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why? he gets paid and assload and hasn't come close to living up to it. I don't fault him for signing that contract. But when you do, you better understand the expectations that come with it. I don't want to hear you complain about the boos when you turn in a sub-.800 OPS, injury or not. Comes with the territory. Oh, and don't act like the boos were only there when he was OPSing under .800 last season. They were there in 2007 and 2008 when he was having 2 of the best seasons of his career, and when he goes into a slump this year they'll be there again. People just lovvvvve to hate Soriano, even when he's producing.

why? he gets paid and assload and hasn't come close to living up to it. I don't fault him for signing that contract. But when you do, you better understand the expectations that come with it. I don't want to hear you complain about the boos when you turn in a sub-.800 OPS, injury or not. Comes with the territory. why boo him for not meeting unreasonable expectations? what was he supposed to do? "thanks for the 136 mil offer jim, but i don't think i could possible be good enough to make that contract good. i'd prefer you make me a lower offer" Soriano career- .279/.327/.511 Soriano w/ Cubs- .276/.330/.512 And those Cubs numbers are brought down heavily by a season in which he was hurt.... an injury that is looking more and more likely to have caused his poor performance. Soriano has been very good in his time with the Cubs. He's done as much as you could have reasonably expected/hoped for when he signed the contrct. Booing him because he took a big contract is pretty stupid to me. Yeah it "comes with the territory" and it's hard to feel bad about a guy getting booed when he's making that much money, but what does that have to do with it? Just because you have a right to boo doesn't make it any less meatballish. You have the right to heckle players too, but that doesn't mean you aren't obnoxious when you do it.

bill simmons is trying to get the names of the 7 voters who didn't vote for lebron for mvp. 2 voted him THIRD. also, somebody gave stephen jackson a 5th place vote.

You're as funny as Jay Leno. so you find him hilarious then

stop chanting mvp you morons

do you guys think deron is better than chris paul?

who is worse, him or mark jackson? probably mark jackson, but i hate reggie miller more

i always thought he seemed like a douchebag who thought he was way better than he is

really lovin the new patience from castro

it's the nhl playoffs. every team is prepared.

Bob's managed, and I'm sure he likes seeing guys who go 100% all the time. Maybe he sees that in Marlon. but thats not what he said

the announcers are idiots and obviously haven't been watching the hawks for the last 3-4 months. their issues have nothing to do with preparation or effort.

go away, reggie miller

they won't get swept. i still think it goes at least 6

if they don't get a goalie, next season will be pointless too

maybe i should put a golf club on the indian head

sucks for the people who went to this game

not his fault any more

now i wanna see how many they can score

who will need to stand on his head all game (and for that matter the whole series) no he won't. do you see the score? Vancouver is not this good, and the Hawks are not this bad. We may not win this game, but LU will HAVE to stand on his head to win this series. Plus, I am refusing to get pessimistic AFTER 1 game. the canucks score goals like crazy, and our defense and goaltending suck. i don't understand why you think luongo will have to stand on his head when the canucks WILL score goals. he'll be able to give up 2-3 goals and still win

way to go, seabrook

who will need to stand on his head all game (and for that matter the whole series) no he won't. do you see the score?

No doubt. I guess I kinda thought that they would turn it up once the games started mattering more. keith is the main culprit. i don't know what happened to his defense this year.

ot a surprise. this is what ALWAYS happens with this team when one of our crap goalies falls apart. it completely sucks the life out of them. we were dominating them in the first period, then niemi completely turned the game around.

guys, we're not seeing anything new. these are the same issues the hawks had in the entire secong half of the regular season.