Give It Up For DLee!

[sonofsamiam]

I'm not saying, I'm just saying. . .

 

How many of you will still have your loving views of DLee if he starts off slowly next season? How many will gush about DLee if he puts up a .880 OPS, .285 avg, and 28 homers?

 

 

Baseball has always been a what have you done for me lately type place.

 

I dunno, the Hawk still got a lot of love from Cubs' fans when he returned to his normal numbers in 1988-1991

 

Plus, I think everyone expected him to improve on his Florida numbers when he came to the Cubs. '04 was actually an off-year for him (perhaps an adjustment year?).

 

Remember, he hit TWICE as many home runs on the road as a Marlin than he did at home.

 

I don't think anyone expected this type of performance, though. Certainly not me, and I've been a huge fan of his from the start.

 

Either way, I doubt he regresses to his Marlins numbers, simply because he now plays in a park that better caters to his strengths (i.e., hitting to the alleys).

 

I don't expect him to replicate this next year, of course. It does sadden me that he couldn't do what he did this year last year -- if he had, IMO they would have gotten the Wild Card, and the last week of the season would have been a non-issue.