Soriano=Back in Business and AINT IT GRAND!!

[CubsnClippers_1]

I told everyone that this city needed Soriano, and he respondded big time. Hes gonna get on that big hot streak we all knew was coming, and this team will go, go, GO!

 

Yeah! OH YEAH!!

[inari]

S mashing those balls out of the park!

O h boy he's good!

R really looks good in Cubbie blue!

I nternational! He's from Mexico!

A proven winner

N ever gonna let you down

O utstanding! One of the best players in the game!

Edited July 28, 2009 by inari

[rocket]

please start simlar milton bradley and mike fontenot threads.

[NeifiIsMyHomeBoy]

S mashing those balls out of the park!

O h boy he's good!

R really looks good in Cubbie blue!

I nterational! He's from Mexico!

A proven winner

N ever gonna let you down

O utstanding! One of the best players in the game!

 

I think I might have to sig this

[spiritofstlouis]

Soriano's defense, baserunning, and general IQ are a very underrated aspect of his game. :amen:

[abuck1220]

I told everyone that this city needed Soriano, and he respondded big time.

 

you were so right!

[Prizefight]

Soriano's defense, baserunning, and general IQ are a very underrated aspect of his game. :amen:

 

 

Lol, Soriano is the Forrest Gump of baseball.

 

 

I don't get all the venom towards him this morning on the sports radio I'm listening to. Yes he was having a bad game, everybody does. He played his typical sub par defense and looked lost at the plate. He was the only guy who came thru with a huge hit last night, tip your cap and celebrate it.

[spiritofstlouis]

Soriano's defense, baserunning, and general IQ are a very underrated aspect of his game. :amen:

 

 

Lol, Soriano is the Forrest Gump of baseball.

 

 

I don't get all the venom towards him this morning on the sports radio I'm listening to. Yes he was having a bad game, everybody does. He played his typical sub par defense and looked lost at the plate. He was the only guy who came thru with a huge hit last night, tip your cap and celebrate it.

 

I think the animosity is due to his " safety dance " around the bases.

 

It was a huge hit, though.

[Prizefight]

[quote name="spiritofstlouis

I think the animosity is due to his " safety dance " around the bases.

 

It was a huge hit' date=' though.[/quote]

 

I can see where it can be interpreted that way.

 

Celebrations after big plays don't really bother me for the most part, I think he was just having fun with his Cena impression etc. I think some leagues go to far to regulate some of those instances...cough NFL cough...

[CUBZ99]

[quote name="spiritofstlouis

I think the animosity is due to his " safety dance " around the bases.

 

It was a huge hit' date=' though.[/quote]

 

I can see where it can be interpreted that way.

 

Celebrations after big plays don't really bother me for the most part, I think he was just having fun with his Cena impression etc. I think some leagues go to far to regulate some of those instances...cough NFL cough...

 

I agree, give the guy a break. He is having the roughest season of his career, he was 0-5 prior to that AB and he hit a huge walk off GS. Let him enjoy the moment.

[spiritofstlouis]

[quote name="spiritofstlouis

I think the animosity is due to his " safety dance " around the bases.

 

It was a huge hit' date=' though.[/quote]

 

I can see where it can be interpreted that way.

 

Celebrations after big plays don't really bother me for the most part, I think he was just having fun with his Cena impression etc. I think some leagues go to far to regulate some of those instances...cough NFL cough...

 

I agree. It isn't necessarily how I would conduct myself, but my opinion and a fifth of Old Forrester will get you a lap dance at a truckstop.

 

Having said that, it would not schock me to see Oswalt plunk him today. :glare:

[Prizefight]

[quote name="spiritofstlouis

I think the animosity is due to his " safety dance " around the bases.

 

It was a huge hit' date=' though.[/quote]

 

I can see where it can be interpreted that way.

 

Celebrations after big plays don't really bother me for the most part, I think he was just having fun with his Cena impression etc. I think some leagues go to far to regulate some of those instances...cough NFL cough...

