The Other Fifteen

This picture is taken from the future, right before Cliff Lee's arm falls off.

Phillies’ manager Charlie Manual announced his starting pitchers for game 6 and 7 of the World Series: Cliff Lee.  The Phillies’ ace is coming off a game 5 win on Monday, after pitching a complete-game win in game 1, and will be coming off a two day rest and zero day rest between his next starts.  Manual said that Lee would also pitch game 7, since the Yankees haven’t beaten him yet.

While there is no precedence for starting a pitcher three games in a row in a series in baseball history, Manual is confident that Lee gives his team a better chance to win that any other pitcher he could put on the mound.  Manual said he is also considering juggling his lineup so that Chase Utley can bat every time, unless Utley is currently on base, in which case he will pinch-run for Utley so that Utley can bat again.