Cliff Lee Could Make the Phillies Rotation Historic
Cliff Lee has signed with the Phillies! Cliff Lee Has Signed with the Phillies?
What about the Rangers? What about the Yankees?
With a suprise move
Cliff Lee is going back to Philadelphia to chase a
World Series and not the money. The contract a 5 year $120 Million dollars was considerably less than the
Rangers and
Yankees offers leaving millions on the table!
Wow! The Phillies have four aces on the mound! Could this be the best four man rotation in the history of baseball? Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt, and Cole Hamels seem tough!
Let's look into some of the top four man rotations in history!
1906 - Chicago White Sox:
Frank Owen, Nick Altrock, Doc White and Ed Walsh
1910 - Oakland Athletics: Jack Combs, Chief Bender,
Eddie Plank and Cy Morgan
1916 - Boston Red Sox:
Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore, Carl Mays and Dutch Leonard
1954 - Cleveland Indians:
Bob Feller, Early Wynn, Bob Lemon and Mike Garcia
1966 - Los Angeles Dodgers: Sandy Koufax,
Don Drysdale, Don Sutton and Claude Osteen
1971 - Baltimore Orioles: Dave NcNally, Pat Dobson,
Jim Palmer and Mike Cuellar
1997 - Atlanta Braves:
Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine and Steve Avery
2010 - San Francisco Giants:
Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Barry Zito and Johnathan Sanchez.
