6/11 Braves (Bennett) @ Cubs (Dempster) 7:05 ESPN & WGN 720

[Andy]

Ludwick just homered again, giving him more homers than any Cub.

[Sarcastic]

Lou looks not pleased in the dugout. I can't imagine he's optimistic about Soriano. Neither am I.

 

I bet it's broken.

 

of course YOU do.

 

It's a fastball right off the hand that is clutching a bat. That most likely will result in a broken bone from what I've seen. Just being honest.

 

What exactly have you seen?

 

I have no idea how serious the injury may or may not be. Although Soriano going to the hospital to get x-rays doesn't sound good.

[CubColtPacer]

Losing Soriano would be pretty bad, but thankfully the Cubs have depth. My guess is Hoffpauir would come up and get the majority of starts in LF, with the lineup being:

 

Theriot

Fukudome

Lee

Ramirez

Hoffpauir

Soto

Edmonds

DeRosa

 

I think they would miss Soriano, but this team has so many good hitters (and few elite hitters) that it likely wouldn't be as big of a dropoff as it usually is when you lose one of your "stars". Certainly not the same dropoff as when he was gone in August last year.

[chuckywang]

But didn't it just glance his hand?

 

It hit his hand hard enough for the ball to deflect 90 degrees and hit his face.

[Mizzou]

I'm serious, drill whoever is up first for the Braves. We need to let teams know that we're not going to tolerate this crap. I don't care if it was intentional or not.

 

We're not going to tolerate accidents?

We're not going to tolerate Soriano getting drilled with a pitch near his face.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Obviously losing Soriano sucks, however our team has proven we can win without him, and being that we're playing so well......IF Soriano needs to hit the DL, he'll get rest and be fresher for the end of the season playoff push.

 

Matt Murton fanboys are gleefully giggling.

Hoffpauir was coming up anyway, this just gives a reprieve to whoever they wanted to send down I'm imagining.

 

I hope not, we don't need to be at 13 pitchers any more.

[illiniguy]

Why wouldnt Ludwick hit 40 homers?

[TysonCBulls423]

Demps is lookin good.

[Butterscup1679666578]

So it doesn't look good for Soriano? Freakin' great. That's how the baseball gods work I guess. Pujols goes down, so Soriano has to as well.

 

Soriano isn't our best player. If he is hurt we can still win without him. This team has good depth.

 

Yes, I realize he isn't our best player. I didn't say he was. He's still a huge factor in this team's success. Instead of Soriano every day it's probably going to be Hoffpauir or Fontenot at 2nd and DeRosa in left. I like Hoff as much as the next guy, but his production is nowhere near Soriano's. Losing Soriano for an extended period of time (more than a month) will wear on this team's production.

[OleMissCub]

I don't think it was intentional. There wasn't any reason for it in that situation.

 

I see all the resident NSBB medical experts have declared it a broken hand. Who knows... It did look like more of a glancing blow and then ricochet up to the neck.

 

I don't understand this whole "it was a glancing blow because it ricocheted to his neck" thing. It could have hit him square at that speed and it still would have ricocheted somewhere, it's not just going to plop down to the ground.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I'm serious, drill whoever is up first for the Braves. We need to let teams know that we're not going to tolerate this crap. I don't care if it was intentional or not.

 

We're not going to tolerate accidents?

We're not going to tolerate Soriano getting drilled with a pitch near his face.

 

That's an incredibly myopic point of view.

[Bruno7481]

Lou looks not pleased in the dugout. I can't imagine he's optimistic about Soriano. Neither am I.

 

I bet it's broken.

 

of course YOU do.

 

It's a fastball right off the hand that is clutching a bat. That most likely will result in a broken bone from what I've seen. Just being honest.

 

What exactly have you seen?

 

I have no idea how serious the injury may or may not be. Although Soriano going to the hospital to get x-rays doesn't sound good.

 

Getting an X-ray is a very common, not good or bad sign. Just X-ray it and see if there is anything there.

[Jon]

Soriano to the hospital. He's done for a month.

Did they get into an accident on the way there?

[chuckywang]

So it doesn't look good for Soriano? Freakin' great. That's how the baseball gods work I guess. Pujols goes down, so Soriano has to as well.

 

Soriano isn't our best player. If he is hurt we can still win without him. This team has good depth.

 

Yes, I realize he isn't our best player. I didn't say he was. He's still a huge factor in this team's success. Instead of Soriano every day it's probably going to be Hoffpauir or Fontenot at 2nd and DeRosa in left. I like Hoff as much as the next guy, but his production is nowhere near Soriano's. Losing Soriano for an extended period of time (more than a month) will wear on this team's production.

