Cubs’ DL now on DL
What’s the worst news a Cubs fan could hear? Ok other than having to repeat the last 97 years over again in some sort of sick twisted baseball oriented Groundhog’s Day, I would have to guess it would be losing Derrek Lee for 8-10 weeks to a broken bone. Well Cubs fans… as much as I hate to see a player hurt, I love seeing you disappointed more… and just in case you’ve been living under a rock recently… Derrek Lee broke his wrist in last night’s game against the Dodgers. Not just one bone, but two. As my buddy the Brit said… “The Cubs were just served an excuse for the entire season on a golden platter.” He pretty much hit the nail on the head… I mean seriously… could you imagine losing Pujols? I will now chop of my hands for having typed that.

Lee is pretty much the heart and soul of the Cubs lineup as well as a Gold Glover at first. The only bright side to this injury is that it happened at the beginning of the season and will not put Lee out for the year. The Cubs are currently only half a game out of first but the rest of the lineup will need to step up and fill the void if the Cubs are going to avoid falling behind the rest of the division (well ok maybe not the Pirates but come on).

Catching Up

Keeping with the Derrek Lee news, the Cubs locked up their now injured slugger for an extra 5 years for a total of $65 million. As a Cardinal fan, I wish Lee had ended up with another team (maybe an outfielder for the Cards?) but this is the best move the Cubs have made since trading for Lee back in ‘04. Oh, and for anyone who worried before the season about the Cubs keeping Todd Walker… he’s batting a cool .406 and has an OPS of 1.065 (Both team leading totals) so I guess that was a decent move or lack there of huh?

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 20th, 2006 at 11:31 pm and is filed under Cubs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Cubs’ DL now on DL
What’s the worst news a Cubs fan could hear? Ok other than having to repeat the last 97 years over again in some sort of sick twisted baseball oriented Groundhog’s Day, I would have to guess it would be losing Derrek Lee for 8-10 weeks to a broken bone. Well Cubs fans… as much as I hate to see a player hurt, I love seeing you disappointed more… and just in case you’ve been living under a rock recently… Derrek Lee broke his wrist in last night’s game against the Dodgers. Not just one bone, but two. As my buddy the Brit said… “The Cubs were just served an excuse for the entire season on a golden platter.” He pretty much hit the nail on the head… I mean seriously… could you imagine losing Pujols? I will now chop of my hands for having typed that.

Lee is pretty much the heart and soul of the Cubs lineup as well as a Gold Glover at first. The only bright side to this injury is that it happened at the beginning of the season and will not put Lee out for the year. The Cubs are currently only half a game out of first but the rest of the lineup will need to step up and fill the void if the Cubs are going to avoid falling behind the rest of the division (well ok maybe not the Pirates but come on).

Catching Up

Keeping with the Derrek Lee news, the Cubs locked up their now injured slugger for an extra 5 years for a total of $65 million. As a Cardinal fan, I wish Lee had ended up with another team (maybe an outfielder for the Cards?) but this is the best move the Cubs have made since trading for Lee back in ‘04. Oh, and for anyone who worried before the season about the Cubs keeping Todd Walker… he’s batting a cool .406 and has an OPS of 1.065 (Both team leading totals) so I guess that was a decent move or lack there of huh?

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 20th, 2006 at 11:31 pm and is filed under Cubs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.