No one knows if the Mariners can afford to sign Lee. No one knows if he’s amenable to sticking around. But for a year, he and his majesty, King Felix Hernandez, form the meanest, nastiest, most intimidating tag team since the Executioners.
— ESPN’s Jayson Stark, analyzing the Major League Baseball mega-deal that brought pitching ace Cliff Lee to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for three prospects