To The Stadium and Back (with Cliff Lee)

Rich Lederer's chance encounter with Cliff Lee on the way to Yankee Stadium last night.

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the legend continues to grow…

by still ill on May 8, 2008 2:17 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

That’s freakin awesome!

You have no idea the physical toll that three vasectomies have on a person

by jakesinger777 on May 8, 2008 2:19 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

HIs by-the-book humility quotes are mind-blowing.

Maybe the demotion really changed him.

by Jay on May 8, 2008 2:40 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

I saw Lee pitch several times in spring training earlier this year. I saw him walk down the 3rd base line and acknowledge the crowd when they called out to him. IMO, the demotion most certainly had an impact on him. How can you go from 18 wins in the bigs to a demotion to Buffalo and not have it impact you ?

Too bad they can’t send Hafner’s ass down to Buffalo to get him straightened out … Hafner ,right now, is a negative entity on this 25 man roster. There are certainly others who have also been much like him in terms of lack of production; but they don’t carry the financial obligation. What a freaking disappointment he has been.

by SpringTrainingFun on May 8, 2008 3:18 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

I like the first commenter’s take: It’s all BA/bip! Clearly!

by fleerdon on May 8, 2008 3:20 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

The first commenter to the article, not still ill.

by fleerdon on May 8, 2008 3:21 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

If he were here, I’d gently remind him that BA/bip is not related to the fact that his K/BB ratio is 39:2.

by NickFantana on May 8, 2008 3:58 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Lederer answered it pretty well in his comment.

by dgcambridge on May 8, 2008 6:50 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

So did Jay, I noticed.

by NickFantana on May 8, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Pretty cool. Odd, though, that the team doesn’t travel together, isn’t it?

I rode the wrong train too late yesterday!

by JulioBernazard on May 8, 2008 4:46 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

My two questions: What Indians would get recognized on the subway? C.C., Pronk, maybe Grady.

And who winks “as if to say, ‘Good job,’”?

by dgcambridge on May 8, 2008 6:52 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

If Fausto doesn’t get recognized in Winter Haven beside the stands, no chance anyone outside of those three gets noticed on the NY subway.

by supermarioelia on May 8, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I saw the second Incarnation of Jesus Christ, Joba, on the subway after a game last season. I didn’t say anything to him though because he was playing with his son.

by Roger Dorn on May 9, 2008 10:04 AM EDT reply reply 0 recs

I don’t know why I didn’t think of this earlier, but it makes total sense to ride the train to the game you’re starting in. What better way to motivate yourself to eat the heart of darkness than to stew in it for a half hour?

by NickFantana on May 9, 2008 5:49 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs