Derrek Lee Total Sploogefest Love-a-Thon Thread

[TJ]

2008: the new 2005 for DLee?

2008: the new 1908, except this time with radio, for the Cubs?

[PTanner]

He sure as hell didn't miss any of the ball he put in the bleachers yesterday.

Yeah, I think the wrist is all better.

[TDubbs]

Bump. Hey, hey did go 4-for-4 this afternoon, right?

TDubbs is calling it: .330 and 35 jacks jimmies for Derelict this year.  I'm hoping he's right.

TDubbs'd

[PTanner]

Bump. Hey, hey did go 4-for-4 this afternoon, right?

TDubbs is calling it: .330 and 35 jacks jimmies for Derelict this year.  I'm hoping he's right.

TDubbs'd

I thought jimmies were those things you sprinkled on ice cream.

[Three times a JD]

Bump. Hey, hey did go 4-for-4 this afternoon, right?

TDubbs is calling it: .330 and 35 jacks jimmies for Derelict this year.  I'm hoping he's right.

TDubbs'd

I thought jimmies were those things you sprinkled on ice cream.

I thought those were sprinkles.  I thought jimmies were condoms.

[Tonker]

Bump. Hey, hey did go 4-for-4 this afternoon, right?

TDubbs is calling it: .330 and 35 jacks jimmies for Derelict this year.  I'm hoping he's right.

TDubbs'd

I thought jimmies were those things you sprinkled on ice cream.

I thought those were sprinkles.  I thought jimmies were condoms.

I thought those were johnnies.  I thought jimmies were crowbars.

[CT II]

Bump. Hey, hey did go 4-for-4 this afternoon, right?

TDubbs is calling it: .330 and 35 jacks jimmies for Derelict this year.  I'm hoping he's right.

TDubbs'd

I thought jimmies were those things you sprinkled on ice cream.

I thought those were sprinkles.  I thought jimmies were condoms.

I thought condoms were jimmie-hats.

So you can probably figure out what I thought jimmies were.

[Three times a JD]

Bump. Hey, hey did go 4-for-4 this afternoon, right?

TDubbs is calling it: .330 and 35 jacks jimmies for Derelict this year.  I'm hoping he's right.

TDubbs'd

I thought jimmies were those things you sprinkled on ice cream.

I thought those were sprinkles.  I thought jimmies were condoms.

I thought condoms were jimmie-hats.

So you can probably figure out what I thought jimmies were.

Ice cream?  Wait...what?  Start over.  I got lost. 

[Uncouth Sloth]

Bump. Hey, hey did go 4-for-4 this afternoon, right?

TDubbs is calling it: .330 and 35 jacks jimmies for Derelict this year.  I'm hoping he's right.

TDubbs'd

I thought jimmies were those things you sprinkled on ice cream.

I thought those were sprinkles.  I thought jimmies were condoms.

I thought condoms were jimmie-hats.

So you can probably figure out what I thought jimmies were.

heh-heh heh-heh.  Kick me in the jimmy.

/Beavis'd

[TDubbs]

Bump. Hey, hey did go 4-for-4 this afternoon, right?

TDubbs is calling it: .330 and 35 jacks jimmies for Derelict this year.  I'm hoping he's right.

TDubbs'd

I thought jimmies were those things you sprinkled on ice cream.

I thought those were sprinkles.  I thought jimmies were condoms.

I thought those were johnnies.  I thought jimmies were crowbars.

I thought those were home runs.  I thought johnnies were terrific beef sandwiches

[PTanner]

Bump. Hey, hey did go 4-for-4 this afternoon, right?

TDubbs is calling it: .330 and 35 jacks jimmies for Derelict this year.  I'm hoping he's right.

TDubbs'd

I thought jimmies were those things you sprinkled on ice cream.

I thought those were sprinkles.  I thought jimmies were condoms.

I thought those were johnnies.  I thought jimmies were crowbars.

I thought those were home runs.  I thought johnnies were terrific beef sandwiches

Jacks are home runs. Johnnies are terrific beef sandwiches.

[Internet Apex]

Bump. Hey, hey did go 4-for-4 this afternoon, right?

TDubbs is calling it: .330 and 35 jacks jimmies for Derelict this year.  I'm hoping he's right.

TDubbs'd

I thought jimmies were those things you sprinkled on ice cream.

I thought those were sprinkles.  I thought jimmies were condoms.

I thought those were johnnies.  I thought jimmies were crowbars.

A Jimmy is your dong and Jimmy Hat is a raincoat for your Jimmy. That's the final word on this, guys.

"We straight up got our Jimmies waxed, man. All of us." ~ Apex circa 1992.

[Thrillho]

Bump. Hey, hey did go 4-for-4 this afternoon, right?

TDubbs is calling it: .330 and 35 jacks jimmies for Derelict this year.  I'm hoping he's right.

TDubbs'd

I thought jimmies were those things you sprinkled on ice cream.

I thought those were sprinkles.  I thought jimmies were condoms.

I thought those were johnnies.  I thought jimmies were crowbars.

A Jimmy is your dong and Jimmy Hat is a raincoat for your Jimmy. That's the final word on this, guys.

"We straight up got our Jimmies waxed, man. All of us." ~ Apex circa 1992.

That's good... Right?

[Dave B]

Back to D-Lee for a second.

He gets off to a hot start, then in one of his ABs Sunday, Len and Bob mention how he hadn't walked yet this season. Well, sure enough, he walks. Then I watch yesterday afternoon and he gets caught looking on some close pitches. It reminded me of the long stretches last season when he would get buzzed repeatedly on the outside corner, often taking called third strikes (and his numbers were a little "down" for him). One might theorize that D-Lee is better off being aggressive in the strike zone and not trying to coak walks or take chances on borderline outside-corner pitches.

[Mike Douche]

Back to D-Lee for a second.

He gets off to a hot start, then in one of his ABs Sunday, Len and Bob mention how he hadn't walked yet this season. Well, sure enough, he walks. Then I watch yesterday afternoon and he gets caught looking on some close pitches. It reminded me of the long stretches last season when he would get buzzed repeatedly on the outside corner, often taking called third strikes (and his numbers were a little "down" for him). One might theorize that D-Lee is better off being aggressive in the strike zone and not trying to coak walks or take chances on borderline outside-corner pitches.

What he needs to do--and what I was desperately hoping he'd do while struggling last year--is hammer that outside pitch the other way.

I think the broken wrist affected him, and he's only just now back to where he was in '05.  The reason he took the pitches on the corner last year was possibly because he didn't feel he could drive the ball as well as he would have liked.