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Alfonso Soriano says getting used to batting anywhere
but leadoff will take time. That's why he sees
the logic in moving down in the Cubs' batting order now, rather than waiting for a Brian Roberts trade that isn't likely to get done until the final ...
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Cubs 10, D'Backs 6; Hail the return of the King
Posted 16 hours ago at Cubbie Nation - Notes from the Front Office
Reed Johnson’s grand slam leads Cubs to 10-6 win over D’Backs…
Posted 19 hours ago at CubsHub
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Despite losing Soriano, the Cubs are atop the
power rankings, followed closely by the Phillies, who jumped
4 spots. Other big movers are the Tigers (+8) and Padres (+9!). See where your team ranks!
Filed under: Giants , NL West , MLB
All-Star Game , San Francisco Earlier this week, I
doubted that Barry Bonds was voted into the All-Star game by the fans following a massive surge to pass up Alfonso Soriano . Well, turns out I was right, if you ...
All baseball teams go through injuries during their
season but it seems that the Chicago Cubs have
some of the wackiest injuries in all of baseball. With Alfonso Soriano getting injured last night while doing his patented 'hop' while catching a fly ...
Ever since Barry Bonds started using them in
2001, the use of maple bats has been in
the rise. Now, a baseball culture icon, Sam Holzman, of Sam Bats, gave Bonds one of the pricey maple bats which run from $65-$75 each, and when he did, it created a wave of players using them. Albert Pujols and Alfonso Soriano are but two others that use maple bats. But, while players say that they can hit ...
Through 39 games, Chase Utley has hit 13
home runs, tied for the league lead in home
runs with Houston’s Lance Berkman. If he can maintain his spot atop the leaderboard for the remaining ¾ of the season, Utley will become the first second baseman to lead his league in home runs since Ryne Sandberg in 1990.
The Tribune Co. has pushed back the deadline
for bids on the sale Chicago Cubs and/or Wrigley
Field from July 9 to July 31 amid concerns by prospective buyers that the rosy revenue projection figures within the 300-page financial “book” put together by Tribune are unrealistic. According to the Chicago Sun-Times , while revenues have almost doubled over the last five years, ...
Video of the Cubs' Derrek Lee punching Padres'
pitcher Chris Young during today's game.
As you can see, Soriano has a stately
but understated chariot, something that offers him comfort without
drawing too much attention to himself.
The owners will win the battle of salary
arbitration in 2008, but they won’t get a clean
sweep, and really, they could wind up losing. Ryan Howard won his arbitration hearing with the Philadelphia Phillies , and in doing so, set the bar for other young players in the future. With Howard winning his case, he will make $10 million this season, tied for the most ever awarded a player in ...
Like a bad fantasy baseball team manager, the
Cubs have dealt for yet another outfielder. This now
brings the total number of outfielders to more than they can use in a game and then some.
Cubs pitcher Mark Prior got the go-ahead to
play catch, and he did so on Friday at
Wrigley Field, ending the first week of his throwing program.
This is the Cubs montage that has been
played on WGN several times now. It was played
at the Cubs Rally and included clips of the Cubs clinching the division.
Win% impact of having Soriano lead off!
Over the past decade the Cubs have made
lots of improvements to Wrigley Field ... seats, statues,
falling concrete, etc. But they had ignored their pot-hole ridden field. Until now ... video at HRD.
MESA, Ariz. -- Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano will
not be able to play in Cactus League games
for about five days after suffering a non-displaced fracture of the tip of his right middle finger during an early drill Sunday. > Soriano was working on ...
Great article on a topic that I totally
agree with. Every time I've seen the Cubs this
year, they've had the Fonze batting lead off. How many walks does this guy get a year? Like 12?
The Cincinnati Reds cleaned house this week. We
can’t say the same for Elijah Dukes. The Cincinnati
Reds played so well against the Cleveland Indians that they made my Royalty section. Some players saw their stocks rising and some saw theirs soaring. While Ruts and Royalty isn’t an exact science it helps you gauge who you need to start and who you need to bench for the upcoming week. ...
Alfonso Soriano was hit in the left hand
by a pitch from Braves starter Jeff Bennett and
was removed from the game for a pinch-runner. X-rays revealed that he had a broken hand. He will be out at least six weeks.
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