I’m sure you all are familiar with the pop culture trend where people make Chuck Norris into some godly figure by creating short one liners such as “Chuck Norris doesn’t do push-ups, he pushes the earth down”.

Well, a new trend has just hit the internet circles as people are utilizing Twitter and Facebook to make Cliff lee into a sort of baseball God. Cliff Lee will start game one of the ALCS for the Texas Rangers against the defending world champion New York Yankees this weekend. The result, the twitter hash tag #CliffLeeFacts.

Below are a few of the “Cliff Lee facts,” being posted on Twitter as I write this article. Enjoy:

- Babe Ruth DID call his shot. He called it Cliff Lee
- Cliff Lee taught Stan Lee how to draw comics
- Lebron James calls Cliff Lee “King”
- Cliff Lee only gives up runs when he wants to keep things interesting
- Cliff Lee can watch 60 minutes in 30 minutes, without a DVR
- Cliff lee once pitched a perfect game…. On his off day
- Even a team with 9 Cliff Lees couldn’t beat Cliff Lee. They would be locked in perpetual baseball struggle for eternity
- Cliff Lee put the bomp in the bomp sh bomp sh bomp and the ram in the ramalamadingdong
- Cliff Lee’s pitching is the real Situation
- Cliff Lee taught Batman how to toss the Batarang
- Cliff Lee once walked a guy. Just to see what it felt like.
- Cliff Lee’s cutter is actually a rip in the time-space continuum

Will Lee and the Rangers be able to pull off a Game 1 victory against the Yankees? Cliff Lee fans certainly think so.