 

I agree, give the guy a break. He is having the roughest season of his career, he was 0-5 prior to that AB and he hit a huge walk off GS. Let him enjoy the moment.

 

I do want make sure my point is clear that there certainly is a line where celebrations become excessive, I just don't think Sori's was.

[Guest]

Unless Soriano goes unconscious and slugs @ .700 for the rest of the year and in the playoffs people are going to be down on him. He's been terrible at the plate and in the field this year.

 

He looked terrible again last night until the HR.

 

I'd love nothing more for that to happen.

[MarthaT]

people making a big deal about it today, don't think it was such a big deal honestly

[abuck1220]

 

He looked terrible again last night until the HR.

 

 

other than hitting the game-winning extra-inning grand slam, he didn't have a good game.

[Guest]

 

He looked terrible again last night until the HR.

 

 

other than hitting the game-winning extra-inning grand slam, he didn't have a good game.

It doesn't matter what the outcome was as long as it was able to add a single run.

 

And no he didn't have a good game. 1-6 with 3ks (one of which was with a runner in scoring position).

 

I'm not sure if your just being your dickish self but I'd love to see you try and defend Soriano's performance this year.

[CUBZ99]

 

He looked terrible again last night until the HR.

 

 

other than hitting the game-winning extra-inning grand slam, he didn't have a good game.

It doesn't matter what the outcome was as long as it was able to add a single run.

 

And no he didn't have a good game. 1-6 with 3ks (one of which was with a runner in scoring position).

 

I'm not sure if your just being your dickish self but I'd love to see you try and defend Soriano's performance this year.

 

Anytime a player hits a walk-off Grand Slam he had a good game.

[Guest]

 

He looked terrible again last night until the HR.

 

 

other than hitting the game-winning extra-inning grand slam, he didn't have a good game.

It doesn't matter what the outcome was as long as it was able to add a single run.

 

And no he didn't have a good game. 1-6 with 3ks (one of which was with a runner in scoring position).

 

I'm not sure if your just being your dickish self but I'd love to see you try and defend Soriano's performance this year.

 

Anytime a player hits a walk-off Grand Slam he had a good game.

No. He had a good at bat. One out of six.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

From a purely sabermetric point of view, he had a .166 OBP and a .667 SLG for the game. Borderline productive.

 

The timing of the hit was beyond his control, so to speak.

[SouthSideRyan]

From a purely sabermetric point of view, he had a .166 OBP and a .667 SLG for the game. Borderline productive.

 

The timing of the hit was beyond his control, so to speak.

 

Clutch has no predictive value, but when judging how valuable a player was, when the hit(s) happened is very important.

[David]

From a purely sabermetric point of view, he had a .166 OBP and a .667 SLG for the game. Borderline productive.

 

The timing of the hit was beyond his control, so to speak.

 

 

I'm gonna have to disagree with what the raw OPS would suggest on this one... a guy hitting a HR every 6 AB would have to be more than borderline productive :shock:

Edited July 28, 2009 by David

[spiritofstlouis]

I told everyone that this city needed Soriano, and he respondded big time. Hes gonna get on that big hot streak we all knew was coming, and this team will go, go, GO!

 

Yeah! OH YEAH!!

 

Perhaps, perhaps not, but the reason I called was to compliment you on that sig of the gay caballeros. :D

[Roast]

I saw a couple comments about his post-hr celebration and, if it's worth anything, some of his family was sitting right behind the plate so that's who he was pointing to after the HR. I still bet he gets a pitch in the ribs tonight, though.

[CliftonHanger]

S mashing those balls out of the park!

O h boy he's good!

R really looks good in Cubbie blue!

I nterational! He's from Mexico!

A proven winner

N ever gonna let you down

O utstanding! One of the best players in the game!

Um... He's not from Mexico. And what does interational mean?

Edited July 28, 2009 by CliftonHanger

[VicCub]

Keep up the good karma Cubs n Clippers! Kew kew I love it I love it!!