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Cliff Lee holds a moment of silence for the batters he's about to face
Career starts in the playoffs with ten or more strikeouts, and one or zero walks:
| 5 | Cliff Lee |
| 2 | Bob Gibson |
| 2 | Josh Beckett |
| 2 | Randy Johnson |
| 2 | Tom Seaver |
| 1 | David Wells |
| 1 | Deacon Phillippe |
| 1 | Denny Galehouse |
| 1 | Don Newcombe |
| 1 | Dwight Gooden |
| 1 | Ed Walsh |
| 1 | Hal Newhouser |
| 1 | Howard Ehmke |
| 1 | Jack Sanford |
| 1 | John Smoltz |
| 1 | Jonathan Sanchez |
| 1 | Mike Scott |
| 1 | Nolan Ryan |
| 1 | Pete Alexander |
| 1 | Roger Clemens |
| 1 | Sandy Koufax |
| 1 | Sterling Hitchcock |
| 1 | Tim Lincecum |
| 1 | Walter Johnson |
Cliff Lee has made eight starts in the playoffs.
5 recs | 26 comments
Cliff Lee carved those bitches up like cake.
Tasty, tasty cake
beastwarking - October 18, 2010
Cliff Fucking Lee is the best. Thank you Mr. Lee.
I wish that we could have taken advantage of what you have to offer. You excellence will be appreciated non the less.
TrustBaseball - October 18, 2010
A genuine laugh from the photo caption.
Janic - October 18, 2010
I wish this fine man wasn't on the fucking Rangers.
NeighborTom2 - October 18, 2010
The only way this is acceptable, is that he won't be in Texas next year.
The Yankees will pay him for what he has already done (he certainly deserves a Yankee size payday), he won’t ever do it again in a Yankee’s uniform. The Rangers will waste their picks on absolutely nothing that pans out. This is my prayer. Mariner’s fans will always remember that he was ours once for a mere 4 months. The man is one of the best pitchers we will ever see, and we’ve seen RJ and Felix. We have been blessed. Three HOF pitchers that we got to enjoy.
TrustBaseball - October 18, 2010
As a homer, I will check this...
5/120? We may be able to afford it now. The question is, “Should we?”. I fear regression in the second year of that. But y’all have the king, the, IMO, 2k10 CY winner. Offense…offense…offense. Looking at the landscape of the AL West to come, I fear y’all most. (please don’t ban/flame me, I love LL’s hilarity).
Fuck the Yankees.
booyakasha - October 18, 2010
I deem your post acceptable, Rangers fan.
However, you still have Cliff Lee, you lucky asshole!
FLAG FLAG FLAG FLAG FLAG FLAG FLAG FLAG FLAG FLAG
HititHere - October 19, 2010
We could have had Montero!
Bearskin Rugburn - October 19, 2010
Mention us in passing in your Hall of Fame speech, Cliff
lemonverbena - October 18, 2010
"Getting to the World Series for the first time was quite a blast. But winning the World Series the next year with Texas after Seattle traded me there was even better."
Goose - October 18, 2010
He knows our name!
Jeff Sullivan - October 19, 2010
I love this place, but please don't do this.
Please pretend that he doesn’t remember this year with us.
TrustBaseball - October 19, 2010
Is there such thing as a post season Hall of Fame?
If not, he might be a damn good first ballot candidate
Scrupio - October 19, 2010
If there was, Curt Schilling would be in it.
Patrick Stites - October 19, 2010 via mobile
And maybe Gene Tenace!
ignacio - October 19, 2010
Joe Rudi!
ignacio - October 19, 2010
Ken Boyer!
ignacio - October 19, 2010
For the record
there have been eight starts in playoff history with 10+ strikeouts and zero walks, and Lee has four of them. But since he didn’t do that tonight, I didn’t want to post about it.
Jeff Sullivan - October 19, 2010
You're killing me here. But it's your blog, so go ahead.
TrustBaseball - October 19, 2010
And the first guy to have three 10+ strikeout starts in the same postseason. (I think I've read that somewhere)
joey90 - October 19, 2010
I saw it on TBS.
thehemogoblin - October 19, 2010
No that was Lopez Tonight
BigR - October 19, 2010
Players like Cliff Lee are a big reason why I love baseball.
He makes every game he pitches in a must see event.
Sec 108 - October 19, 2010
Once again Posnanski also has some words on the topic
http://joeposnanski.si.com/2010/10/19/natural-lee/?eref=sihp
Schuxu - October 19, 2010
I hope this is not Jack Z's only legacy with the M's,
but I hope that history remembers well the day he double-crossed the Yankees by shipping Lee to Texas, and how that dramatically altered the playoff landscape this year.
n8tron3030 - October 19, 2010
We got Justin Smoak out of the deal.
He might turn out to be really something
ignacio - October 19, 2010
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