Just when it looked like the Cardinals might run away with the NL Central, the Cubbies have won 13 out of 16 to make things a little more interesting. Chicago was 18-22 on May 21 and 8 GB St. Louis.
Derreck Lee is having a great year for the Cubs. During their current 13-3 stretch, Lee is batting .467-5-14 with 17 runs. Not bad. For the season, Lee is hitting .385-17-52. He leads the NL in nearly every major offensive category except RBI (second) and stolen bases (9, which places him 10th).
Of course, with Albert Pujols around, Lee won't be voted to the All-Star team. Pujols (.333-14-45) leads Lee by about 313,000 votes.
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Lee is closer to being overtaken by Doug Mientkiewicz in the voting than he is to overtaking Pujols. The American people are clearly incapable of voting on things intelligently. That Mientkiewicz has the most votes of any Mets infielder leads me to suspect foul play.
P.S. I swear I'll post something soon.
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