What I like about Soriano leading off, besides that the better hitters should be getting more at bats than the crappy hitters, is that it spreads out the power bats a little bit, and instead of having to wait until you get to the #3 hitter to drive in a bottom of the order guy, you have Soriano coming to the plate. How bad was it when the Cubs had crappy 7-8 hitters, and then the pitcher and then Corey Patterson and Neifi Perez hitting 1-2? Ugh! The Cubs already have plenty of power in the heart of the order, and enough of them are RH'd, so Soriano is just overkill. By having him hit at the top, he can continue scoring runs at a rate that is as good as the best lead off hitters throughout the league. And he gets more opportunities to drive in guys who get on base at the bottom of the order. Aaron Miles sure won't be doing that.