Alfonso Soriano upset about getting sat
Digital Sports Daily —
... said to me last night, ‘OK, take a day off,’ especially because [Thursday] is an off day. I’d be like, ‘OK, I’ll take the two [days].” But I like to know before I come here.”
Soriano, hitting .182 over his last 40 games, said his knee pain isn’t enough to prevent him from playing.
“I can play,” he said. “If I can play, it’s not bothering me. It bothers me if I’m not playing though
via Alfonso Soriano upset over latest benching — chicagotribune.com.
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Alfonso Soriano upset about getting sat
Nationalsportsreview.com Blogs —
... said to me last night, ‘OK, take a day off,’ especially because [Thursday] is an off day. I’d be like, ‘OK, I’ll take the two [days].” But I like to know before I come here.”
Soriano, hitting .182 over his last 40 games, said his knee pain isn’t enough to prevent him from playing.
“I can play,” he said. “If I can play, it’s not bothering me. It bothers me if I’m not playing though
via Alfonso Soriano upset over latest benching — chicagotribune.com.
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Morning Juice: Mariners mojo clobbered by Orioles Magic
Big League Stew —
... Byrd also homered in this game. For that, and for the look on his face in the photo on the right, he gets a mention. Braves 4, Cubs 1: First, he was dropped to sixth in the batting order. Next, he was dropped out of the lineup by Lou Piniella without being given a head's up. And Alfonso Soriano — who is hitting .186 with an OPS of .521 over his past 40 games — is upset about it. From Hardball: "That's why I'm mad," Soriano said. ...
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Soriano does not like to prepare if it's not absolutely necessary
Circling The Bases —
Alfonso Soriano got an unexpected day off yesterday, and he wasn't happy about it : Soriano was miffed when he learned his name wasn't in the starting lineup Wednesday after he had a pair of hits Tuesday night. "That's why I'm mad," Soriano said. "If he had told me yesterday, then I wouldn't come today ready to play . . . I think he could have said to me last night, 'OK, take a day off,' especially because [Thursday] is an off day. I'd be like, 'OK, I'll take the two [days].' But I like to know before I come here." Look, I don't for a second know what goes into preparing ...
Soriano angry will Piniella
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog —
... Cubs left fielder (if you can even call him that with the nightly circus routine he usually puts on out there) Alfonso Soriano is hopping mad with manager Lou Piniella after the skipper sat him for the third time in eight in eight games Wednesday night. ...
Alfonso Soriano: Not Good Enough To Complain
Zoner Sports —
... So the overpaid, .230/.292/.414 hitting, terrible in left-field Cubs “Star” apparently doesn’t like to get a day off without notice. From the Trib: ...
Alfonso Soriano Miffed With Lou Piniella
FanHouse —
... Now, the informed Cubs fans might think something is weird here. After all, late last week Piniella told Soriano he would be getting more rest in the upcoming weeks. I guess we just don't understand, so we'll let him explain. Alfonso is mad because he didn't know in advance. ...
Suppress Thy Sore Loser, Loser
Red State Blue State —
For those of you Cubbie-lovin' pipedreamers out there who still believe in that wretched mantra of "this is our year" -- a mantra disproved over and over and over again -- then I got another nugget of fact to help bring you down from that dark cloud of praise. Paul Sullivan, of the Chicago Tribune, writes: When manager Lou Piniella spoke to [Alfonso] Soriano last week in Pittsburgh and told him he would be
giving him a few more days off, Soriano said he understood. But Soriano
was miffed when he learned his name ...
Suppress Thy Sore Loser, Loser
"MyTeamRivals" via MyTeamRivals.com in Google Reader —
... For those of you Cubbie-lovin' pipedreamers out there who still believe in that wretched mantra of "this is our year" -- a mantra disproved over and over and over again -- then I got another nugget of fact to help bring you down from that dark cloud of praise. Paul Sullivan, of the Chicago Tribune, writes: When manager Lou Piniella spoke to [Alfonso] Soriano last week in Pittsburgh and told him he would be
giving him a few more days off, Soriano said he understood. But Soriano
was miffed when he learned ...
The Cubs No. 6 hitter was upset, now back in lineup
Roto Arcade —
Alfonso Soriano wasn't too pleased that he was benched on Wednesday while Jake Fox patrolled left field for the Cubs. This from the Tribune's Paul Sullivan: When manager Lou Piniella spoke to Soriano last week in Pittsburgh and told him he would be giving him
a few more days off, Soriano said he understood. But Soriano was miffed when he learned his name wasn't in the starting lineup Wednesday after he had a pair of hits Tuesday night. "That's why I'm mad," Soriano said. "If he had ...
