Article: Cliff notes tell quite a story

BASEBALL NOTES

Paul Byrd, like many people, is fascinated by his former Indians teammate Cliff Lee.

How did it come to be that Lee is 18-2, with a 2.43 ERA, and the front-runner for the AL Cy Young Award?

"He barely made the team out of spring training," Byrd said. "It came down to one of three lefties for the final fifth spot: Cliff, Aaron Laffey, and Jeremy Sowers. And Cliff pitched best in spring training and won the job.

"He's an amazing story, really. He's had success in the league before, obviously, winning 17 games a couple of years ago, but he's had some injuries like everyone has at some point and he's needed time to get his game together. I guess you'd say he's got it together ...

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