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How Soriano Compares To Sammy's Greatest Streaks
I'm starting to think that Alfonso Soriano might be able to make a living playing baseball. In his eight starts on this homestand, Soriano has seven home runs and 15 RBIs. His batting average, on-base percentage, slugging and OPS are through the roof.
In the last week or so, watching Soriano has felt much like watching Sammy Sosa when he would go on nine, 10 or 11 game tears, circa 1998-2003. And the numbers in this chart I made all by myself more or less verify what I am feeling is valid (because I always need validation for my feelings, especially in chart form). Here's how they compare:
By way of clarity, the number next to their names is the year, followed by the dates and number of starts in parentheses.
Additionally, sometimes it is useful to remember that Sammy wasn't all boom boxes, leaving early and being a pain in the butt. He could freaking hit the baseball.
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Excellent work, WV. I was actually going to do this later on, but you save me a lot of time. thanks. I've already checked his numbers out since May 2nd compared to the rest of the team and you can say he's carried this offense despite not belonging in the league and being latin and being a free swinger.
Sosa gets a bad rap because of one game, but that guy was unbelievable. Best Cub I've ever seen and it's not even close.
I was living in NYC during the '98 streaks, but happened to be back in the Midwest for two weeks during the mid- to late-June streak. Every at-bat was event, and it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen on a baseball diamond.
He (and McGwire) really did save baseball that summer, no matter what has happened since.
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One of my favorite quotes in this game came in June 1998 from Rockies managers Jim Leyland. He said, after intentionally walking him a couple times in game 1, "he's going to hit 2 home runs per game if you pitch to him."
My other favorite quote came prior to the 1998 season when Baseball Tonight people were giving their world series predictions and one of the said the cubs would win it all. when asked why, he replied, "if they have 5 starters better than Kerry Wood, nobody is beating them." Wood was optioned to Iowa at the end of spring training that year so the Cubs apparently believed they had 5 better starters.
Sosa really could be an absolute terrorist at the plate. He was simply amazing. I hope this recent flurry by "The Fons" will silence some of the bafoons. Not likely, by hey, one can hope.
just as it is time for iu to do something for coach knight, it is just about time to bring sammy back to wrigley for some sort of ceremony.
and make jason marquis stop wearing his number.
I agree, WV. There's no rational reason whatsoever that Sosa should be treated the way he has been by this organization. I expect that from the fans because 99.9999% of them are morons (see recent examples of Soriano-bashing, who now has the 2nd highest OPS on the team behind Soto). If Sosa ever had another guy in the lineup who could hit for some power on a consistent basis, and a few pitchers, he'd not be treated like this. He literally carried the 1998 team and then in 2001 actually had 100 more RBI than the 2nd leading RBI guy on the Cubs. That's ridiculous!
Maddog, you are a genius.
Don't use your fancy number-things to try and prove Soriano is any good.
I know he isn't, and nothing you tell me will change my mind.
The man doesn't even belong in the league
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