Soriano

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Sheesh.
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In plain language:
1. Like many Cub fans, I despise the hop, even in the best of times.
2. For Soriano, these are the worst of times.
3. Of all of his many negatives, his most obvious one lately has been his atrocious fielding, especially the dropping of lazy fly balls that you or me could easily catch.
4. As Lou mentions, the Hop actually makes it more difficult to catch a fly ball.
5. Alf concedes that his fielding has sucked so stupendously that he's going to nix the Hop.
6. KB rejoices.
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I would tend to agree but Alf is 67 years-old. For him to exert the concentration required to eliminate something that's become physically second-nature, could result in even worse fielding.

The hop is lame but I'm not convinced it's any part of the problem.