How totally uncharacteristic of the Chicago sports media
>> Friday
--overreacting to a 7 runs-in-3 games offensive "drought." And most shockingly, it came from the most rational of all media outlets, sports talk radio.
The culprits this time are Mike Mulligan and Brian Hanley, the guys in the 10am to noon slot on The Score 670 AM, who opened their show today by expressing concern that the Cubs offense had not yet "come together" (whatever that means) over the course of three early-season games played in a cold that pushed the threashold for normal human sensation. Oh, and then the one guy (Hanley, I believe) insinuated that Soriano is a large part of the problem because--and I paraphrase--Soriano is a great hitter, but he's bad to have in the leadoff spot.
Then some guy called in and said, in all seriousness, that by hearing Lou Pinella talk, "you can tell that guy's an alcoholic." That at least entertained me. That caller should be hosting the show.
I had to share that bit of absurdity, but from now on, I'm gonna hold myself to a policy of "no blogging on stupid shit said by people on sports talk radio." Otherwise, I may end up listening to Mike North and blogging continuously until the tendons in my hands turn to strands of linguine. Because, as I think we can all agree, sports talk radio is for comedic value only.
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Well, to be fair, I think Soriano isn't best suited for the leadoff spot. For further explanation of this, check out the SI season preview of the Cubs, where they note that Baseball Prospectus figures that the Cubs will score 39 fewer runs over the course of the season with Soriano at the top spot instead of at #3 or #4.
Huh... that big a difference? Well, you sure served me on that one. But my point still stands: the crazy guy who called Pinella an alcoholic should be hosting the show.
Plus, his average to below average OBP will be better hidden lower in the line-up. Other than Murton, I'm not sure who they have as a high OBP guy other than D Lee. Still, I think you maximize Soriano's value in the 4 or 5 hole. On a side note, I wonder whose gotten to Darin Erstad and taught him to be a patient hitter.
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