Yes I know, I stated in January that this would not be an all Phillies blog, but the past two days have been pretty exciting in Philadelphia. Cliff Lee returned Philadelphia last night for the first time since the 2009 World Series, and pitched a great game. I would know I was there to witness the game. Lee pitched 7 innings, 4 hits, allowing 3 earned runs (1 homerun), and struck out 11. Before the game, Citizens Bank Park erupted, and all 45,455 fans that were there were on their feet applauding. Something that I truly admire about Cliff Lee is that he is always the first one out onto the field, preparing himself for the next batters. Then after he retired the first three batters, 1, 2, 3, Lee was the first to run off the field. Other than Yankee fans, who doesn't love Cliff Lee? I can distinctly recall the 2009 World Series, where Lee dominated Yankees and on one play, stuck out his glove to catch a pop-up. The Cy Young winner knows what it's like to pitch in the World Series, but unfortunately does not know what it's like to have a ring. Lee pitched in both the 2009 and 2010 World Series, only to lose both times. After losing to San Francisco, Cliff Lee was still itching to get a ring and as we all know, Lee then decided to take less money to come back to Philly to be apart of R2C2. The "worst" part of coming back to Philadelphia was seeing that Roy Halladay had taken his jersey number "34." Lee settled for 33, the number he used in Texas, and is 1-0 with the Phillies in the 2011 season. So Cliff Lee fans, break out your Cliff Lee 34 jerseys and shirts if you bought them the first time he came around, or go out and by a 33 jersey today to show support. The gentleman next to me at the Phillies game referred to Lee as a "sexy-beast" and I find this to be very fitting. I wish Cliff Lee good luck in the 2011 season, and hope he continues to pitch well for the Phillies in the next 5 years.
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