Thursday, August 04, 2005
THE CUBS LEE Can Almost Smell The Triple Crown
Derrek Lee stands wagging his big, black bat over his right ear as if there is a log lying across home plate that he is preparing to subdivide.
And then, for emphasis, the long-limbed, right-handed hitter for the Chicago Cubs who is 6 feet 5, raises his left leg can-can style in his wide-open stance and swings at the spheroid that speedily approaches.