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WASHINGTON SENATORS/WASHINGTON NATIONALS - ALL TIME HOME GROWN TEAM vs. ALL TIME ACQUIRED TEAM
Published 4/1/2009 by Sully (info@sullybaseball.com) at SULLY BASEBALL
... in his first four years in the big leagues (and he lost two seasons serving in Korea.) Then, suddenly, in 1956 he put it together. He hit 27 homers and continued his hot power stroke over the last five seasons of the original Senators. In 1960 he finished third in the home run chase, only two homers behind Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. Billy Crystal never made a film about Lemon. TOP PINCH HITTER OFF OF THE BENCH ALFONSO SORIANO Jim Bowden never did live down holding onto Soriano. I’m sure they could have a ...

AL Central Preview (Featuring Joe Posnanski)
Published 3/20/2009 by Patrick Sullivan at Baseball Analysts
... himself as a light hitter with bat control and as one of the best defensive players in the game. Ramirez stormed upon the scene as a rookie last year, endearing himself to White Sox fans as a free swinger, but not faring too well in the field. He faced the lowest percentage of fastballs of any hitter last year and still swung more often than anyone but Vlad. He’s not likely to handle the transition to short too well. Perhaps an obvious comparison, but I’d move him to the outfield a la Alfonso Soriano. I think Peralta might ultimately belong at third. ...

Walkoff Walk Presents the BONILLA Projection System: Age 33
Published 1/28/2009 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... on two separate occasions. Will be spending the 2009 season doing odd jobs around Nolan Ryan's ranch house. J.C. Romero, RP: Given his latest troubles with the illegal supplements he accidentally ingested, J.C. refuses to shop at GNC anymore, preferring to purchase his vitamins and energy boosters at the local twigs-n-berries health food store. When told he was actually taking daily doses of lizard semen, he shrugged his shoulders and ate more lizard semen. Alfonso Soriano, LF: Geez, Alfonso Soriano is turning 33? Now I really feel old. ...

Cubs October Wrap-up: Dusty Sends Condolences; Tribco Resigns Hendry for Many Septembers To Come; Cuban Reassesses America’s Team
Published 10/21/2008 by Ben Schwartz at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... you hate to see anybody go down like that.” The high command of the Cub machine, from Sam Zell to Crane Kenney … well I guess that’s it … have extended Cub GM Jim Hendry’s contract for another four years.  In talking to the press, Hendry thanked the necessary millionaires and billionaires, but also answered one critic, Alfonso Soriano, that the Cubs were not a team “built” for the post season.  Soriano, who hit .143 and .071 in his respective Cub postseasons, will always be “Mr. September” in ...

That's a Wrap
Published 9/30/2008 by Paul SF at YFSF
... Speaker (1912). 9th all time in at bats (653). 14th all time in plate appearances (726). He also surfaced near the top of the AL record books: 2nd in doubles at position, behind Charlie Gehringer (60) in 1936. 10th in total bases at position. 11th in hits at position, and most since Rod Carew in 1974. 11th in extra-base hits at position. 21st in runs at position, and most since Alfonso Soriano in 2002. Tied for 11th all time in doubles, most since Garciaparra and ...

Even the Playing Fields
Published 6/13/2008 by CardsFanDan (noreply@blogger.com) at The NL Central Blog
... Not find pleasure in the injury of others (well, sorta), but the fact that the Cubs leading homerun masher/speedster leadoff man went down eases the burn greatly. Yes, the Cubs still have other players that I admit are better than average ( ...

CHICAGO NUMBERS
Published 5/29/2008 by The Zoner at Zoner Sports
... Yes. Exactly. Brenly was the manager of the Arizona team that held you to six hits in seven games in the 2001 World Series, the Arizona team that struck you out seven times, the Arizona team that threw you out in your only stolen base attempt — oh, and don’t forget he was the manager of the Arizona team that beat your team. Any more questions? See Brenly’s ring for details.” ...

Lights Out For the Padres
Published 5/16/2008 by Dan Newman at VFTB
[image] First Star - Ryan Dempster (.352) Second Star - Alfonso Soriano (.068) Third Star - Derrek Lee (.067) First and foremost, Ryan Dempster is an Ace. There is a very calming feeling as I watch Dempster pitch. Perhaps it is that little glove wiggle, but whatever it may be, I find myself very secure that he will continue to throw with the command, control and confidence that will bring many more W’s our way. The Jim Edmonds experiment did not take off as well as many Cub fans would have liked. I am not yet willing to throw in the towel on this ...

NL Central Smackdown : Left Fielders
Published 5/5/2008 by Rob G. at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog
... 3-Year Warp-3 Average 3 Year Warp-3 Projection Rob's Ranking Alfonso Soriano 6.37 4.1 1 ...

Updated MLB Home Run Champ Odds
Published 4/12/2008 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
... Pena Was 50:1 HRs: 5 Now 15:1 Gotta love anyone who starts the year with a .216/.370/.622 line- five homers, six walks, and as many HBP as singles (three). I don't know what had more of an effect here- his 81-homer pace (yes, I do thoroughly enjoy playing the on-pace game two weeks into the season), or the fact he shouldn't have been 50:1 in the first place. Probably a combination, and I don't think I'd take him at 15:1 now. Alfonso Soriano Was 25:1 HRs: 2 Now 20:1 A very slow, 44 OPS+ first couple weeks for Soriano, but he ...

