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RIP, "Soriano should bat leadoff" 2008-2009

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Talk about no respect though...The Astros pitched to him a few innings earlier with one out, then intentionally walked Fox on the next at bat. They intentionally walked Bradley with ARam on first and no outs to get to him. They showed him absolutely no respect at all, then he wins it on a walkoff grand slam. They only way that would have been better is if we were playing the Cards instead of the Stros!
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Talk about no respect though...The Astros pitched to him a few innings earlier with one out, then intentionally walked Fox on the next at bat. They intentionally walked Bradley with ARam on first and no outs to get to him. They showed him absolutely no respect at all, then he wins it on a walkoff grand slam. They only way that would have been better is if we were playing the Cards instead of the Stros!

 

Or at least if it was Valverde.

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Talk about no respect though...The Astros pitched to him a few innings earlier with one out, then intentionally walked Fox on the next at bat. They intentionally walked Bradley with ARam on first and no outs to get to him. They showed him absolutely no respect at all, then he wins it on a walkoff grand slam. They only way that would have been better is if we were playing the Cards instead of the Stros!

 

Absolutely stupid on the Astros' part. Streaky as he is and as bad as his night was the guy's numbers over the last 2+ weeks are scalding hot.

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Talk about no respect though...The Astros pitched to him a few innings earlier with one out, then intentionally walked Fox on the next at bat. They intentionally walked Bradley with ARam on first and no outs to get to him. They showed him absolutely no respect at all, then he wins it on a walkoff grand slam. They only way that would have been better is if we were playing the Cards instead of the Stros!

 

Absolutely stupid on the Astros' part. Streaky as he is and as bad as his night was the guy's numbers over the last 2+ weeks are scalding hot.

 

Just one of those desperation moves hoping for a force at every base. They knew that with Bradley, Soriano, and Fox due up, one of them would be able to lift the ball into the outfield and theyd lose anyway.

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Talk about no respect though...The Astros pitched to him a few innings earlier with one out, then intentionally walked Fox on the next at bat. They intentionally walked Bradley with ARam on first and no outs to get to him. They showed him absolutely no respect at all, then he wins it on a walkoff grand slam. They only way that would have been better is if we were playing the Cards instead of the Stros!

 

Absolutely stupid on the Astros' part. Streaky as he is and as bad as his night was the guy's numbers over the last 2+ weeks are scalding hot.

 

I dont think it was a terrible decision. Load the base for the forse out at home. Sori had already struck out 3 times, and the other time hit a weak grounder to 3rd. Also, no matter how hot Sori is, hes a huge strikeout candidate.

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Please never bat him leadoff again. He's fine.

 

Yes, that has been proven by the last couple of weeks. Absolutely. No small sample size here.

 

The fact is Kosukes doing fine at leadoff. Sorianos doing great at the 6 spot. More importantly, were winning, and as long as it stays that way, lets not disturb the formula.

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Please never bat him leadoff again. He's fine.

 

Yes, that has been proven by the last couple of weeks. Absolutely. No small sample size here.

 

The fact is Kosukes doing fine at leadoff. Sorianos doing great at the 6 spot. More importantly, were winning, and as long as it stays that way, lets not disturb the formula.

 

Pretty levelheaded from the guy that thinks the Cubs need to have Fox catching fulltime until Soto comes back and that they need to upgrade the #8 spot like it's a matter of life and death.

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Talk about no respect though...The Astros pitched to him a few innings earlier with one out, then intentionally walked Fox on the next at bat. They intentionally walked Bradley with ARam on first and no outs to get to him. They showed him absolutely no respect at all, then he wins it on a walkoff grand slam. They only way that would have been better is if we were playing the Cards instead of the Stros!

 

Absolutely stupid on the Astros' part. Streaky as he is and as bad as his night was the guy's numbers over the last 2+ weeks are scalding hot.

