Robot Lee Throws Third Consecutive Shutout Against Red Sox

This must be a tired sight for Phillies fans: Cliff Lee pitches, goes nine innings, shuts out the opposition, hugs all around. I mean, sports are all about unexpected drama and exciting comebacks, not rote and routine domination. How can this be fun to watch?

Considering how few walks Lee hands out, I think we really need to begin discussing the possibilities that Lee is simply a robot sent from the future to embarrass Major League pitchers.

This season, Lee has a 2.66 ERA, is walking 1.99 batters per nine, and has now thrown 32 consecutive scoreless innings. When Cliff Lee looks at the strike zone, I imagine this is what he sees:

Even the vaunted Red Sox lineup was powerless against the anti-human Lee as only Marco Scutaro and Darnell McDonald managed to get basehits off the metal-armed southpaw.

But to anyone unfortunate enough to see Battle: LA, they should know that one human challenger will always rise up against our cruel and mechanical overlords. That may be the only thing that saves Orel Hershisher’s scoreless inning streak come late-July.