http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/376

“I talked to Alfonso about it,” Lou said. “I told him that he’s one of our leaders here and there’s no need for that. He agrees and he says it won’t happen again. It’s over.”

“I apologized to him, and I apologized to my teammates,” Soriano said. “I said that’s not going to happen again, and I apologized to him.”

They threw at him for attempting a steal up 6 runs. Thats what Hughes thought, thats what Otto though and thats what I thought.

look at his double that for some reason he thought was out. I am not defending Soriano, hell half the players don’t run out groundballs or foul balls. If Cox threw at Sori because of the steal attempt, good for Cox.
Looks like it was addressed, properly, not in the dugout so everyone can see it, Sori stood up and apologized. I take his word, and lets move on.
As long as the clubhouse is on board, thats all that matters to me. Lets worry about the second game of the doubleheader, and the Brewers maybe losing a game for once.

That was just Alfonso being Alfonso. It’s amazing how, after all this time, you still haven’t figured out that Soriano is the type of player with whom you take the good with the bad. (Or maybe you have figured it out and you just want something [else] to complain about. Yeah, that’s probably it.) He’s hit 262 home runs in his career thus far, and he knows when he got all of one.

Er, well, he usually knows. Sometimes he gets it wrong and ends up looking like an idiot. He apologized to Lou and my guess is, Alfonso is not going to make the same mistake again for a while. And if the Braves were retaliating for Soriano trying to steal with a six-run lead, well, that’s ridiculous. Six runs isn’t all that much. And it’s not Alfonso’s fault they suck petrified donkey balls this year.

OK, I feel better. Back to my vacation…

we are playing so great this year, why do fans always have to find something to complain about…...WHY?

What’s the point? Yeah, I know, to “send a message”. Send a message by playing winning baseball. And throwing at someone’s head is something that should never, ever be done.

That said, Soriano is maddening. I hate when he does stuff like that, and I thank him for apologizing and doing the right thing. This issue is done, and ought to be.

And I quote (sorta):

Right under your nose sits one of the greatest managers of this generation and you can’t let it go that the arguably the best Cub team over the past 99 years did apparent horrendous injustice in not disciplining Alfonso Soriano. Unbelievable.

Either it’s okay to express disapproval of Lou’s management decisions or it’s not. I’m going to take this post as agreement that it’s ok. I mean this is a Cub discussion forum after all. We should be able to be critical of a manager.

That’s really lame to be doing that. Hopefully, he’s truthful and won’t do it again. He’s been one of my favorite players on the team… that will change if ego gets involved.

He started Cadillacing again—then all of a sudden, had an “Oh, s**t” moment and started running.

Cox would have had someone throw at Soriano if they were winning.

Their retaliation was more out of frustration if you ask me.

Soriano definitely should have hustled on the play but there is no reason to blow this out of proportion.

sorry this really bothers me that this is a discussion…..

but no matter what, he is a cub and if someone throws at his head, we shouldn’t make excuses for why it was “okay”

Sori should have been taken out of the game for a pinch-runner. Look, if he’s not going to run, put someone into the game who is. Sori very well could have been thrown at in his first at-bat in the second game, had he been taken out of the first game. The Cubs’ pinch-running for Sori would have sent a message right then and there that the Cubs will not tolerate his showboating and lack of hustle.

Soriano stepped up and admitted he was wrong. Let it die. He knows he screwed up. If he did not accept responsibility for his actions, thats one thing, but he did.

We all make mistakes – back off Sori.

I laugh at the ideas around here when something is said and/or done and some believe that’s all there is to the story. Don’t think one single minute that there were things said and done – BEHIND closed doors – that NONE of us heard or will hear about his episode.

Just because we don’t see or hear it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

Lou took care of it. This isn’t camp Dusty any more.

I, too, shake my head in disgust when they stand at home plate and admire their shots or “not-shots” that end up singles or “close-play” doubles.

Lou should require ALL players to run out EVERYTHING. Do it the Sandberg way:

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform. Make a great play — act like you’ve done it before. Get a big hit — look for the third base coach and — and — and get ready to run the bases. Hit a home run — put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more — a lot more important than the name on the back.

That’s respect.

I’ve seen Bonds admire his shots. I’ve seen Manny do it. It disgusts me! I don’t care how “valuable” the player is to the team, I dislike this gloating.

BTW: What’s up with Manny’s treads? Why does it take weeks to get a haircut? Now that he’s hitting homeruns, does he get an extended pass? [or more extensions?]

Ramirez said it was more important for him to fit in with his new club and not be given preferential treatment. Yeah, right. Then cut the treads!

Back to Soriano…he apologized. Good for him. Let’s see if he remembers to run immediately after his next shot.

So lets not sit here and be hypocrits and say what Soriano does is just fine. His antics are bullshit. Standing in the batter box, the bunny hop in the outfield….. I GUARANTEE if he were member of the Brewers or Cardinals and did that bullshit against the Cubs then the majority of you would be screaming for Kerry Wood or Carlos Zambrano to throw a 96 MPH fastball to his skull.

Said Soriano is Soriano in the same vain as Manny is Manny. Also said Lou and several of his teammates (led by Jim Edmonds) had a stern discussion with Soriano in the clubhouse. And finally he said that you don’t do stuff like that in a major league game. And I quote, “it’s bush league.” The subject is over according to Johnson.

1)There is no way Lilly can get away with it tonight. He would be jacked in a second and with a DH yesterday and Marshall on Sunday we can’t tax the bullpen.

2)You don’t want a brawl where Lilly and other cubs get ejected/suspended and/or hurt. This season is too important and it is not like we have put the Suds away yet.

The best way to get back at them is to KTA tonight. If we win tonight, we sweep the season series. Statement made…

that coming down on Soriano like this doesn’t cause some kind of batting issues on his part—Say he is too worried about hustling out of the batters’ box that he messes up his swing. I see the problem with what he did, I don’t understand why it is such a big issue. It didn’t cost the game, and he realized on his own that it was a mistake. Just let Sori concentrate on hitting bombs since that is kinda what he does best.

also danced in left field to the braves PA music. He continually acknowledged all of us Cubs fans in the left field stands. He had fun, and made a cocky mistake. I’ll take the swagger. The day was awesome. We went to the early game, then left to go to a Jack Johnson concert. Going back tonight. Let’s sweep, and leave inner team politics to the manager and players.