How Soriano Compares To Sammy's Greatest Streaks

Another Cubs Blog found this 5/18/2008 on www.wrigleyville23.com [flag]

I'm starting to think that Alfonso Soriano might be able to make a living playing baseball. In his eight starts on this homestand, Soriano has seven home runs and 15 RBIs. His batting average, on-base percentage, slugging and OPS are through the roof. In the last week or so, watching Soriano has felt much like watching Sammy Sosa when he would go on nine, 10 or 11 game tears, circa 1998-2003. ... [link]

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Soriano has been doing OK lately
Published 5/18/2008 by Maddog (maddog@anothercubsblog.net) at Another Cubs Blog
... Wrigleyville put together a table of Soriano’s last 8 games and compared it to Sammy Sosa’s best streaks as a Cub. What we’ve seen from Soriano the past 8 to 10 games isn’t just special, it’s up there with the best stretch ever for an offensive player on this team. ...

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