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Alfonso hopes to be back soon

By SCman ⋅ June 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Alfonso Soriano returned to Wrigley Field on Thursday morning, sporting three rings of tape on his fingers, the result of being hit by a pitch and breaking a small bone in his left hand.
Soriano entered the clubhouse with a splint covering the hand but took it off before addressing the media. He hopes for an [...]

Soriano hit by pitch, breaks hand

By fonziefan12 ⋅ June 12, 2008 ⋅ One comment

By: Carrie Muskat, MLB.com
CHICAGO — Alfonso Soriano was just starting to get his legs under him, but he’ll now be sidelined for six weeks with a broken finger.
“It’s a costly loss,” Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. “It’s a bad break for us, it really is.”
Soriano suffered a minimally displaced fracture of the fourth metacarpal [...]

Soriano/Cubs win Sunday Night Baseball

By SCman ⋅ June 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Jason Marquis threw arguably his best outing of the 2008 season, under the lights on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. Marquis went 6.1 innings, only allowing 3 hits, 1 run, unearned, walking just 1 and striking out 2, in a 3-1 win over the Dodgers, to split the four game set. Our guy Alfonso Soriano went [...]

Cubs-Braves at Wrigley

By fonziefan12 ⋅ June 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

On Tuesday, May 11, the Atlanta Braves will come tearing into Chicago. for a 3 game stand against the Cubs. From the standpoint of statistics, the Cubs have a hugely profound advantage in this Wrigley series. The Cubs have been nearly unbeatable at Wrigley Field; they hold a 15-2 home record as of May [...]

Attention Readers:

By SCman ⋅ June 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Three things for you readers:
1. Expect daily updates from this site. We are finally able to have a great staff where we can provide great updates daily for all things Alfonso Soriano. This website is about ready to blow into big time territory!
2. Check out the new polls added. Vote in them! Get your friends [...]

Zambrano/Soriano and the Cubs set to take on struggling Lowe/Dodgers

By SCman ⋅ June 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Carlos Zambrano is looking to continue his quest for the Cy Young he failed to get after his guarantee last season. So far, he is well on his way. 8-1 with a 2.51 era, striking out 57 and walking 28 for the first place Chicago Cubs. He will face a promising righthander who has struggled [...]

Cubs get shutout

By SCman ⋅ June 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Chicago Cubs had a rarity Friday night. They were shutout. Hiroki Kuroda threw a four hit shut-out, striking out 11 Cub batters in a 3-0 win. Our boy Alfonso Soriano had one of the four hits, to raise his batting average to .281.

Soriano’s season to date

By SCman ⋅ June 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

With the Chicago Cubs through 61 games, with the baseball’s best record, the Chicago Cubs are enjoying the 2008 season. The Cubs sit at 39-22, for a .639 clip, which places them 3.5 games up on the St. Louis Cardinals, 6 on the Brewers, and 7.5 from the Astros. The Cardinals are tied with the [...]

Soriano/Cubs take on Kuroda/Dodgers

By SCman ⋅ June 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Alfonso Soriano, and the first place Chicago Cubs are set to take on Hiroki Kuroda and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second game of a four game set over the weekend.
In Kuroda’s last start, he went 6.1 innings, giving up 7 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned, but took the loss.
In that game, Alfonso Soriano [...]

Soriano leaves game early for MRI

By fonziefan12 ⋅ April 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

By Carrie Muskat, MLB.com
CHICAGO — Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano underwent an MRI Tuesday night to determine the extent of the injury on his right calf, which forced him out of the game after the first inning.
Soriano ran to catch Ken Griffey Jr.’s fly ball in left-center field with two outs in the Cincinnati first, doing [...]

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