Cubbies

... and nothing overly exciting or positive has happened quite yet. Alfonso Soriano has a broken finger and Mark DeRosa just had heart surgery. Same old, same old.

The whole Soriano thing has been quite bothersome to me. I was jacked up beyond belief when the cubs signed him last year, but like most people, I was mostly let down by him last year. It's hard not to look at that mammoth contract he signed and to think that he is past his prime. He was playing with a bum hamstring last year and his ability to be a base stealing threat was diminished. And now this year, his hamstring supposedly is still not 100%, and now the broken finger. I hate to ask, "What's next?" but I'm sure we'll find that out eventually.

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But as for the Cubbies, still no Brian Roberts, who knows when or if that deal will ever be made. Originally I didn't really want Roberts and was kind of wishing the Cubs would push for Bedard because he would totally dominate in the NL Central, but obviously that didn't happen. However, I want Roberts now. Not because I think DeRosa wouldn't be good as the everyday second baseman, but mainly so they would have a reason to get Soriano out of th leadoff spot. The leadoff homeruns are nice and everything, but he has no business being in that spot in the lineup, swinging at the first pitch. Plus, if anyone were to get injured in the infield, you have DeRosa there to fill in instead of Ronny Cedeno or whatever hodgepodge of mediocre infielders that the Cubs are so notorious for always having.

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