Soriano's Walkoff Slam In 13th Gives Cubs 5-1 Win, Fifth In Row

….he will get plunked for sure.

They were in attendance last night and sitting right to the left of home plate.

he said his family was there….he was pointing to them

who was at the game. He WAS NOT pointing at the Houston Dugout

he wasnt show boating… the guy was pointing to his family and acknowledging them after a huge walk-off hit and a huge win… he said so right after the game in his on-field interview…. dont be so quick to jump the gun on the guy and say he’s arrogant for being excited about a freaking walk-off grand slam…

how hard it would be to foul that off at least, though. Pretty big “fail” on his part. But you’re right: stuff happens sometimes.

Fontenot was leaning towards first when he “squared” around, almost like he was trying for an infield hit. He should have squared his body completely. Just bad fundamentals.

I agree with Al, that isn’t the part I hate, that Bradley did exactly the right thing (UGH!). The play called for a sucide squeeze, the name alone should tell you right there that there is no hope if the play isn’t excuted. Fotenot bunts towards third, Bradely running home (Hoping that Fotenot bunts is hard enough on the ground to cause the catcher to go past him) and Sori is on contact to get to thrid. The only play would be to first base.

What Fotenot did is miss completely which caused Bradely to be meat on the base path and Sori was lucky not to be called out. Maybe a pitcher, well no0t Zambrano, can show Fotenot how to lay down a bunt

He did what any runner’s supposed to do in that situation.

but have you ever tried stealing home on a squeeze, wondering whether the batter noticed that a squeeze was on or if he’s going to take a full swing and decapitate you? That shouldn’t be as much of an issue on the MLB level perhaps, and they may have signals indicating that the batter understood the sign….

But it’s still disconcerting.

it was a great call to put on the squeeze there. Unfortunately it failed, but any sort of contact there would have won the game for us, Huston had no clue and was caught completely by surprise.

So the double play was very close. Hoffpauir took a heckuva risk—he didn’t break for 3B right at the wind-up. If you catch a replay, you can see his legs and he doesn’t break until after Fontenot whiffs.

but watch the tape. bradley just stops. he has plenty of time to stop and back up. even for a second. it makes a huge difference. he is not a good baserunner. and he was not going full speed.
i liked the call, too. very tony larussa. it was a tough pitch though. up a little. but really bad technique on fontenot’s part. his backside bailed bad.

Not so easy to do when you have to think all of that in about 0.5 seconds.

its his job to get there. major leaguers don’t mess up rundowns. the lead runner gives himself up but delays as much as possible. zero chance he is getting back to third.

On a suicide squeeze, you are going… it’s on the batter to do everything he can to get the bunt down; that’s why it’s such a risky play.

….it either works or it doesnt.

I’m in agreement that Bradley did nothing wrong, nor did Hoff. Fonty just failed to execute. No need to second guess anything.

All runners are taught to get to the next base when the runner in front of them gets into a rundown.

like to bitch about Bradley come hell or high water.

I swear, sometimes I’m embarrassed to be a Cubs fan.

cut off right at the crack of the bat.

Cool to hear it now.

but it worked for me last night at home so it prolly depends on your computer.

 a little :)

I watched the walk-off a couple times late last night when I finally got home.

When you are not the home team this is unorthodoxed. But you do see this a lot if you are the home team…maybe not in the 8th as much but definately the 9th/10th

when the birds have lead

It’s ridiculously obsessive. I’m just glad the game went a few innings longer so that people found other things to talk about. Eventually.

And I’d further suggest that implies poor managing.

that i am surprised that one player’s absence has such a profound effect on a nine player lineup. Whether the missing player is Soriano or Ramirez, as your stats aptly point out, I didn’t think that one player could/would have such a huge effect on the remainder of the team’s ability to perform.

In football or basketball, one player going down can and does have a great effect because the remaining players rely on the injured player to get the ball, catch the ball, etc. Baseball isn’t the same in that respect. Soriano’s ability to hit the ball, catch the ball, etc. doesn’t depend on Ramirez’s ability to hit the ball, catch the ball, etc, so the direct cause an effect isn’t there like it is in other sports.

Much better. : /

with Stevens. Great outing, if he keeps it up he will be a great addition to the pen.

Stevens has a good arm and Lou likes him. That should be enough to keep him around a while.