In the end it is time to mount and gee-up, to become the arriero.

ECONOMIST: New uses for an old pastime

The Phillies (3-5) roughed up Gee (0-2) for seven runs and 10 hits in three innings.

WSJ: Gee tagged for 3 HRs, Phillies beat Mets 8-3

New York right-hander Dillon Gee (2-5) gave up six runs, five earned, in four innings for the Mets, who lost their fifth straight despite scoring more than three runs for the first time in eight games.

WSJ: Mets end scoring slump but still lose to Cardinals

Mitt Romney chose Mr Ryan as his running-mate to gee up the Republican base rather than to further the debate on fiscal policy.

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