Derrek Lee tries to recover power stroke

With only five home runs after the All-Star Game last year, Derrek Lee enters the new season with a renewed focus.

[bhawks61]

You ever notice that Lee contradicts everything Piniella says

[Jason]

Has Derrek Lee ever, ever, EVER gotten a sense of urgency about how ineffective he is at times? When he's not swinging the bat well, he just brushes it off as if it's no big deal. Home run power drops by more than half (no Tic Tacs?), just a little swing problem.

How about the fact that you've had, maybe, half a dozen big hits in five years? At what point do you say "Maybe there's a problem here?" and actually do something rather than just collect a paycheck and put up empty calorie numbers?

[MBS]

Derek Lee's power numbers obviously dropped so dramatically because he stopped taking steroids.

[Bibliophilist]

Give me Albert Pujols any day. A true clutch power hitter if there ever was one.

[stlfan]

derek lee aramis ramirez and carlos zambrano all have seen time on the dl because of steroids...along with a decline in numbers it is obvious they are on the juice or were