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Who’s not surprised by this? 

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When Roy Oswalt announced this winter that he was going to sit out a few months and pull a Roger Clemens, it was hard not to imagine a scene where Oswalt and Ruben Amaro sat on the pitcher’s large tractor, chomped on some buckwheat or whatever, and hashed out a plan to pay the pitcher $4 million to pitch for three months for the Phillies this season.

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Hey guys, comin' back 

He’ll be in red pinstripes by the Fourth of July.

Phillies beat writer Matt Gelb is a bit more skeptical, tweeting: Fair warning: Be extremely skeptical of any information leaked regarding Roy Oswalt.

It's worth noting that the Oswalt report was the second story of the day broken by Rosenthal, instead of a Phillies beat writer…