fewest games not getting on base?

[Sammy Sofa]

you know who else tanked in the playoffs last year?

 

EVERYONE

 

No, dude, it's because SORIANO didn't hit, and his non-hitting magically infected everyone else because he's the leadoff hitter, and whoever bats first controls the destiny of everyone else on the team.

[fromthestretch]

He bigtime tanked in the playoffs last year & the offense slowed to a crawl as a result.

 

You keep saying this, but it absolutely ridiculous to blame Soriano for the Cubs postseason failures last season. It really is amazing how convinced you are that he is the sole reason the Cubs got swept by Arizona last season:

 

They want soriano out of the top spot. For the cubs to get back to the playoffs & create any run at all it is a must.

 

Soriano at leadoff got us swept in the playoffs.

 

Roberts gets on base, steals bases, is a great glove, team player, etc. there is not even an argument to be made over derosa. Getting on base is the name of the game. He is a prototypical leadoff hitter (soriano is not) & is a player this club desparately needs in order to compete with baseball's heirarchy of which we are not one of. anyone watching the playoffs last year should know that.

 

His .330 obp & 21 steals were not good enough to advance us in the playoffs last year.

 

 

Fifteen plate appearances in the playoffs last year do not define Soriano as a hitter. It's not his fault that Floyd & Murton combined to go 1-for-9 or that Ramirez went 0-for-12 or that Theriot posted a .558 OPS or that Lilly, Hill, and Marmol pitched like garbage in that series. Soriano certainly didn't help matters in that series, but the rest of the team failed, as well. Honestly, man, get over it.

[Jehrico]

you know who else tanked in the playoffs last year?

 

EVERYONE

 

Hey, hey, hey now...

[David]

They are the same as why he didn't pull him in the last innings when he cost us ballgames through his fielding debauchery.

 

Damn Soriano and his late-inning outfield orgies.

 

 

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[XZero771679666304]

They are the same as why he didn't pull him in the last innings when he cost us ballgames through his fielding debauchery.

 

Damn Soriano and his late-inning outfield orgies.

 

I know, they would even shock Caligula.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Add Jerico to dexter as the ones who post smartass remarks after the argument slows down to discussion only to get things stirred up again. They just come back w/ the personal attacks as that is their style. For those doubting major league scouts did not say these things then I don't know what to tell you. Soriano does put up numbers but they tend to come in bunches rather than a consistent flow. To me, that is not what you want out of your leadoff hitter. He bigtime tanked in the playoffs last year & the offense slowed to a crawl as a result. Is Soriano a great hitter IMO? No. Is he one of the best when he is streaky? Yes. We've discussed the reasons why lou puts him there. They are the same as why he didn't pull him in the last innings when he cost us ballgames through his fielding debauchery. He now gets pulled in the late innings, but that took a lot of courage for lou to do it. Soriano's psyche is fragile & lou handles him w/ kid gloves as a result. That's why I've made the comment about this being the Chicago Soriano's in lieu of the Cubs.

If you want to put me in the smartass crowd, at least give me the opportunity to post something worthy. All I simply did in that post was put in my $0.02 on the argument without denigrating anyone else. I put forth absolutely no effort to rebuke any of your opinions in that post. There wasn't anything personal in that post whatsoever. Apparently, you are in serious need of some reading comprehension skills. If you're somehow linking me adding my opinion in that post to being a smartass, then you're either a) an idiot, or b) you're way too sensitive to post on any board on the internet as you can't tolerate anyone who disagrees with you. If you fall in category a, then just say so and we'll all start ignoring you instead of riling you up. If you're in category b, then you need to stay away from the internet for the sake of your own stress level and well-being as you obviously can't handle it.

 

But dude, wrigley isn't a professional message board poster, so he can't be expected to employ reading comprehension skills...