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Big Pay Day !

By: Felix DeJesus

Alfonso Soriano is not running on his last dollar, but the way he has looked the last couple of days trying to steal his 40th base of the season you would think he was a rookie trying to make an impression. He is making an impression, and trying to earn respect. Soriano has been caught twice trying to steal third base and stealing with nothing on the line simply to reach the 40/40 club. The Washington Nationals are out of contention and Soriano is making 10 million dollars this year, but it’s very important for him to become the fourth player in Major League history to hit at least 40 homeruns and steal 40 bases in a season, joining Jose Canseco (1988 with the Oakland A’s, 42 HR 40SB), Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants, 1996, 42 HR 40 SB) and Alex Rodriguez (Seattle Mariners in 1998 with 42 HR and 46 SB). Soriano will become a free agent for the 2007 season. By becoming a 40/40 man, he will get paid as one of the top players in the league. Some might say that having 45 homeruns and 39 stolen bases would be sufficient in getting the respect he deserves, but Soriano needs that 40/40 to be able to get a long term contract and avoid becoming merely a chess piece again, like this past season when the Nationals were shopping him around for the best deal they could get. A player of his caliber should have been treated with more respect. It still hurts him that he was moved out of what has become his natural position of second base and given an ultimatum to play a position he did not want to play (left field). After a couple of days, he obliged and still hit for numbers this year that will get him the respect and money he deserves.


¡Días de grandes sumas!

By: Félix DeJesús

Alfonso Soriano no está detrás de su último dólar, pero de la forma como ha estado corriendo estos últimos dos días en busca de su hurto número 40 de la temporada, todos podrían creer que es un novato buscando impresionar. En verdad, él está tratando de impresionar y es para que lo respeten. A Soriano lo han atrapado dos veces tratando de robarse la tercera base sin ser una jugada vital, simplemente para alcanzar el club de los 40-40. Los Nacionales de Washington están fuera de competencia y Soriano está percibiendo 10-millones de dólares en esta temporada, pero para él es muy importante convertirse en el cuarto jugador que lo logra en la historia de las Grandes Ligas; conectar por lo menos 40 jonrones y robarse 40 bases en una misma temporada para unirse a José Canseco, quien lo logró en 1988 con los Atléticos de Oakland (42 jonrones, 40 estafadas). Barry Bonds, Gigantes de San Francisco en 1996 (42 y 40), y Alex Rodríguez, Marineros de Seattle en 1998 (42-46).
Soriano será agente libre en 2007, y el lograr los 40-40, recibirá un pago como uno de los más cotizados jugadores de la liga. Sin embargo, muchos pudieran pensar que con 45 jonrones y 39 estafadas sería suficiente para conseguir el respeto que merece, pero los 40-40 es necesario para obtener ese contrato de larga duración, y no meramente para ser una pieza del tablero de ajedrez en este equipo de los Nacionales, como en esta temporada que lo tuvieron negociando a otros equipos para ver que conseguían. Un pelotero de su categoría ha debido ser tratado con más respeto. Además, Soriano está algo resentido porque lo movieron de su posición natural, la segunda base, dándole un ultimátum para que jugara el jardín izquierdo, una posición que no deseaba jugar. Empero, en un par de días se vio obligado de hacerlo y aún así continuó bateando bien esta campaña consiguiendo el respeto y el dinero que merece.

 

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