Lee trying to rediscover hitting groove
Published 5/19/2008 by Carrie Muskat at Major League Baseball News
Derrek Lee doesn't take early hitting very often, but he was out with the rest of the Cubs on Monday at Minute Maid Park more than four hours before game time trying to find his swing.
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