Giving Away Phillips
Thursday, March 20, 2003by Geoff Young
What the heck, I haven't done a good rant in a while. Okay, there was the Junior Seau riff the other day but when you get down to it, that was just football.
So, if you missed it, the Pads acquired Rondell White from the Yankees. Yep, Kevin Towers finally found a taker for Bubba Trammell's contract and he managed to pick up a decent outfielder in return. Not bad, right? Certainly no cause for a rant.
There was one other player in the deal: Mark Phillips. Honestly, when I heard there was a minor leaguer involved, I figured it was a lesser propect, like Bernie Castro or J.J. Furmaniak. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine it would be ...