 

Keep in mind the loss in production is tempered somewhat by now having a true leadoff hitter.

[UMFan83]

Lou looks not pleased in the dugout. I can't imagine he's optimistic about Soriano. Neither am I.

 

I bet it's broken.

 

of course YOU do.

 

It's a fastball right off the hand that is clutching a bat. That most likely will result in a broken bone from what I've seen. Just being honest.

 

What exactly have you seen?

 

I have no idea how serious the injury may or may not be. Although Soriano going to the hospital to get x-rays doesn't sound good.

 

Getting an X-ray is a very common, not good or bad sign. Just X-ray it and see if there is anything there.

 

I don't remember many players getting taken immediately to the hospital during a game to X-Ray something that was no big deal

[Bruno7481]

I'm serious, drill whoever is up first for the Braves. We need to let teams know that we're not going to tolerate this crap. I don't care if it was intentional or not.

 

We're not going to tolerate accidents?

We're not going to tolerate Soriano getting drilled with a pitch near his face.

 

I understand the frustration, but...

 

Soriano is asking for that every AB. He is right on top of the plate, and leaning over it. That pitch wasn't really THAT far inside. That ball doesn't come within a foot of Ramirez if he was hitting.

[inari]

Lou looks not pleased in the dugout. I can't imagine he's optimistic about Soriano. Neither am I.

 

I bet it's broken.

 

of course YOU do.

 

It's a fastball right off the hand that is clutching a bat. That most likely will result in a broken bone from what I've seen. Just being honest.

 

What exactly have you seen?

 

I have no idea how serious the injury may or may not be. Although Soriano going to the hospital to get x-rays doesn't sound good.

 

There was absolutely no way it wasn't going to get x-rayed no matter how bad they thought it was (or wasn't).

[Soul]

Lou looks not pleased in the dugout. I can't imagine he's optimistic about Soriano. Neither am I.

 

I bet it's broken.

 

of course YOU do.

 

It's a fastball right off the hand that is clutching a bat. That most likely will result in a broken bone from what I've seen. Just being honest.

 

What exactly have you seen?

 

 

An awful lot of situations just like this one that resulted in a broken bone, that's what I've seen.

 

There's no point hiding our heads in the sand because of Cub bias. The man just took a fb off a part of the body that has very little protective flesh and a very hard object underneath. There's a strong possibility it's broken, that's all I'm saying.

 

I amazed at how many people confuse this for wanting it to be broken, which I most definitely do NOT.

[bcl412]

So it doesn't look good for Soriano? Freakin' great. That's how the baseball gods work I guess. Pujols goes down, so Soriano has to as well.

 

Soriano isn't our best player. If he is hurt we can still win without him. This team has good depth.

 

Yes, I realize he isn't our best player. I didn't say he was. He's still a huge factor in this team's success. Instead of Soriano every day it's probably going to be Hoffpauir or Fontenot at 2nd and DeRosa in left. I like Hoff as much as the next guy, but his production is nowhere near Soriano's. Losing Soriano for an extended period of time (more than a month) will wear on this team's production.

 

I know. I just said that because you mentioned losing Soriano with the Cards losing Pujols. I have faith that even with less production the Cubs production will still be better than the teams we are playing

[Bruno7481]

I don't think it was intentional. There wasn't any reason for it in that situation.

 

I see all the resident NSBB medical experts have declared it a broken hand. Who knows... It did look like more of a glancing blow and then ricochet up to the neck.

 

I don't understand this whole "it was a glancing blow because it ricocheted to his neck" thing. It could have hit him square at that speed and it still would have ricocheted somewhere, it's not just going to plop down to the ground.

 

I know, but I've seen plenty more guys get in the hand that looked a lot worse than that did.

 

Just have to wait and see what the x-rays say.

[Andy]

Kelly Johnson is not having the most impressive game in the field.

[OleMissCub]

hah, the Braves FSN guys are bitching about David Wright winning the gold glove last year instead of Aramis. Good for them.

[bcl412]

I'm serious, drill whoever is up first for the Braves. We need to let teams know that we're not going to tolerate this crap. I don't care if it was intentional or not.

 

We're not going to tolerate accidents?

We're not going to tolerate Soriano getting drilled with a pitch near his face.

 

I understand the frustration, but...

 

Soriano is asking for that every AB. He is right on top of the plate, and leaning over it. That pitch wasn't really THAT far inside. That ball doesn't come within a foot of Ramirez if he was hitting.

 

That's kind of a funny comparisons as it seems like Ramirez gets hit on the hands (or at least comes close to it) at least once a week

[UMFan83]

We won't miss a beat just like the Cardinals right?

[E.J.]

HAHA. How did they give Aram a hit on that? :lol: