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 9August2005Tuesday

Fantasy Baseball: Karabell’s Solutions for the Derek Lee Downturn

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DEREKLEE.jpgESPN’s fantasy worm Eric Karabell dedicates his INSIDER blog to the declining numbers of Chicago Cubs’ first baseman Derek Lee—once thought to be a Triple(cough)Crown(cough) candidate(blech). Well, those halcyon days of a 50 homer and a .365 batting average season are long gone. Karabell lists a number of baby bats to pick up the slack that are hitting better than Derek Lee of late including the Oakland A’s Dan Johnson, Texas Rangers’ Gary Matthews Jr., the Atlanta Braves’ Jeff Francoeur, and the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Chris Duffy.

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