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Derrek Lee Is Not Trying To Suck
Written by wrigleyville   
Tuesday, 01 July 2008
If your name is Chris and you're sitting in Minneapolis wondering why something happens on a baseball field, do you think the best place to seek answers is with Carrie Muskat?

I'm guessing not, but this Chris from Minneapolis apparently disagrees:

What's the deal with Derrek Lee grounding into double plays so often? We're not even at the 80-game mark, and he has almost as many GDPs as he's ever had in a full season. His current pace puts him around 33, which would be more GDPs than anyone in the National League (at least back to 1933).
-- Chris G., Minneapolis

He's not trying to do it. When asked, Lee said: "It's one of those years -- double play's the thing. I don't know what to do differently. I don't want to strike out. I'd rather hit a line drive in the gap, obviously. I'm just hitting ground balls at the wrong time. I guess that's what it comes down to."

He was asked before Saturday's game, and then went 5-for-5. Lee does hit the ball hard, which results in more double plays.

That is one of Carrie's go-to answers: "He's not trying to." But the fact is he is hitting into double plays. A lot of them. With frequency. Often. At inopportune times.

So what gives? Other than "not trying to," he apparently "hits the ball hard," which leads to a lot of double plays.

Does he hit the ball "harder" than Aramis Ramirez? Unlikely, though he has 19 GDPs to Aramis' five. Then again, the bases are usually clear when Aramis comes up, thanks to Derrek's GDP.

Others have looked into his groundball to fly ball ratio and reached some conclusions. We won't go into it here out of laziness and ignorance - just like the person who answers questions about the Cubs on behalf of the Cubs.

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