in Philly - of all the GM's I would put my trust into, he'd be top three.
PS - for the record, I really like Madson - he will be one of the better closers next year. His changeup is pure filth. I remember when Lidge went down a couple years ago, and Madson took over closing - one of the Phillies announcers said something to the effect of, "the future has come a lot faster than we expected".
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