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Jake Diekman is Going Through Some Stuff
By Jim Adair
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When the Cole Hamels trade became unofficially official on Wednesday night, Jake Diekman had been added to the Rangers’ haul. Hamels isn’t going to pitch for the Phillies again. Neither is Diekman. But since the trade isn’t 100% official yet – the particulars are being hammered out – both Hamels and Diekman had lockers at Citizens Bank Park set up tonight. The weird thing is, Diekman was there, got dressed, warmed up in the outfield, and took his place in the bullpen. And then he left. And then he went back. It was incredibly awkward. Diekman himself doesn’t seem to really know what’s going on:
We all had a nice laugh at the Mets for their awkward trade-then-no-trade situation, but couldn’t someone have told Diekman it was totally cool if he wanted to stay home? Hamels didn’t have to be there. And yea, Diekman isn’t Hamels, but he’s still a man. With feelings. And it was all very, very awkward.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.