06/19 Indians (Lee) @ Cubs (Harden) CSN 1:20

[SouthSideRyan]

I can't explain it and I am sure to catch hell for this but...I have a good feeling about this game for some reason.

 

I said I can't explain it.

 

this, typed before the bottom of the 8th inning began, is quite impressive.

Check his posts 2 games ago. It's stopped clock optimism.

 

Compared to the morons that predict double plays every time a guy gets on 1st(then congratulate themselves when it happens once every 12 chances) I'll take it.

[samhainn77]

I can't explain it and I am sure to catch hell for this but...I have a good feeling about this game for some reason.

 

I said I can't explain it.

 

this, typed before the bottom of the 8th inning began, is quite impressive.

Check his posts 2 games ago. It's stopped clock optimism.

 

Compared to the morons that predict double plays every time a guy gets on 1st(then congratulate themselves when it happens once every 12 chances) I'll take it.

 

Lol, 100% agree.

[Cubbie Swagger]

When has Soriano been a "whiny little girl" with the Cubs when he hasn't been in the leadoff spot?

Every single time. Even when he was asked about it without it actually happening, he whined.

 

And I cannot fathom how he is a horrible leadoff hitter when he's hot. The goal of a leadoff hitter is to cross home plate. Soriano, when he's hot, just singlehandedly accelerates the process.

Because he is not a leadoff hitter! Sure, you can argue that the goal of ANY baseball player is to cross home plate. However, what makes him different from any other slugger? Why don't the Sox hit Jim Thome leadoff? Why doesn't Washington solve their problems by sticking Adam Dunn in the leadoff spot? Both those guys score runs, so they must be good leadoff hitters, right? FWIW, both those guys would be better than Soriano at hitting leadoff, because they both actually get on base.

 

I don't see how anyone can argue that our best power hitter should bat with the bases empty all the time. He doesn't get on base, he doesn't steal bases, he doesn't hit for average... he doesn't do a single thing that a leadoff hitter should be able to do. It just doesn't make sense, and it never did. Soriano could accelerate the process of scoring runs alot more if he had people hitting ahead of him who actually got on base.

[SouthSideRyan]

When has Soriano been a "whiny little girl" with the Cubs when he hasn't been in the leadoff spot?

Every single time. Even when he was asked about it without it actually happening, he whined.

 

Link?

[Guest]

When has Soriano been a "whiny little girl" with the Cubs when he hasn't been in the leadoff spot?

Every single time. Even when he was asked about it without it actually happening, he whined.

 

And I cannot fathom how he is a horrible leadoff hitter when he's hot. The goal of a leadoff hitter is to cross home plate. Soriano, when he's hot, just singlehandedly accelerates the process.

Because he is not a leadoff hitter! Sure, you can argue that the goal of ANY baseball player is to cross home plate. However, what makes him different from any other slugger? Why don't the Sox hit Jim Thome leadoff? Why doesn't Washington solve their problems by sticking Adam Dunn in the leadoff spot? Both those guys score runs, so they must be good leadoff hitters, right? FWIW, both those guys would be better than Soriano at hitting leadoff, because they both actually get on base.

 

I don't see how anyone can argue that our best power hitter should bat with the bases empty all the time. He doesn't get on base, he doesn't steal bases, he doesn't hit for average... he doesn't do a single thing that a leadoff hitter should be able to do. It just doesn't make sense, and it never did. Soriano could accelerate the process of scoring runs alot more if he had people hitting ahead of him who actually got on base.

 

Wrigley23, is that you?

[Cubbie Swagger]

When has Soriano been a "whiny little girl" with the Cubs when he hasn't been in the leadoff spot?

Every single time. Even when he was asked about it without it actually happening, he whined.

 

Link?

Don't you watch press conferences and interviews? I wouldn't even know where to look for that kind of stuff on the internet, and frankly, I have better things to do. The whole concept of him saying that he's more comfortable in the leadoff spot, and that he wants to hit there, can be considered borderline whining. I've heard him say more than that, though. I mean... even Milton doesn't make comments about where he hits in the lineup. When Lou stuck him in the 6 hole, I didn't hear a peep.

 

Wrigley23, is that you?

Not sure who that is.

[Vanilla Ice]

Guys he doesn't have time to do a quick google search, but he can type out multiple paragraphs complaining

[Sammy Sofa]

When has Soriano been a "whiny little girl" with the Cubs when he hasn't been in the leadoff spot?

Every single time. Even when he was asked about it without it actually happening, he whined.

 

He hasn't, but keep thinking that if you want to. He's actually done the exact opposite and has said he's willing to hit elsewhere.

 

And I cannot fathom how he is a horrible leadoff hitter when he's hot. The goal of a leadoff hitter is to cross home plate. Soriano, when he's hot, just singlehandedly accelerates the process.

Because he is not a leadoff hitter! Sure, you can argue that the goal of ANY baseball player is to cross home plate. However, what makes him different from any other slugger? Why don't the Sox hit Jim Thome leadoff? Why doesn't Washington solve their problems by sticking Adam Dunn in the leadoff spot? Both those guys score runs, so they must be good leadoff hitters, right? FWIW, both those guys would be better than Soriano at hitting leadoff, because they both actually get on base.

 

Because Soriano has shown over his career, for better or for worse, that he hits best in the leadoff spot unlike those you just listed.

 

I don't see how anyone can argue that our best power hitter should bat with the bases empty all the time. He doesn't get on base, he doesn't steal bases, he doesn't hit for average... he doesn't do a single thing that a leadoff hitter should be able to do. It just doesn't make sense, and it never did. Soriano could accelerate the process of scoring runs alot more if he had people hitting ahead of him who actually got on base.

 

Actually, he does the critical thing that you want a lead off hitter to do: cross home plate. He's also shown he's not as effective when hitting elsewhere in the lineup.

Edited June 20, 2009 by Sammy Sofa

[Bote McBoteface]

wrong topic again.

[SouthSideRyan]

The whole concept of him saying that he's more comfortable in the leadoff spot, and that he wants to hit there, can be considered borderline whining.

 

Link?

[Andy]

The whole concept of him saying that he's more comfortable in the leadoff spot, and that he wants to hit there, can be considered borderline whining.

 

Link?

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