Soriano patterns play after movie character.

by dagwood on Aug 23, 2009 9:39 AM CDT

Could somone please remind me of the last time Soriano actually made a great defensive or offensive play by actually hustling? He reminds me of the following quote from shortstop Roger Dorn in the movie Major League:

Jake Taylor: What I was concerned with was why you didn't come up with that grounder that Rockert hit in the 9th
Roger Dorn: It was out of my reach, what do you want me to do dive for it?
Jake Taylor: Rog, it could have meant the game!
Roger Dorn: oh come on cut the rah rah shit Taylor! Year after this I go free agent. Plus me and my agent got a couple of plans for life after baseball. So I am not about to risk major injury or displace this property for a collection of stiffs!

Unfortunately, I doubt whether Sori is actually protecting his body for some post career plans. I also suspect that his knees are shot. Watch him run. He runs as if his knees really hurt especially when slowing to approach a base or a ground ball. I think he is really limited in what he can do physically. I understand and appreciate that he was a major reason for the Cubs success over the last 2 seasons. But, the Cubs need to realize that he is no longer the player they signed and mothball him until he starts hitting the ball. Then, let him go on mini hot-hitting streak and see if they can eat most of his salary while unloading him as a DH on an AL team. He is a liability on our roster. It is tough but if he can't perform at the major league level, he shouldn't be playing in the major leagues.

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Too bad he hits like ...

Cerrano. I think only Pedro Cerrano makes contact with less breaking balls than Soriano.

by jselinger24 on Aug 23, 2009 9:59 AM CDT reply actions

Straight ball I hit it very much....

Curve ball bats are afraid.

Harry Caray: Marshall is going back to LA to get cocaine for his injured foot.
Steve Stone: Harry, that’s Novocaine.

by Julio Zuleta's Voodoo on Aug 23, 2009 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions

I'd like to see Fuld playing a lot for Soriano this year.

During the offseason maybe we can unload Aaron Miles, Heilman, and Soriano for some can’t-miss-hot-prospect, or a basket of tennis balls, whichever works.

"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.

by zevkalman on Aug 23, 2009 10:30 AM CDT reply actions

I think Fuld is probably a better hitter.

He’s one of those great defensive players who just get the job done like Reed Johnson.

Monopoly, twenty-one, checkers, and chess...

by Buzz on the Moon on Aug 23, 2009 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Dorn figured it out in the end

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Aug 23, 2009 10:51 AM CDT reply actions

Clearly, we need Wells to sleep with Soriano's wife

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Aug 23, 2009 10:51 AM CDT reply actions

Sori's girlfriend would love that.

"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.

by zevkalman on Aug 23, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions

LMAO

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on Aug 23, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Or sacrifice a live chicken

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by DTJchris on Aug 23, 2009 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions

"Year after this I go free agent."

Oh, if only that were true…

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Aug 23, 2009 6:17 PM CDT reply actions

+1 million

by elgato on Aug 24, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions

That reference

Doesn’t really match with Soriano. If Soriano is hurt, that’s why it seems like he’s not playing hard..
There’s a difference between not playing hard because your hurt or just being lazy. Sori prob does both, but you never really know which it is.

Dorn was just being a douche.

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by Zy Toro Young on Aug 23, 2009 8:48 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

Ricketts better find a way to get rid of him...

Or have a sit-down and tell him he’s gonna make his live a living bootcamp, to earn that money he’s gettin paid. Ditto for Bradley.

I want these guys to become workout warriors in the offseason… and have significant film study sessions everyday as well. None of this “oley bullshit.”

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)

Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
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by SackMan on Aug 23, 2009 10:34 PM CDT reply actions

Yeah that will happen

as soon as we win the World Series.

Damn, I actually made myself sad on that joke.

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by Zy Toro Young on Aug 23, 2009 11:40 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

I don't buy the "Soriano is hurt" line of reasoning...

Were that the case, Lou would pull him more often in late innings for a defensive replacement in games the Cubs are leading. I’ve also seen several games (can’t remember which ones) where Sori represented the tying run at first in the 8th or 9th. There’s no possible way that Lou leaves him in the game there if his knees are bad and he can’t run. None.

Lou might be losing it a little, but he’s not that far gone…

I know that your post isn’t arguing that Sori’s injured, but this line of reasoning seems to be used quite often to explain Sori’s poor year. I think it’s more that he’s always been a player that relied more on pure talent than on hard work. And it’s hard to continue to do that as you get older…

by Zonk on Aug 24, 2009 10:36 AM CDT reply actions