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Archive for December 17th, 2009

Deal done: Halladay to Phils, Lee to M’s (AP)

FILE - In this July 12, 2009, file photo, Team USA third baseman Brett Wallace(notes) snags a ball that bounced into the air hit by World Team's Jesus Montero during the first inning of the All-Star Futures baseball game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Wallace was traded from the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, part of a four-team trade that sent Roy Halladay(notes) to the Philadelphia Phillies and Cliff Lee(notes) to the Seattle Mariners.

Roy Halladay heard so many rumors last season he was being traded to Philadelphia, he couldn't help but imagine standing on the mound in red pinstripes when they played in the World Series. "I can't lie," he said. "I did. I had quite a few dreams about it, too." Halladay has a few more years to make it a reality now that he got his wish and was traded to the Phillies.