Is Lee the best ever in the Postseason?

[BettingWizard]

Obviously Halladay will have some say this year and in the future, but right now you can't show me a guy in history with the numbers Lee has had.......

[nj6]

What? Best ever? He didn't win jack yet.

[Mikail]

He does show up in the Postseason but Halladay still takes it.

[FLO31]

He does show up in the Postseason but Halladay still takes it.

he has one start...

[rickbo528]

Hard to beat Sandy Koufax's numbers becuase they were all in World Series games and not in early playoff games that can pad stats.

[Glada Tartan]

He is just great!!

[azn624]

Definitely very good in the playoffs, not gonna say the best though

[BettingWizard]

Koufax only guy you can say is better now

[zigomanisinsider]

burnett best pitcher ever what wrong with you

[Nicky Santoro]

Cliff Lee... the greatest October pitcher that ever lived............

7-0 1.25 lifetime ERA.. i've never seen anything like it..

i'd like to see anyone argue this one. can anyone name a better pitcher? doubt it.

btw, yanks now need to win the next 3 straight, or they face LEE again in game 7 in Tex. .

is this series now over because of Lee?

[BeeMore]

Nickay!!!!!

[l7ustin]

not if i can get a better line on the yankees, dont cap the games nicky, just beat the numbers

[pronk]

7-0 1.25 lifetime ERA.. i've never seen anything like it..

When you put it like this, he's the best ever Cosmo.

[biggamer3]

He is a modern day Sandy

[jjgold]

Nicky compare him to Petite

[Mikail]

all I am thinking is the Yanks are in my opinion in a must win tonight. Do with that what you choose.

[str]

Sandy Koufax

[Nicky Santoro]

boys, could TEX -170 series price be the most undervalued price in gambling history?? IF the NYY don't sweep the next 3 games, including 1 on the road, then they face Clifford Lee again, in texas.

is anyone here confident that NYY can sweep these next 3 games against this amazing texas machine?

if not, then the greatest pitcher that ever lived will strike out 12 of them at home in game 7 and win 7-0.

[nosniboR11]

jeez nicky your making it hard for me to get at you with this type of posting,

Go Rangers

[MartinBlank]

Koufax.

7 World Series starts.

0.95 ERA.

[cadillac pete]

Just unhittable. I am not old enough to have seen Koufax do his thing, but if Cliff Lee is close then I can only imagine how impressive it was.

[superjeff24]

Lee is great but if yanks get the bats going they have a shot

[Nicky Santoro]

Koufax.

7 World Series starts.

0.95 ERA.

Cliff Lee v Sandy Koufax : Playoff stats

Sandy Koufax, career, postseason:
57 innings, 32 hits, 10 runs, 2 home runs, 11 walks, 61 strikeouts

Cliff Lee, career, postseason:
64 innings, 40 hits, 12 runs, 1 home run, 7 walks, 67 strikeouts

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it's so close.. Lee wins in the walks and HR's allowed..

and Koufax was 4-3.. Lee is 7-0.


And most important, Lee wins because Runs back then were harder to score than today.. totally different era.

[milwaukee mike]

good value on texas -170

let's be generous and say yankees 60-40 tonight so 40% of the time the yankees go down 1-3 and need to win final 3 (.4 x .125 = .05) the other 60% of the time it's 2-2 and the yankees are probably less than even money since texas has home field/lee but let's be generous (.6 x .5 = .3) so i would give the yankees a 35% chance of winning the series even with inflating their chances.

[sportsfun]

that is a stretch with so many good pitchers, but these last 2 years he has been good.

[Richkas]

Bob Gibson has to be mentioned.

[MartinBlank]

Cliff Lee v Sandy Koufax : Playoff stats

Sandy Koufax, career, postseason:
57 innings, 32 hits, 10 runs, 2 home runs, 11 walks, 61 strikeouts

Cliff Lee, career, postseason:
64 innings, 40 hits, 12 runs, 1 home run, 7 walks, 67 strikeouts

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it's so close.. Lee wins in the walks and HR's allowed..

and Koufax was 4-3.. Lee is 7-0.


And most important, Lee wins because Runs back then were harder to score than today.. totally different era.

Actually you could make a case for the exact opposite.

Fewer teams---better rosters-------tougher to pitch against.

Today's rosters are a little watered down---even in the playoffs.

Not taking anything away from Lee---but Koufax still gets my nod.

For god's sake---it is like debating whether getting a blowjob is better on Thursdays instead of Fridays.

[Pauulzcappin]

When Cliff Lee gets a ring he will

[jmush]

sucks that hes gonna be a yank next year

[dodger33]

I tried to state this fact last night and illusion and a couple other guys thought i was crazy. To make that line up look that silly (and he was getting squeezed) was one of the more impressive pitching performances ever. Before Jorge broke up the no no he struck him out! That ump wasn't giving Lee anything.

[l7ustin]

the walk to texiera was bs he coulda rung him up on strikes twice. the umpire was giving typical yankee bias and lee still dominated

[doublej95]

Lee's numbers are amazing in post season play but without a ring it don't mean much.

How about an old Yankee when he pitched for the Red Sox's, Ruth was 3-0 .87 ERA, 31 IP in the postseason (all in the WS)

[str]

Actually you could make a case for the exact opposite.

Fewer teams---better rosters-------tougher to pitch against.

Today's rosters are a little watered down---even in the playoffs.

Not taking anything away from Lee---but Koufax still gets my nod.

For god's sake---it is like debating whether getting a blowjob is better on Thursdays instead of Fridays.

Thursdays. One less day to wait.

[str]

Bob Gibson has to be mentioned.

He sure does.Guy was awesome.

[Marigold HD]

I bet the Yankees get him in the off-season