Lee will wear No. 33
The Phillies have made the Cliff Lee signing official, so he rejoins the team exactly 364 days after he was traded to the Seattle Mariners.
Lee will wear No. 33
Bob Brookover, Inquirer Baseball Columnist
The Phillies have made the Cliff Lee signing official, so he rejoins the team exactly 364 days after he was traded to the Seattle Mariners.
The team verified that the deal is for five years and $120 million with a sixth-year vesting option. Lee will wear No. 33 because his old number with the Phillies (34) now belongs to Roy Halladay, the man who replaced him as the staff ace last season.
Lee will meet with the media at 3 p.m. in Citizens Bank Park.
More details later and in Thursday's Philadelphia Inquirer.
Comments (21)
Over/Under proposition - Combined walks by Halladay/Lee vs. walks by Hamels alone. Welcome back, Clifton!— uncle meat- Why can't they both have 34? They're aren't in the games at the same time. The purpose for numbers were for those who sit in the nosebleed sections to ID their favorite players. Now, they have their names on the uni's so the number is superfluous (for those of you in Camden - unnecessary). PLUS,just think how much time the clowns in the national sports press can kill telling the rest of the country how unique and Philadelphish it is. It might even replace cheese steaks, Rocky and throwing snowballs at Santa for their inane chatter time.
Brotherly Love, BABY!!!— MFinSC 
I'm not gay, but would gladly be RAJ b*@#$!— georgel
Fernando Valenzuela's number as a Phillie. Mostly worn by a bunch of forgettable stiffs over the years. I remember Wayne Twitchell wearing #33 while having a very good year (13 wins, 2.50 ERA, 10 CGs, 5 SHOs) on a very bad '73 team. Also worn by Bo Belinsky as a Phil. Belinsky should be in a HOF somewhere just for the starlets he dated in the 60s, including Ann Margaret, Connie Stevens, Tina Louise (Ginger on Gilligan's Island), and Mamie Van Doren.— tornadoh
Comment removed.- OK, enough with the Jayson Werth bashings. Me, I wish the guy was still here. And I absolutely defy any of the trash-talkers to TURN DOWN the deal the guy's agent made for him. Wish to hell it had been me, and so do all of you.— TBear
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