Fukudome’s Funambulation
Published 4/11/2008 by Tommy at Breaking Balls
... , Alfonso Soriano), the Cubs improved in several important ways this offseason. No move was bigger than landing former Chunichi Dragons slugger ...

2008 Community Projections: Alfonso Soriano
Published 2/19/2008 by Al <al@bleedcubbieblue.com> at Bleed Cubbie Blue
... (and from all accounts, he is, even though we have heard he's taking it slow so far), he'll play in 156+ games (he's done that five of the last seven years). So, what will he do in 2008? In addition to the categories we've done for other players, let's project SB/CS for Soriano, too. I say.. AB: 665 R: 111 H: 196 2B: 44 3B: 3 HR: 39 RBI: 96 BB: 45 SO: 155 SB: 22 CS: 8 AVG: .295 OBA: .339 SLG: .546 Alfonso Soriano's career stats at baseball-reference.com I've closed the Derrek Lee, Mark DeRosa ...

Tigers look to lock up everyone this offseason
Published 1/28/2008 by Eric Jackson at D-Town Baseball
... I’m all for it and wouldn’t be surprised to see a six or seven year deal come out of this. Regardless of his successes on the field and the recent departure of Cameron Maybin and Gorkys Hernandez, Curtis is the type of player who can be the face of this organization for years. Additionally, the way salaries continue to climb, Detroit will likely look back in 2011 thinking they got steal regardless of what they give up. This won’t be a blockbuster on the level of Alfonso Soriano’s 8-year $136M deal with the Cubs or even ...

The 100 Greatest Royals of All-Time - #70 Carlos Febles
Published 1/23/2008 by RoyalsRetro <royalsnightly@yahoo.com> at Royals Review
... eighty walks and stealing fifty-one bases. Many scouts were penciling Febles as the Royals second baseman for years to come. "Everybody who saw him knew it was just a matter of time...He's the best second baseman we have in the organization, and I know he is only going to do better." -Wichita manager John Mizerock Febles was surrounded by a lot of hype to begin the 1999 season. Baseball America named him the 30th best prospect in baseball, ahead of guys like Alfonso Soriano, Rafael Furcal and Vernon Wells. With second baseman Jose ...

Random Madness
Published 10/30/2007 by Dave Harrison at Bucs Trade Winds
... for a player to be named later and Alfonso Soriano. The ...

NLDS Game 2: Diamondbacks @ Cubs
Published 10/6/2007 by Rob at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
... Bottom 1st: The Cubs waste a rare leadoff walk to Alfonso Soriano, who had 31 all year, when Ryan Theriot hits into a 5-4-3 double play. The Cubs get a couple baserunners on a Derrek Lee single and a Cliff Floyd hit-by-pitch (on the calf, ouch), but Hernandez gets out of the jam by striking out Aramis Ramirez; the first pitch Ramirez's sequence was, from what we could tell, very debatable.

Breaking it Down
Published 10/3/2007 by The Hundley at Thunder Matt's Saloon
... Alfonso Soriano ...

MY VOTE: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chicago Cubs
Published 10/3/2007 by Mark Snyders at FOOD. SHELTER. BASEBALL.
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chicago Cubs The D-Backs were built primarily through their farm system. The Cubs were put together mostly with a big, fat wallet. Still, both teams are pretty evenly matched. The Cubs have the better hitting team, although the D-Backs are coming off their best month at the plate in September. Unfortunately, the Cubs had their best month in September, too, thanks to Alfonso Soriano who has been on a tear of late. The D-Backs have the better pitching, especially out of the bullpen. ...

More tales from the team splits junk drawer
Published 9/24/2007 by Chris Jaffe at The Hardball Times
... , all is well with the world. If he can't, well, any ol' speedster will do. This year he has Alfonso Soriano leading off. He's definitely more a power guy than anything else, and his OBP is really suffering in the dog days of summer this year (sub-.300 OBP since July 1). He's speedy, so he leads off. If you're curious, 797 of the 1,240 teams have better OBPs from their top slot than their team. That may sound low, but normally your best overall hitter has the best or near-best OBP. He'll be the guy in the heart of the lineup. And he'll have some similar players around him. Besides, of the teams that have lower leadoff OBPs, many are close to their team averages. Of the 343 teams with lower leadoff OBPs, 121 score at least 98% their team's mark. Only 44 get less than 90% of their team-wide OBP from the first hitter. That goes for you, too, ...

Old Friends, Various Places, 2006 Edition
Published 9/18/2007 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment
... (why do so many of our players go there to die?) and then got called up by the Red Sox, which should automatically disqualify them from post-season contention. Alfonso Soriano didn't put up the 50-homer season most of us imagined was possible, but he's still slugging almost as high. He's battled a quad injury most of the year, cutting his steals down to just 18, but if the Cubs are disappointed, it's only because their expectations were so high to begin with. ...