Uh! - Ohhhhhhhhh

Zzzzzz ZZZZzzz Zzzzzzz...Wake up!!!! And they have. With Soriano I didn't really know what to expect, I mean a new team (a shitty one at that), new pressure, and a pitchers ballpark to deal with. I think the guy hasn't really gotten it from the media and or fans all that much, he's definitely underproduced but it just seemed like sooner or later you hoped he would come around, but not exactly KNEW if he was. What happens at Wrigley the first two months of the season is clear. Since the stadium is close to the shore in April and May the wind tends to blow inward toward home plate and the temperature is very cold. In june July to the summer things warm up and the wind starts to blow to right field as opposed to right at the hitter. In day games balls will start flyin out, and Wrigley is notorious for day games so Soriano is seeing this process and taking full advantage (6 homeruns in the past 7 days). This still doesn't neglect going on the road and producing, he has slumped but I see a change, a good one because had he hit his batting coach like Zambrano did Barrett that would suck, actually that woulda been hilarious and I probably would have wrote about it again. Soriano isn't exactly a big feller, maybe the coach coulda takin him. As for Pujols everybody in the worrrrrrrrrrld knew this cat was gonna come around, dude has been solid since he stepped foot on a baseball field. Slump? whats a slump? a slump for Pujols is batting .290, with 10 homeruns in a month. This year however has been different, and I mainly base it on the morale of the reigning champs. They've played badly, lost their ace and their other starters aren't exactly killin it (Anthony Reyes Cal Hi Grad SP is 0-8 ouch), their bats aren't there and if you thought Adam Kennedy was gonna come and win a batting title I will personally come meet you to kick you in the nuts. These things are cancerous and their infectious. It seems like now Pujols has regained his composure and decided you know what? f*ck it let's go get some tacos. Pujols as of the 5th inning today against the Angels has also hit 6 homers in 7 days and his average is steadily climbing over .300 after once reaching .229 at one point. The game isn't even over yet so unless they walk Pujols I foresee him hitting another 13 hrs in the next 4 innings.

-db