Sammy Sofa

You're adorable.

Yeah, sit on him judge! Keep that sub .300 OBP at the leadoff spot where it belongs! Because that's clearly what everyone is saying here, wrigley24.

That "flawed logic" has been the way it's been for a long ass time. It's not going to shake up because potato-head gets all pissy about it.

DAMN. That's selfish to the max.

So a leadoff hitter knocking themselves in (not that Soriano has been doing that for almost 2 months) is unacceptable? Id rather have a leadoff guy that will consistantly get on base than 1 who will hit the occasional home run but more often than not K on 3 pitches or ground weakly to SS on the 1st or 2nd pitch. Will Kosuke consistantly get on base? Time will tell. Thing about Soriano is, when hes hot, Ill take him anywhere in the first 5 lineup spots, but when hes cold, I want him nowhere near the lineup. Soriano is 7th in the MLB in run scored from the leadoff spot. Isn't it kind of silly to complain about HOW he's scoring the runs? http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting?split=109&league=mlb&season=2009&seasonType=2&sort=runs&type=reg&ageMin=17&ageMax=51&state=0&college=0&country=0&hand=a&pos=all&startDate=null&endDate=null&minpa=0 But how many of those runs are from the 1st month or so when he was red hot compared to the past few when hes been, well, not. So we're only supposed to evaluate his performance as a leadoff hitter from the last two months? You're not finding anyone here who wants him up there during this prolonged slump. This current conversation stems from wrigley23's rants about how Soriano should NEVER be a leadoff hitter and how he's ALWAYS a detriment when he's hitting up there. As a whole, Soriano has been one of the most productive leadoff hitters in baseball in terms of scoring runs. That's ultimately the bottom line of what you want a leadoff hitter to do. How they do it is essentially incidental so long as it gets done.

HOMES RUNS ARE SELFISH, SON.

If the Brewers somehow managed to snag him... I would be sad.

I'm sorry for your impending losses. Thoughts and prayers.

I'll bet this guy actually likes Soriano being this bad.

Ragdoll McNoRange.

I feel great about this game.

Oh, thank God.

Wanna take some pitches, Rammy?

Slow down.

So a leadoff hitter knocking themselves in (not that Soriano has been doing that for almost 2 months) is unacceptable?

The Braves just a lost a series to the Nationals. Let's do this.

This is why I'm optimistic that Fox is kept up. Aramis going to have to have more days off then usual and I doubt Lou wants/will tolerate Fontenot back over there with his recent comments.

Yeah, could be just a fluke, but they should give the Fontenot/Baker platoon a shot. Let Fontenot only face RH pitchers and get back to his natural defensive spot and see if that keeps things going.

Thank God for the extra rest.

I bet you said the same thing about Theriot too. Theriot is the rare exception, not the rule. You don't play/manage in the hope or expectation of that rare exception. Yeah they have higher upside but if Fuld can sustain he brings a suitable style of play to the leadoff spot. What makes Fuld sustaining any kind of serviceable offense realistic? This isn't Kiddie Corner Training Skool. He needs to play well for the majority of the year considering his contract. Your apologizing for this outfield is becoming legend. Who is "apologizing?" I want the Cubs to maximize what they have. They need to work with they've been dealt with instead of throwing in the towel and playing never-will-be's like Sam Fuld. Fukudome has been incredibly frustrating, but he has also shown he can succeed at the MLB level. It should just be common sense to work towards making that happen again because a non-slumping Fukudome kicks the crap out of anything someone like Sam Fuld is likely to provide in fulltime play. You want to take this ridiculous, hardline, all or nothing approach towards this team that if actually applied would actually just make them even worse than they have been. ....a $14 million player who is used in a platoon. That tells you quite a bit. So because someone is making a certain amount of money you give up on them completely and indefinitely go with the mediocre minor leaguer? If the Cubs can find a way to trade Fukudome with minimial financial obligations, great, go for it. If they could then upgrade CF, fanatastic. But right now, as things seemingly stand with the sale of the team and the financial situation, this is what the Cubs have. A Fukudome/Johnson platoon isn't ideal, but it's a FAR better option than playing Sam Fuld instead as much as possible. Bradley has a recent track record of success at the DH spot which keeps his legs fresh. Fuku has no real track record of success in MLB. Bradley's hitting issues really don't seem to be stemming from "unfresh legs" much, if at all. Fukudome does have a track record of sustained periods of success thus far in the MLB. No, it's not for the majority of his playing time, but it's there, especially this year in that he was able to initially adjust his approach at the plate and do it again for brief stretches. Again, it's not ideal that he's still not able to do that all the time, but it can't be ignored because when he's able to stick with those adjustments he's an excellent hitter. We've seen that experiment against real pitching. I believe it's in the "0-6" file. Soriano has had much succees against "real pitching" over his career. He hasn't only feasted on bad pitchers.

I'd love to see this list.

Runs aren't even an individual stat... you put too much stock into them. I really think it's impossible to place too much stock into runs when it comes to baseball.

OK, I'm definitely not regretting having to leave for work now.

lol this cannot be true I guess he's talking about this: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=46791 I suppose a few people thinking he'd be OK in platoon or better than Pie is "wanting to have his children."

Screaming idiots like David Kaplan?