The Texas Rangers must have forgotten something in Arlington on their way to San Francisco to face the Giants last night in Game 1 of the World Series - Cliff Lee. Not sure who it was that trotted out there in Lee's #33 jersey, but it certainly wasn't the same guy who owned a 3-0 record with a 0.75 ERA in the 2010 post-season.
The Lee-imposter wasn't able to locate any of his off speed pitches, allowing the Giants to tee off on his first and second pitch fastballs. The pinpoint accuracy that allowed the real Cliff Lee to dominate Tampa and New York clearly wasn't there - the only pitch that got close to the strike zone was his fast ball. Lee's stuff isn't dominating enough if his accuracy is off, and it showed last night.
Luckily, Rangers fans are pretty sure whoever that was last night (I'm thinking perhaps a jealous Kevin Millwood dropped about 50 LBs and snuck into the game) wasn't the real CL33. It better not be, or this could be an epic fail for another Texas team in the World Series.
