If I'm not mistaken, everyone hates Theriot anyway and nobody was fond of Soriano batting 2nd. yeah. and if we used your lineup this game, we still would have lost. the cubs didn't lose because of the lineup, they lost because they couldn't get a hit for the 1st 8 innings. I didn't see we lost because of the lineup, but obviously Theriot can't leadoff and Soriano can't mentally (not to mention he shouldn't anyway) bat 2nd. what mental difference do you think soriano needs to go under to be a successful no. 2 hitter Didn't he say he wanted to bat leadoff? That's what I meant, for whatever reason, he thinks he's a better hitter there. I say BS, but thats Fonz.