Soriano hurt

[Ennder]

Running from 1st to 3rd he pulled up lame with some sort of leg injury and he left the game. Announcers seemed to think it would be something long term but obviously no details yet.

I always hate to see anyone get hurt especially a star player, but I guess this could help our chances a bit.

Edit : Initial report is a right quad strain.


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[rluzinski]

When a guy gets hurt enough to not even be able to finish running to a base, it's fair to assume that it's pretty serious.

[kgbaseball]

Blessing in disguise? I think Soriano's turning point this season came in Milwaukee when he had a great 3 game series, and he's been hitting ever since. He's obviously the catalyst of that offense. Without him, they lose a ton of production. Imagine losing Corey right now; who would bat leadoff?

[saget]

I'll try not to be rude here, but WOOT

[rluzinski]

[splitterpfj]

I'll bet that's fifteen days.

[UeckerAddict]

Blessing in disguise?

What disguise?

[moofnelson]

Were in bad shape if all we have to root for is the other team's best players to get hurt.

[SeriesFinale]

Do you know how many emails/text messages I got from my Cub fan friends when Big Ben went down (again)?

 

I'm not necessarily rooting for it, but I can't say it bothers me in the slightest.

[Kpanz20]

Soriano is the straw that stirs the Cubs' drink. I'll bet every Cubs fan is realllly unhappy right now.... fine with me.

[BadgerFan]

Are you kidding me? If Braun got hurt Cubs fans would be ecstatic. I've got nothing against Soriano except the fact that he plays for the Cubs, the team we're trying desperately to hold off, so I hope he's out a long time.

[mothershipconnection]

It's ironic that a potentially-big injury happens on the same night Kerry Wood comes back.

[Never Outhustled]

I think he'll miss significant time with this. Even if he comes back quickly, it will effect his game. IMO, he'll be out a month.

[Ennder]

day to day is what they are saying right now, I think we won't really know until tomorrow.

[TooLiveBrew]

this probably won't be serious, but it will nag Alfonso. That's the tough part with a quad strain - it takes a long time to get back to 100%. My guess is that he'll get Bonds-esque playing time until he can get it better. In any event, I love it!

[sgtcluels]

Never enjoy celebrating a players injury. But this gives the Cubs an excuse if the fade in the race.

[Loopee]

Hammys can be weird.

 

I really don't feel guilty for not feeling for soriano. Fact is, the injury helps the Brewers win the division, which is what I want to see.

 

If Urlacher and Devin Hester both had season enders tomorrow I would be devastated. I don't root for injuries, but if one happens to a division rival I don't feign sadness.

[rotoherb]

A quad usually isn't as bad as a hammy, so we'll have to wait and see if he'll miss more than a few days. Soriano is only hitting around .270/.280/.420 since the end of June, so he really hasn't been helping them out much lately, but having him out of the lineup means he can't get hot like he did in June. The Cubs haven't been playing as well as the media makes it out, going just 7-8 over their last 15 games. The Brewers have been blowing things lately more than the Cubs making a run.

[razzzorsharp]

Lou said minimum 2 weeks according to NSBB.

[TooLiveBrew]

Nice!

[splitterpfj]

My son did this in a game last summer, even with the healing powers of a 15-year-old, he couldn't really break loose and run for two weeks, and wasn't totally healed for a month.

[bernieh]

Let's just get it out of the way and make it clear that none of us takes pleasure in another human being's physical pain. With that said, let's not tiptoe around the fact that this is nothing but great news for us. If you said to me before the season starts let's put our best roster up against theirs, with no injuries to either, I would've said bring it on. But the reality is we lost/are losing time from Hall and Sheets so I'm not gonna cry that they'll be without Soriano for a little bit.

 

The only way I wouldn't be celebrating is if the man really got seriously hurt, or had to go on bereavement because of a loss in the family, but he didn't, the man's gonna be fine, so I say AWESOME.

[imaji]

"CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs star left fielder Alfonso Soriano strained his right quadriceps during Sunday's 8-3 loss to the New York Mets and will be sidelined two-to-four weeks, a major loss for a team trying to make the playoffs.

 

Soriano was scheduled for an MRI after Sunday night's game."

 

A month? Wow...very bummed for my fantasy team, very pumped for the Crew.

[Oldcity]

I hope he pulled the muscle right off the bone.

[logan82]

This sucks. I would rather the Cubs just play horrible. I much prefer a long Soriano slump to an injury.