Derrek Lee
Derrek Lee
Derrek Leon Lee, or "D-Lee", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. Lee played with the San Diego Padres, the Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Oriolesand Pittsburgh Pirates. He bats and throws right-handed...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth6 September 1975
CitySacramento, CA
contract envision
I don't think you ever envision a contract like this.
I was really nervous. You don't want things out of your control.
ball hit hitting proud
When that ball got out, it was like, man, such a proud feeling. When you hit one in the season, it's like, OK, you did your job. This was more like hitting a ball for your whole country.
bring center defense gets good help
I think he's the best, period, in center field. Defense gets overlooked. But some days, even if you aren't going good offensively, you can bring good defense and help your team.
fan
We get so much fan support, you'd think you'd play well here, but we didn't. It's something we have to get better at.
expected win
We've got to perform. All the pressure's on us. We're expected to win this thing.
country felt today
Today I felt proud. I felt like the whole country was watching.
balanced bench bullpen depth far good looks pitchers spring worry
We have the team. We're balanced and athletic. Our bench is great, and our bullpen depth is better. We just need to worry about each day and go from there. We need our pitchers healthy, and this spring looks good as far as health.
caught leave man people
When does it stop? He hasn't been caught so where is the story? People have been 'alleging' him forever. Leave the man alone.
great leave weird
Now that I'm here, it's going to be weird to leave the team. But it's a great opportunity.
africa easy lightly played south team
It's easy to take a team like South Africa lightly because we didn't know anything about them. But we didn't and we played well today.
leaving looked pitches settled
It looked like he was going to have a 1-2-3 inning. That was impressive. The first inning, he was leaving a lot of pitches up. He settled down after that.
cubs hurting stupid tomorrow
We'll see tomorrow (Wednesday). The Cubs don't want me to play, but if I feel like I can play, I'm going to play. I'm not going to be stupid about it, but if I feel like I'm not hurting anything, I'm going to play.
chance hard postseason
The chance to go to the postseason, it's hard to pass up.