An Offense Goes As Its Leadoff Man Goes
I’ve said it a thousand times to the statfucks, but they never listen:
An offense goes as its leadoff man goes.
I’m going to start by addressing the idiot readers first. This isn’t a post saying that Sam Fuld is an “MVP”. It’s not some myopic, premature excitement because the Cubs have suddenly won two whole games in a row. Last night’s four runs were not what anyone would call a major offensive explosion. Now, read on.
Consider me the least surprised Cubs fan that we’ve won two straight since leadoff man A of the .296 on-base % was benched in favor of leadoff man B who has gotten on base 6 times out of his first 10 plate appearances. More importantly, in the first two games for leadoff man B, he got on base in the first inning both times. I cannot stress enough the importance of this. Oh gee, what a shock, we scored first in both games and left the first inning with a lead.
Statfags shoot loads in their pants when I homer five times in a week. It's cool, because then they overlook it when I go a month without producing jack shit. By the way, where was that pitch anyway? I thought it was in the zone?
Could Sam Fuld continue to get on base at a .600 clip? Of course not. Could any leadoff man get on base in the first inning of every game? Of course not. But, this isn’t about Sam Fuld. It would only get interpreted as such by idiot statfags. This is about the role of the leadoff man… to get the fuck on base any way he can.
Does every strong offense have a solid leadoff man without exception? No, but most of them certainly do.
The fact that Alfonso Soriano makes $17 Million a year is a joke. If anyone thinks this guy is in the tier of Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, or A-Rod, they’re fooling themselves. Now, he’s not paid as well as them so let me rephrase. If anyone thinks this guy is in the tier just behind those guys and in the same class as Carlos Lee, Mark Teixeira, Ryan Howard, or Lance Berkman… fuck, even Aramis Ramirez… they’re fooling themselves. He’s grossly overpaid.
I’m not an Alfonso Soriano hater. But, I’m not like WV23 or the faggots at ACB who act like this guy is god’s fucking gift to baseball. Furthermore, I’m a major critic of Sori’s strikeouts when he’s swinging at shit that could end up in the visitors’ fucking dugout at Wrigley.
I’ve already proven that Soriano was more productive when he hit in the five spot for Texas than he has been as a leadoff man. His leadoff skills have gotten us jack shit in the playoffs for two years in a row.
Sori has value, just not $17 Million Per Year value. He’s also most likely injured. But, it doesn’t change the fact that he, like Sammy before him, often brings a shit approach to the plate. It’s certainly not the approach you want at leadoff. When he goes off and hits five home runs in a week and gets hot, it doesn’t fool me like it does the statfags. They don’t care or notice when a guy performs, only how big the numbers are overall.
The Cubs have a problem. We need a leadoff man and Soriano is not that guy. I’m not here to parade that Sam Fuld is the guy. But whether Fuld gets it done, Theriot gets it done, or someone else, an offense needs a real fucking leadoff man. If Sori could be the guy, great. But I’m not holding my breath. It’s not personal, I just like runs.
July 4, 2009 at 8:17 am
Mike -
After Sori’s all too typical sucking yesterday, it seems the Cubs are at least going to start looking for that guy. That’s as good a start as could be finally hoped.
And thanks for reading the VW23’s of the world so we don’t have to. Terrific.
July 4, 2009 at 8:24 pm
*The fact that Alfonso Soriano makes $17 Million a year is a joke. If anyone thinks this guy is in the tier of Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, or A-Rod, they’re fooling themselves.*
You’ve got a point here–for Soriano to reach those levels of greatness, he’d have to start taking performance-enhancing drugs. And don’t anyone here tell me that Pujols is clean, either.
*Furthermore, I’m a major critic of Sori’s strikeouts when he’s swinging at shit that could end up in the visitors’ fucking dugout at Wrigley.*
That just means you are “racist” against “Latino” ball players, of course…not that you aren’t a fan of bad baseball.
July 4, 2009 at 10:07 pm
You’re welcome, Lucky. I write this blog for my fans… and for all baseball fans who aren’t complete fucking idiots.
When you mention the Cubs ‘looking for that guy’, it makes me think of Brian Roberts. I was fully onboard for acquiring him prior to last season. I guess we would have had to cope with the devastating losses of Mark Prior, Felix Pie, Matt Murton, Sean Gallagher, etc.
July 4, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Xi Whang,
Soriano could take steroids, growth hormone, and a bunch of Flintstone fucking vitamins… and he’d still swing at garbage outside and in the dirt.
If I were the opposing manager, he’d never see a fastball or a strike.
I know, I’m racist against Latinos. Like you, I learned sociology at FagCB. I shouldn’t judge players on their performance or content of character, but rather, on the color of their skin.
Agreed on Pujols. Inhuman.
July 5, 2009 at 9:27 pm
I bring up PEDs because every guy you listed as elite is a PED user–either caught already like Manny or A-Rod, or soon to be caught, like Pujols. There’s just too much smoke there not to be fire. Dude is already bald, as a huge head and his manager is a known cheater or at the very least likes to look the other way while his players cheat.
You know what else is amusing about Pujols? He was a super low draft pick, just like Piazza who also was obviously on the juice. These two guys were passed on by just about every major league team and then suddenly “figured it all out”? Hardly likely.