thecubreporter.com - 8/5/2009
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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 ...
About Last Night
goatriders.org 7/28/2009 — I have to preface this comment by saying it is not positive. After last night’s win, it probably should be, but it is anything but.
I hate Alfonso Soriano.
In a city that idolizes the everyman and "grinders" and guys who just play the game, any ...
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 ...
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 ...
God’s Wrathwatch: Alfonso Soriano is Having Surgery, May Be Done for Year
bleachernation.com 9/6/2009 — Alfonso Soriano has not been right for a long time.
It seemed he was just having a bad year, slumping as he aged. Soriano, the streakiest hitter in baseball, was simply met head on by a deeper and longer “bad” streak than he’d yet seen in his career.
And then the news came ...
Anthony Catanzaro vs Eric Gehman
fantasypros911.com 7/14/2009 — Anthony Catanzaro is the lead leader right now in "The Great Fantasy Debate," but will it last this week. Catanzaro tries to convience you he's still the man with his article on Alfonso Soriano.
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They Shoot Horses Don't They?
thecubreporter.com 8/30/2009 —
Apparently Alfonso Soriano's cranky left knee was bothering him enough during his outfield play this past Friday that his plans to get an elective MRI in a few weeks got moved up to Saturday morning since he wasn't going to start today. In this video interview he says it's been sore for four ...
Reviewing Alfonso's Soriano's Lost Season
beyondtheboxscore.com 9/15/2009 — Since the news has come out that Alfonso Soriano will undergo season-ending knee surgery today , I figured this would be as good a time as any to do a quick overview of his disastrous 2009 season.
Alfonso Soriano
#12 / Left Field / Chicago Cubs
Height: 6-1
Weight: ...
Alfonso Soriano Might Be Blind
bleachernation.com 9/8/2009 — Chicago Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano is probably going to be out for the rest of the year following upcoming knee surgery. While he’s out, he’s apparently decided to get a full physical.
Up first: his eyes. Soriano thinks he may have a problem with his eyesight, and wants to ...
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.
Boris From DownUnder vs. Greg Marta
fantasypros911.com 7/14/2009 — Check out how Boris From DownUnder breaks down Alfonso Soriano. Will he or won't he bounce back in the second-half of the season.
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Gorzellany stops Reds in Cubs debut —
SI.com - MLB 8/5/2009
CINCINNATI(AP) Left-hander Tom Gorzellany turned his first appearance for the Cubs into his best of the season, allowing only three hits and driving in a run Tuesday night for a 6-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds that kept Chicago in first place for ...
NL Central: Let's Talk Schedule —
Bleacher Report - MLB 8/5/2009
It was an exciting night of opposites in the National League Central.
The Cardinals came back as Francisco Rodriguez and the Mets blew a late lead, eventually winning a lop-sided game thanks to Albert Pujols' fifth grand slam of the ...