 

I dont think it was a terrible decision. Load the base for the forse out at home. Sori had already struck out 3 times, and the other time hit a weak grounder to 3rd. Also, no matter how hot Sori is, hes a huge strikeout candidate.

I'm not arguing that...I was just surprised by how much they were disrespecting him. If you recall his previous at bat, they pitched to him with one out (and he k'd), then they walked Fox. They were treating him like he was a backup catcher.

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Talk about no respect though...The Astros pitched to him a few innings earlier with one out, then intentionally walked Fox on the next at bat. They intentionally walked Bradley with ARam on first and no outs to get to him. They showed him absolutely no respect at all, then he wins it on a walkoff grand slam. They only way that would have been better is if we were playing the Cards instead of the Stros!

 

Absolutely stupid on the Astros' part. Streaky as he is and as bad as his night was the guy's numbers over the last 2+ weeks are scalding hot.

 

I dont think it was a terrible decision. Load the base for the forse out at home. Sori had already struck out 3 times, and the other time hit a weak grounder to 3rd. Also, no matter how hot Sori is, hes a huge strikeout candidate.

I'm not arguing that...I was just surprised by how much they were disrespecting him. If you recall his previous at bat, they pitched to him with one out (and he k'd), then they walked Fox. They were treating him like he was a backup catcher.

 

Soriano batted with a man on 1st. Fox came up with a man on 2nd and the pitcher spot after him.

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Please never bat him leadoff again. He's fine.

 

Yes, that has been proven by the last couple of weeks. Absolutely. No small sample size here.

 

The fact is Kosukes doing fine at leadoff. Sorianos doing great at the 6 spot. More importantly, were winning, and as long as it stays that way, lets not disturb the formula.

 

I never said we should change it.

 

And how many times as Kosuke actually hit leadoff in the last week? Seems like johnsons has done it more often and has been horrible while there.

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Talk about no respect though...The Astros pitched to him a few innings earlier with one out, then intentionally walked Fox on the next at bat. They intentionally walked Bradley with ARam on first and no outs to get to him. They showed him absolutely no respect at all, then he wins it on a walkoff grand slam. They only way that would have been better is if we were playing the Cards instead of the Stros!

 

Absolutely stupid on the Astros' part. Streaky as he is and as bad as his night was the guy's numbers over the last 2+ weeks are scalding hot.

 

I dont think it was a terrible decision. Load the base for the forse out at home. Sori had already struck out 3 times, and the other time hit a weak grounder to 3rd. Also, no matter how hot Sori is, hes a huge strikeout candidate.

I'm not arguing that...I was just surprised by how much they were disrespecting him. If you recall his previous at bat, they pitched to him with one out (and he k'd), then they walked Fox. They were treating him like he was a backup catcher.

 

Soriano batted with a man on 1st. Fox came up with a man on 2nd and the pitcher spot after him.

My memory was off...I thought I remember him K'ing, so I thought Fox was up with Bradley still on first..

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Yes, that has been proven by the last couple of weeks. Absolutely. No small sample size here.

 

God you're a troll.

 

So after a couple good weeks from Soriano, the guy starts a thread made to throw it back in the faces of people who thought Soriano was fine batting leadoff the past couple years, and I'm the troll? Nice.

 

I'm not even saying I think he should be moved back. I'm fine with him batting in the middle right now. I just thought it was pretty obnoxious to act like we were all idiots for thinking he was fine batting leadoff and to try and throw it back in our faces, like something had been proven.

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My memory was off...I thought I remember him K'ing, so I thought Fox was up with Bradley still on first..

 

He did K, but Bradley stole 2nd.

I thought he k'd, but when I went to check since my recollection was in question, sportsline's play by play had him grounding out to third that play. I guess they messed that one up.

 

Ahhh my mistake, different AB. That one was a lazy chopper to 3rd(that probably hit Soriano's foot). Bradley advanced to 2nd on the grounder.

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