Come To Think Of It... Dear Derrek Lee: An Apology

Dear Derrek Lee, Many times on this very site I have either called for you to be traded or have expressed frustration with both your inability to hit for power as well as your seemingly nonchalant attitude. I have said that you were indifferent; that you were sleeping through at-bats that never even came close to the numbers you displayed in 2005, when you hit .335, with 46 homers and 17 RBI. True, you still aren't likely to ever approach those numbers again, which raises suspicions that you were on PEDs that year. Look, such obvious one season anomalies still perplex me. I don't take the steroid comment back at all. But in thinking that you were washed up? OK, I admit, I was wrong. Apparently you do care, and you are capable of producing numbers that are meaningful. To that, I owe you an apology. Oh, I know you make millions so it's hard to feel much sympathy. But, your reputation is at stake and so I feel a need to at least acknowledge what you have done recently. Your ... (link)