by Tommy Gimler
People send weird shit to athletes and celebrities all the time. Sometimes it’s topless Polaroids. Sometimes panties laced with anthrax. But Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cliff Lee is the only person we’ve ever heard of receiving fingernail clippings.
One theory is that a fan is trying to be funny by sending Cliff Lee some homemade “Lee” Press-On Nails. Another theory is that it’s fucking gross. Although, it’s not as bad as somebody sending Mike Trout a slice of stinky labia or some clown sending his foreskin to Chase Headley.
Or who knows? Maybe this is all a big misunderstanding and the fingernail clippings’ owner was really trying to send them here: