People who are booing Corey Patterson do realize that Derek Lee is just as horrible at the plate don't they?

As of today's game Derek Lee is batting .257 with 42 SO's. 13 RBI coming in 4 games and 14 RBI in his 48 other games.

Corey Patterson is batting .257 with 44 SO's.

If you are one of the people booing Patterson you should be booing Derek Lee also. The Cubs are paying him $6 million dollars for Corey Patterson style production, you shouldn't cheer him.

Granted Lee has a .340 OBP to Patterson's .316, they are both hitting the same and both striking out at the same rate, yet Patterson gets the brunt end of the criticism.

The only thing saving Lee is that he is a notoriously slow starter. Patterson hasn't played long enough for us to find out if that is true with him. But if your going to boo Patterson for his SO's and poor hitting, make sure you throw some towards Derek Lee, dont be a hippocrit and accuse one guy of it and let another one off the hook.