Soriano Just Bad In Left

Welcome to the Cubs Mr. Bradley, he gets his first hit...a homer run.

Down 2-1 in the sixth Hill gets Harden off the hook for the loss with a two-run homer; Cubs lead 3-2. Marmol comes in the seventh and gets the Cubs out of a bags loaded situation. They go into the ninth up 3-2. Then with a man on Weeks hits a line drive to left and...Soriano miss plays it.

With a half step in as his first move and a haphazard effort to compensate for the miss read, Soriano watches the ball sail over his head. A run scores to tie the game. Weeks will later score from third on a ground ball to Theriot.

Soriano at the plate was 0 for 5. Does this guy frustrate anybody else but me? I can't stand him. Yes, he will get his occasional lead-off homer run, but does he EVER come through in the clutch? He might be the worst outfielder I've seen in my life. The Brewer's Fielder covers more ground at first than Soriano does in left. He can't read the ball off the bat and his patented bunny-hop before a routine fly drives me crazy. From my end Alfonso gets an "F" in the field and a "C" at the plate...I can sure find better ways to spend $16 million.

Put this one in the "L" column with an asterisk and Soriano as the footnote.

Let's go to even the series tomorrow. Cubs Century Is Here.