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Article: Either choose star or pick standout.(SPORTS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2009
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Byline: Bill Ballou
COLUMN: BASEBALL
It's good rainy-day food for thought, and there has been a lot of rain around here recently, so here's a question:
If you were a general manager, putting together a new team, and had some either/or choices to make regarding the roster, would you take:
Jon Lester or Cliff Lee?
Lester is 25, Lee 30. Lester is 34-14 lifetime for an excellent team, Lee is 80-46 lifetime for a mediocre team. Lee has a Cy Young Award to his credit; Lester has been the winning pitcher in the clinching game of a World Series.
Take Lester.