mysportsrumors.com - 5/29/2009
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Could there be another position change coming for Chicago Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano ? According to the Chicago Tribune it’s more likely then one would think. The reason would be the Cubbies lack of run production. Are things really that bad in Chicago that Soriano could be forced ...
Alfonso Soriano Has A Theory
bootleggersports.com 5/7/2009 — Take that you damned economy
The Chicago Cubs are 15-12 and 2.5 games back in the NL Central. They’ve played less than 17-percent of a 162 game season and yet, the Wrigley Field faithful are restless. The dreams of an undefeated season were dead on April 7 and the boo-birds seemingly ...
Alfonso Soriano Dislikes Slow Things
fangraphs.com 7/9/2009 — It took long enough, but it seems the National League has discovered the secret to Alfonso Soriano ’s success: throwing him fastballs. As a nightmare season creeps on for Soriano, he continues to see more and more breaking and off-speed pitches than ...
John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
blog.cubhub.net 4/28/2009 — Soriano bats leadoff—once and for all
I hope it’s finally put to bed.
This past weekend Lou Piniella experimented with his lineup and put Alfonso Soriano in the number–three slot in the batting order. He did it Friday and Saturday. The Cubs lost both games while Soriano went ...
Alfonso Soriano Dislikes Slow Things | FanGraphs Baseball
fangraphs.com 7/10/2009 — It took long enough, but it seems the National League has discovered the secret to Alfonso Soriano ’s success: throwing him fastballs. As a nightmare season creeps on for Soriano, he continues to see more and more breaking and off-speed pitches than ...
Alfonso Soriano to Second Base?
bleachernation.com 5/22/2009 — Something that would have seemed a ridiculous joke just a week ago now seems like a real possibility: Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella is intimating that he may move Alfonso Soriano to second base in order to get Micah Hoffpaiur in the lineup regularly.
Manager Lou Piniella said before ...
2009 Chicago Cubbies’ Season Outlook : Alfonso Soriano
straitpinkie.com 2/26/2009 — First Carlos Zambrano, now Alfonso Soriano…why do I get the guys who had a bipolar 2008 season? I’ll just have to deal with it, then be made fun of for being way off on my season outlook. Today, my task is to tell you what to look for out of the Cubs mercurial left fielder (if ever the word ...
Soriano does not like to prepare if it's not absolutely necessary
bases.newsvine.com 7/9/2009 — Don't mess with this man's chi
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.
Soriano by the Pitches
thecubreporter.com 8/5/2009 —
Hoping to understand Alfonso Soriano's hot and cold streaks this year, I turned to the incomparable Fan Graphs to break down his present and historical success against different pitches. The results suggest that Soriano is losing the skill that made him one of the more feared hitters in the ...
Soriano Will Not Be Leading Off Today
bleachernation.com 7/4/2009 — Though Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella wouldn’t say it outright, you can mark it down that: (a) Alfonso Soriano will play today, but (b) he will not be batting lead-off.
“We’ll probably make a few adjustments with our lineup tomorrow,” Piniella said after ...
Just shut up and do your job…
athbloggs.blogspot.com 7/9/2009 — Alfonso Soriano was benched for the third time in eight games Wednesday and isn't happy about it. 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 upset when he saw that his ...
Wolf, Pierre lead Dodgers to 2-1 win over Cubs —
Examiner Sports 5/29/2009
Randy Wolf pitched impressively into the eighth inning and Ramon Troncoso wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night for their fourth straight win.
Cubs go back to sleep —
Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 5/29/2009
So much for Carlos Zambrano's three-ring circus lighting a fire under the Cubs. With their personal punching bag -- the Pittsburgh Pirates -- out of town, the Cubs returned to their slumbering ways Thursday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, who ...
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