Fare Well, Fonzie!
Having been away from blogging for a bit, it pleases me to report that Alfonso Soriano has signed a huge deal to play for the Cubs. To resign him in Washington would have been foolish -- we will lose quite well next year without him, and can sign a lot of young pitchers for that money -- but I now like the guy a ton, and only wish him well.
About nine months ago, I screamed on these pages that the Nats were huge idiots, and that Soriano was exactly the wrong kind of guy for this team.
i was wrong -- he's a good player, and a great clubhouse guy who made the team better, and was incredibly fun to watch play. He took his first-week-benching [for failing to run out a pop-up] like a man, and turned himself into the hardest-working player on the team. Having bitched about the move to the outfield, he made himself a serviceable outfielder with a gun. I hope he hits 60 HRs and gets thirty-five outfield assists . . .
This, btw, is a sincere and legit smile, making his loss all the morepainful, but making me wish him well.
writ by Christy Mathewson at 9:46 AM
2 Comments:
Glad to see you're back.
I will miss Soriano; I'm sorry he went for the money instead of the hometown love, but I guess I get it.
I owe you an email, look for it soon,
c
Yeah, it's not like the Nats were going to offer him the kind of money the Cubs paid. If he'd left Washington for an extra $10 million or something, I'd be a little annoyed, but you know, eight years and $136 million is three years and about $80 million more than the Nats were offering.
I wish him well. Good luck to him.
And seeing how he's now playing for one of the most consistently hapless franchises not only in baseball but all professional sports, he's going to need it.
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