Getty Images The Phillies made it official a few minutes ago: Cliff Lee has been activated. To make room for him on the roster they have sent down Michael Schwimer to Lehigh Valley.
Lee will be on a pitch count tonight — 80 pitches. So the Philly pen will get another chance to work the magic it has worked thus far this season.
But hey: Cliff Lee back is better news than any of that is bad news.
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- mungman69 - May 9, 2012 at 2:10 PM
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Let’s see if he’s lost anything.
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- Utley's Hair - May 9, 2012 at 2:17 PM
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Welcome back, Cliffy. All we need you to do is throw a Maddux.
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- Jeremy Fox - May 9, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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More specifically, we need you to throw the most efficient Maddux in history. But hey, no pressure.
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- Utley's Hair - May 9, 2012 at 3:45 PM
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Well, I didn’t want to overwhelm the guy on his first day back. Jeez.
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- Jeremy Fox - May 9, 2012 at 5:31 PM
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He’s Cliff Lee. Cliff Lee does not get “overwhelmed”.
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- deathmonkey41 - May 9, 2012 at 2:19 PM
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They’d probably have better luck with David Schwimmer
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- Utley's Hair - May 9, 2012 at 2:40 PM
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Doesn’t Ross throw like a girl?
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- heyblueyoustink - May 9, 2012 at 2:19 PM
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The offense has needed a lift, maybe we’ll see what he can provide!
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- The Dangerous Mabry - May 9, 2012 at 3:04 PM
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Unfortunately, he’ll be facing the team with the highest pitches per plate appearance in the league to this point, which isn’t going to help when he’s on a short pitch count.
Still, encouraging news for Phils fans.
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- Jonny 5 - May 9, 2012 at 3:49 PM
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They’d probably be better off sending Danys Baez errr I mean Qualls down and Keeping Schwimmer in the pen.
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- Francisco (FC) - May 9, 2012 at 4:19 PM
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Actually they’d be better off if Qualls suffered a freak injury and has to be put on the 60-day disabled list so Ruben has an excuse to get some Bullpen help pronto. (I’d bring up DeFratus or maybe someone else. Theoretically Philly has BP arms in AAA).
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- WhenMattStairsIsKing - May 9, 2012 at 4:27 PM
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When it comes to Cliff, there’s always Lee-way.
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- Utley's Hair - May 9, 2012 at 4:36 PM
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—Facepalm—
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- xmatt0926x - May 9, 2012 at 5:02 PM
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It all depends on which Cliff Lee shows up. If he’s really on, 85 pitches might get him through the 8th.
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- flyeredup - May 9, 2012 at 7:11 PM
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We need to trade Hamels for a hitter
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- xmatt0926x - May 9, 2012 at 7:27 PM
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If things just go bad for the team and Hamel’s hasn’t signed by the deadline I will be interested to see if they make a move like that. Maybe if things go really bad Ruben considers breaking things in a big way and maybe deals Lee, etc.
