Soriano

What a day for Alfonso Soriano. He came up with a huge 3-run home run in the 7th inning with 2 on and 2 out to put the Cubs up 10 to 7 over the Astros. Soriano also had a single and a double to give him 4 RBI on the day. He touched home twice. 

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gonna throw my two cents out here for which Cubs I think deserve to be on the All-Star team.  Soriano, Fukudome and Soto should all be voted in.  I think DeRosa may sneak on the team, not by voting but since 2B is a little weak this year and he has been solid.  Theriot deserves to be but I think SS is too deep for him to make it.  I would like to see Lee and Ramirez on but I think only Ramirez will get on.  As far as pitchers go I see Zamabrano and Dempster being locks to get on.  Marmol too I think is a good bet.  If Wood leads the league in saves by the break I think he will be too.  So in total I can see 9 cubs deserving to make it.  In reality I'm gonna 7 will: 

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f of the 10th and then in the bottom of inning #10, a Mike Fontenot pinch hit double set up Alfonso Soriano to be the hero with his bloop single to left field scoring Fontenot with the winning

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In the Chicago Cubs  game tonight, the first hitter of the game Alfonzo Soriano led off with a screaming shot into the right field corner that he would have easily made it to 2nd base standing. He had to slide in head first and it was obvious to this reporter that he was heavily favoring his left leg.  He stayed in the game but it was obvious that he was affected.  Later in the inning a deep fly to right field and

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I'm loving the fact that they can score in bunches and Soriano returns this afternoon as the Cubs look to win this series. I hope that the offense continues against that Gallardo kid that the Brewers have going. I would like one thing though, I don't want

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Many people may believe that the Soriano injury is going to derail this team. I think this may allow the team to be more complete since Soriano has a tendency to swing for the fences every time up. I'm always up for a 1-0 lead after 1 pitch and he put the team on his team many times last season but if he wants to swing like that, hit him in the 5 hole. Let's have Theriot lead off and Fukudome hit 2nd while

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Here's my take on this, Soriano is not the answer at the top. He gets his fastballs and hits 30-40 homeruns a season but this team can't afford solo homeruns all year from him. Stick him fourth in this lineup and I think he would be just fine. Give me a lineup of Roberts, Fukudome, Lee,

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Look at our starting lineup we have Soriano, Derosa, Lee, Ramirez, Fukudome, Theriot, Pie, and Soto.  This should be a lineup that should click on all cylinders.  It should be a different lineup than last year because in here we have more speed and more contact hitters.  Only problem is what will happen to Pie.  He seemed uncomforable everytime he stepped up to bat last year.  He seemed intimidated by every pitch that came by him.  Sure he can hit with the kids, but these are the big boys now.  He is the most piviotal part of this lineup for it to work.  The one problem Cubs hitters had last year was hitting runners in scoring position.  They were just horrible in doing so.  They did not go out and find that spark plug to help drive these runs in when it counted the most.  Sure the Cubs have a younger team on the field, but this will hurt them when they make their final push to the playoffs.

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