Soriano

[Clapp]

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He hasn't looked anything close to the same hitter when given the chance with the Cubs. Alf's mentally fragile and he's said countless times he wants to be the leadoff hitter and feels most comfortable there. We won 97 games this way last year, why mess with it?
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Because come playoffs you face good pitching and if your leadoff hitter is shit against good pitching you might as well as lost 97.
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So if we bat Theriot 1st and Soriano 4th, all of a sudden we're going to be fine? We're talking about maybe 1 less at bat he gets.

Also, then where does Aramis bat? Unless Lee completely blows this year, he's going to be batting 3rd in his remaining time as a Cub. Would you really bat Aramis 6th? Because they're sure as hell not going to pay Alfonso 114 million over these next 6 years to bat 6th.