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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-05-cubs-bits-chicago-sep05,0,5288010.story

NEW YORK -- Alfonso Soriano said he will have arthroscopic surgery on his left knee later this month after manager Lou Piniella shut him down Friday.

 

"Lou said it's not good to play on one leg," said Soriano, who had cortisone shot in the knee Sunday. "I was 80 percent, but now I'm down to 50 or 60 percent. I play with my knee on my mind, and I'm scared to get hurt. If we're out [of it], it's better to do the surgery before we go to the Dominican [for the off-season]."

 

The cleanup surgery would sideline Soriano for two weeks, so depending on when he undergoes the procedure, he could miss the rest of the season.

 

"I had a talk with him before the game and the crux of it is his knee is not strong," Piniella said. "He's having trouble playing on it, hitting on it and, in fairness to him, we're going to have him continue all his exercises with our trainer and revisit this thing down the road.

 

No way!

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Here's ESPN's take.

 

"Lou said it's not good to play on one leg," Soriano told the Tribune. "I was 80 percent, but now I'm down to 50 or 60 percent. I play with my knee on my mind, and I'm scared to get hurt. If we're out [of it], it's better to do the surgery before we go to the Dominican [for the offseason]."

 

"There's no timetable," Piniella said.

Asked whether Soriano could miss the rest of the season, Piniella said he wouldn't go that far. The Cubs are seven games behind NL wild-card leader Colorado after Friday night's loss against the New York Mets.

Piniella said he spoke with Soriano before the game and explained the situation.

"He's agreeable to that, yeah. I told him, I said, 'Sori, I mean, I really appreciate the fact that you're toughing this thing out and wanting to play and not complaining. But boy, I mean, it's hard enough when you're feeling full strength as opposed to when you're not,'" Piniella said.

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I sort of feel the same way I felt a couple years ago when Woody was having shoulder issues, but the Cubs kept pitching him out of the bullpen even though they were out of the playoff race.

 

Soriano just needs to be shut down for the year. There's no point in having him play the rest of the season. He needs to get better and work towards becoming relevant again next year.

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McCann was actually experiencing blurred vision, though.

 

Then again, that would explain a fair amount for Soriano, wouldn't it?

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Ok, stat boys keep track of our winning percentage without soriano and let us know. It should be pretty obvious

 

10-12 when he doesn't start.

 

Hm. I bet they were way better than that last year when he didn't start

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