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Closing Time: Making outs with Alfonso Soriano
Closing Time: Making outs with Alfonso Soriano
There are a million stories in the Rotisserie City on any given night; here are a few that caught my attention Wednesday. • I don't mean to kick Alfonso Soriano when he's down but the average has dipped to .225 after Wednesday's collar and he's got an OBP under .300 - unacceptable for ...
Soriano an All Star, Really?
nlcentralshowdown.com — Chicago Cubs outfielder is currently 4th in NL outfield All Star votes, doe he really belong there?... (more) Soriano an All Star, Really?
Full of Krap
Full of Krap
hirejimessian.com — T.J. Brown was kind enough to let me know that David Kaplan took it upon himself to... “call me out” by pseudonym in whatever his night show is called on Wednesday. As usual, Kaplan was railing on Alfonso Soriano and was apparently mad at a comment on made on his latest post . ... (more) Full of Krap
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Daily Linkage - 6/15/2009
FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball — ... to be the new way to pitch to the Padres slugger, you walk him.” Rotoworld’s Matt Stroup especially likes Jason Frasor in this week’s “Waiver Wired” column. The right-hander has been tabbed to take over ninth-inning duties in Toronto with Scott Downs hitting the disabled list. Frasor has a 1.90 ERA, 0.76 WHIP and 19/3 K/BB ratio in 23.2 innings this season, leaving opposing hitters with a .184 batting average. Andy Behrens of Yahoo! Sports points out that Alfonso Soriano has attempted “just ...

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