I Still Hate You, Cliff Lee
My wife called me this morning on her way to work to tell me I was a jerk. Turns out I was pretty grouchy last night. And with good reason. I hate Cliff Lee.
If you will remember, I picked him up last year from the waiver wire and straightway put him into the lineup of my fantasy team. He won and won and won in the summer of 2008 and I looked like a fantasy baseball genius. Not only did he get me into the playoffs, but he won the Cy Young award. All from a guy who was foundering on the waiver wire.
Then came September 23rd, 2008. The Yankees had one chance in a million to get into the playoffs and if Cliff Lee could beat Boston we still had a chance. But could he do it? No, he lost, and with that loss the Yankees were sent home for the winter for the first time in DJ's career.
I hated Cliff Lee all winter long last year. I threw darts at a picture of him. I made a Cliff Lee doll and pulled its head off. It was a very long and healthy hate.
Now this.
You think I hated Cliff Lee last year? Just wait. Not only did he shut down my beloved Yankees on only 6 stinking hits, but he made Johnny D's popup in the ninth look like he was having a day at the beach. He struck out Tex, A-Rod and Jorgie 7 times combined! Seriously? Seriously?
Don't get me wrong. The Yanks didn't play badly. CC only gave up four hits in 7 innings. Too bad two of them had to be Utley dingers.
But when CC was done, Joe brought in the parade of clowns. Unbelievably, Marte wasn't half bad. But the rest of those jokers? Hughes? Stinko! Robertson? Horrible. Coke? Terrible. Bruney? A joke. Joe Buck got it right. Girardi had to worry about those four runs his pen gave up. If not for those, the score could have only been 2-0 in the bottom of the ninth. CC kept us close. The pen let the horse out of the barn.
So, tonight we go again. Invariably, Fox will show Cliff Lee sitting in the dugout. I'll grind my teeth every time I see him because now I hate him even more.
Cliff Lee, you stink.
If you will remember, I picked him up last year from the waiver wire and straightway put him into the lineup of my fantasy team. He won and won and won in the summer of 2008 and I looked like a fantasy baseball genius. Not only did he get me into the playoffs, but he won the Cy Young award. All from a guy who was foundering on the waiver wire.
Then came September 23rd, 2008. The Yankees had one chance in a million to get into the playoffs and if Cliff Lee could beat Boston we still had a chance. But could he do it? No, he lost, and with that loss the Yankees were sent home for the winter for the first time in DJ's career.
I hated Cliff Lee all winter long last year. I threw darts at a picture of him. I made a Cliff Lee doll and pulled its head off. It was a very long and healthy hate.
Now this.
You think I hated Cliff Lee last year? Just wait. Not only did he shut down my beloved Yankees on only 6 stinking hits, but he made Johnny D's popup in the ninth look like he was having a day at the beach. He struck out Tex, A-Rod and Jorgie 7 times combined! Seriously? Seriously?
Don't get me wrong. The Yanks didn't play badly. CC only gave up four hits in 7 innings. Too bad two of them had to be Utley dingers.
But when CC was done, Joe brought in the parade of clowns. Unbelievably, Marte wasn't half bad. But the rest of those jokers? Hughes? Stinko! Robertson? Horrible. Coke? Terrible. Bruney? A joke. Joe Buck got it right. Girardi had to worry about those four runs his pen gave up. If not for those, the score could have only been 2-0 in the bottom of the ninth. CC kept us close. The pen let the horse out of the barn.
So, tonight we go again. Invariably, Fox will show Cliff Lee sitting in the dugout. I'll grind my teeth every time I see him because now I hate him even more.
Cliff Lee, you stink.
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