That Balls Outta Here » jiwan james http://thatballsouttahere.com A Philadelphia Phillies Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:38:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Jiwan James Survives Sinister Grasps of Rule 5 Draft http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/12/08/jiwan-james-survives-sinister-grasps-of-rule-5-draft/ http://thatballsouttahere.com/2011/12/08/jiwan-james-survives-sinister-grasps-of-rule-5-draft/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:56:47 +0000 Justin Klugh http://thatballsouttahere.com/?p=7689 The MLB Winter Meetings traditionally close with the terrifying Rule 5 Draft, a process that involves teams watching their possibly-coveted low-level prospects get snatched away by somebody else.  I can’t tell you what rules 1-4 are, but rule 5 is all about the immense satisfaction of wanting someone else’s stuff and then stealing it without anyone screaming this time.

The Phillies are not immune from such tactics, and on the eve of the Unfair Draft for Conniving Thieves, the team was prepared to say farewell to Jiwan James. (more…)

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