Sammy Sofa

Yeah, the Padres have had it easy, what with every team in their division except one having a record over .500! HERE COMES LEGIT PITCHING.

They did get at least one player of value.

OK, yes, it's all smoke and mirrors that they have a .605 record and are 5.5 games up on the Giants and are in first place.

I think you're very confused. The Padres have a team that is playing well and the Cubs have a middle of the pack offense.

Hah! Good one!

Yeah, they should get rid of Cashner.

Albert Pujols.

So much karma.

Holy tiny sample size, Batman. Just give it up.

Yup. Ah-booooooooooooo, McD's. Go, old lady.

I read it in law school, so I actually do remember some of the facts. And I just looked it up again. I never suggested she wasn't burned badly, but the suit was ridiculous. Lots of companies served coffee at high temperatures and it's sort of ridiculous to think that spilling coffee isn't going to burn you. As I recall, this wasn't her first McD's coffee, so she sort of knew what she was getting but put the really hot coffee between her old and presumably not terribly stable knees anyway. The people at McDs who refused her initial request probably got fired b/c even though I think it was the right legal decision, it was a bad business decision (even if they would have "won" the suit, the cost would be more than $20k and the bad publicity only adds to the cost). I don't know, maybe I'm just naive but it seems like there's a difference between serving coffee that's satisfyingly hot for most customers and so hot that if spilled on someone it requires skin grafts. I just think it's ridiculous that it's become the poster child for frivolous lawsuits where people are suing for millions of dollars when she sued a company for $20k to cover around $11k in medical costs.

As much of a mouthbreather as Kaplan is, he's pretty well connected. This wouldn't be the first deal, or even the third, that he's been the first to report. Damn, really? That's depressing. Not that Lee might be traded, but that Kaplan has any legitimacy.

Is it bad that I want this to be untrue just because this [expletive] [expletive] reported it? Not at all.

The worst thing about this is being subjected to "Kap's Corner" and the ghoulish image that went along with it. Good Lord. Has anyone picked up on this besides Kaplan? If not, that doesn't really give it much legs since, well, it's Kaplan.

Does nobody actually know the details of the McDonald's coffee suit? The woman received 3rd degree burns and initially wanted help paying her medical bills (suing McDonald's for $20k). Everyone talks about it like she was mildly burned and then started screaming for a bajillion dollars.

As Tryptamine put it, a win vs. the Nationals still counts as a win. Saying that the Cardinals are the only team that count is...well, it's stupid. Lee has failed in some clutch situations, and he's produced in others. Lee's career: .282/.367/.499/.865 w/RISP: .283/.390/.489/.879 w/men on: .282/.376/.480/.857 on 3rd, <2 out: .345/.407/.619/1.026 on 3rd, 2 out: .223/.372/.394/.766 w/2 outs: .266/.366/.479/.845 2 outs, RISP: .249/.386/.442/.828 Late & Close*: .295/.393/.502/.896 *Late & Close are PA in the 7th or later with the batting team tied, ahead by one, or the tying run at least on deck. Tie Game: .281/.377/.480/.857 within 1 Run: .284/.375/.491/.866 within 2 Runs: .284/.371/.490/.860 within 3 Runs: .286/.370/.501/.871 Within 4 Runs: .284/.368/.497/.865 Team Ahead: .284/.370/.502/.872 Team Behind: .282/.356/.509/.865 High Leverage: .283/.381/.494/.875 Medium Leverage: .295/.373/.506/.879 Low Leverage: .272/.355/.495/.851 And as has been pointed out... vs. Cardinals: .313/.398/.550/.948 His numbers against other NL Central teams aren't much to complain about either. And in case you only want to know how he did against St. Louis since becoming a Cub: 2004: .420/.500/.783/1.283 (81 PA) 2005: .393/.514/.821/1.336 (70 PA) 2006: .400/.500/1.000/1.500 (only 12 PA) 2007: .349/.414/.587/1.002 (70 PA) 2008: .281/.349/.368/.718 (63 PA) 2009: .268/.300/.393/.693 (60 PA) 2010: .286/.306/.686/.991 (36 PA) Yes, he's struggled overall this season. I don't think anyone's refuting that. Of course, everyone would want more production from their #3 hitter. However, to basically label him as someone who chokes when the pressure is on is ridiculous. Crushed.

What is it with people here demanding that others "prove" their completely ass-backwards point wrong? OK, first of all, you didn't "prove" that Lee is unclutch or can't handle pressure situations because all you did was cherry pick scenarios where that backed up your point. Are you meaning to tell us that in Lee's entire career (or even just his career with the Cubs) those or all or most of the pressure/clutch situations he's faced? Of course not, therefore your argument collapses from the jump off. But just for shits and giggles, let's toss something out there: you bring up a bad stretch against the Cardinals. During Lee's time here the Cardinals was the one team the Cubs would almost always have to look to take out to do well, right? If he can't handle that pressure, than why does he have a .313 .398 .550 .948 line against them? Hell, if you buy into clutch stats he's got a remarkably consistent OPS across all the major "clutch" situations between .828 and .896. If he's consistently dogging it in pressure situations, then how has he maintained those career numbers? Nobody is bashing your points because we "love" Lee or want him hitting 3rd right now; it's because you presented a completely halfassed argument that flies in the face of the bigger picture and requires ignoring the majority of his career.

You didn't point out any trends. trend = correlation with events over time. so all of that stuff didn't happen when the pressure was on? ok fine. You collected a bunch of scattered occurrences to back up your point while ignoring all of the ones that disproved it. You discovered no trends; only different times when he played poorly under a myriad of different circumstances. The only workable conclusion someone could take from your rambling, sloppy argument is that "sometimes Derrek Lee is not a good hitter."

You didn't point out any trends.

His club option does for after 2011, but that's only if he exercises his player option after this year. He could still opt out if he wants to. Gotcha. Thanks.

Doesn't his option automatically kick in if he's traded?

He sucked at the end of all those seasons except where didn't but then he sucked at the beginning of the season except when he didn't and because of his psychic powers he knows when the season is over even after the first week and aw [expletive] it I missed something.

Stop ignoring all of the other posts that showed you to be ridiculous.

Unless you're the Angels, in which case you win a WS in the same time. Think about this reeeeeeeeeealllllll hard for 2 seconds.

sulley, I will punch you.