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November 19, 2008
MLB says that Tribune has set a deadline of December 1st to bid on the Chicago Cubs, according to the Associated Press. |
October 5, 2008
Derrek Lee went 3-for-4 with a run scored in Saturday's 3-1 loss to the Dodgers in Game 3 of the NLDS. |
September 25, 2008
Derrek Lee will not start on Thursday night against Pedro Martinez and the Mets according to the Daily News. Micah Hoffpauir will start in his place. |
September 16, 2008
Derrek Lee hit a home run in the Cubs contest on Monday, and manager Lou Piniella says it was the two-day break that re-energized him, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. He's probably played more than anyone else we have. And it looks like it has [helped]," said the Cubs manager. |
September 15, 2008
Derrek Lee went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in Monday's win over the Astros. He is up to 19 home runs and 86 RBI. |
September 10, 2008
Derrek Lee went 1-for-5 on Wednesday night to drop his average to .295 on the year. |
September 6, 2008
Derrek Lee, who had not had an RBI in nine straight games, was 4-for-6 on Saturday and tallied three RBI in the process. |
August 24, 2008
Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee did not start Sunday in the series finale against the Washington Nationals because of spasms on the left side of his neck and back, but said he was available to play, according to MLB.com. |
August 22, 2008
Derrek Lee went 2-for-4 and hit his 18th home run of the season, but it was not enough as the Cubs fell to the Washington Nationals by a score of 13-5. |
August 16, 2008
Derrek Lee is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Marlins, the Palm Beach Post reports. Daryle Ward will start at first base. Lee has played in 120 of the team's 122 games. |
August 12, 2008
The game between the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves was rained out, and the teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow, according to Cubs.com. |
August 4, 2008
Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee has grounded into 22 double plays this season, the most in baseball, reports Cubs.com. The MLB record is 34, accomplished by Jim Rice. |
August 1, 2008
Derrek Lee went 0-for-3 on Friday to drop his average down to .290 as he extended his hitless streak to 13 AB the past three games. |
July 28, 2008
Derrek Lee was 3-for-5 with three RBI against the Brewers on Monday. He has five RBI in his past two games. |
July 20, 2008
The Cubs found more than enough offense to pull the win today, topping the Astros 9-0. First baseman Derrek Lee did his part, going 2-for-5 at the plate with his 27th double of the season to post three RBIs and one run scored on the day. |
June 28, 2008
Derrek Lee went 5-for-5 with three RBI for the Cubs. Lee leadoff the ninth inning with a double but was stranded when Bobby Jenks got Aramis Ramirez to groundout to short with the infield in and then retired Jim Edmonds on a grounder to second to end the game. |
June 15, 2008
Derrek Lee went 2-for-4, drove in three runs and the Chicago Cubs scored their second straight victory over the Toronto Blue Jays winning two of the three-game interleague tilt. |
June 13, 2008
Derrek Lee is serving as the Cubs designated hitter in tonight's interleague game against the Toronto Blue Jays. |
June 7, 2008
Derrek Lee went 1-for-4 on Saturday as his batting average continues to plummet as its now down to .283. |
May 26, 2008
Derrek Lee hit his 12th home run on Monday to support Ryan Dempster as the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Monday afternoon. |
May 9, 2008
Derrek Lee, who entered play today in a 4-for-28 slump, homered off reliever Juan Cruz to give the Cubs a comfortable 3-1 lead in the eighth inning of Friday's win over the Diamondbacks. |
May 5, 2008
Derrek Lee has hit 12 homers over his career at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, according to MLB.com. |
April 30, 2008
Derrek Lee continues to surge in the early going as he finished April off by producing two hits and two runs while knocking in his 23rd RBI on Wednesday night. |
April 23, 2008
Derrek Lee pushed his average to .378 with four hits on Wednesday night. |
April 20, 2008
Derrek Lee continues to hit the cover off the ball. The Cubs first baseman registered another two hits on Sunday, two RBI, two runs scored and raised his average to .364. |
April 19, 2008
Derrek Lee hit his seventh home run of the season on Saturday though he was removed in the sixth inning due to a sore neck, this according to the AP. |
April 19, 2008
Chicago 1B Derrek Lee wasted no time getting busy against the Pirates today, hitting his seventh home run of the year off Tom Gorzelanny in the bottom of the first inning to put the Cubs up 0-2 on the Pirates. |
April 16, 2008
Derrek Lee hit his sixth HR of the early season for the Cubs as he went 3-for-4 with two runs scored on the night. |
April 15, 2008
Chicago 1B Derrek Lee put up some quality numbers in the Cubs' 5-9 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Lee went 3-for-5 at the plate, hitting his fifth home run of the season. |
April 13, 2008
Derrek Lee had another productive day on Sunday, going 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI against the Phillies. The first baseman has eight extra-base hits and eight RBI over the last eight games. |
April 11, 2008
Derrek Lee went 2-for-4 with a home run, his fourth of the year, on Friday night for the Cubs. Lee scored a run and knocked in one as he continues to display the power bat that he lost a bit last year with four doubles and four home runs through 10 games. |
April 7, 2008
Derrek Lee, who went 4-for-4 on Saturday against Roy Oswalt, had another big hit for the Chicago Cubs on Sunday smashing his third home run of the season over the left center-field dormant-ivy to give the Cubs their second straight win. Lee is hitting .400 on the young season and is off to an MVP type start.
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April 5, 2008
Derrek Lee hasn't lost a step, going a perfect 4-for-4 against Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros in today's 9-7 win for the Cubs. Lee picked up his second double and his second homer on the season, both against Oswalt, and gathered two RBIs and three runs scored along the way. He now touts a seasonal batting average of .364 and continues to work as the offensive catalyst for the Cubbies. |
April 2, 2008
Derrek Lee hit his first home run of the season on Wednesday as he went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Lee has a lot to prove his year after a merely solid 2007 (.317-22-82) that was a far cry from his .335-46-107 numbers in the 2005 season. Lee will be a valuable piece this season, but he really needs to return to his running ways to offer the value many drafted him for (he has only 14 SB the past two seasons). |
March 19, 2008
Derrek Lee hit his first homer of the spring on Wednesday against Oakland. He needed it, as he was only hitting .154 heading into today's game. Hopefully he can get hot and end spring training on a high note. |
