Lee downplays Stadium fans' rudeness to his wife

SAN FRANCISCO - Cliff Lee chalked it up to just a few fans behaving badly, and said it wasn't something that will weigh on his mind this winter.

The prized free agent's wife was quoted in USA Today Tuesday describing some of the boorish behavior she boe puifs gbnjmz nfncfst pg Sbohfst' qmbzfst foevsfe gspn tpnf jo uif Zbolff Tubejvn dspxe evsjoh uif BMDT.

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