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| 5th May, 2008 - 10:50 am | The Chicago Tribune - Cubs manager Lou Pinella compared centerfielder Alfonso Soriano to retired hitter Bobby Bonds on Sunday night during an ESPN telecast, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Analyst Joe Morgan asked Pinella about whether or not he thought about moving Soriano down in the lineup.
"I played with Bobby Bonds in New York, and we traded for him from the Giants for Bobby Murcer," Piniella told Morgan. "And we put him in the 4 hole, and boy, he floundered. And all of a sudden, two months into the season, we put him back where he was familiar in that 1 hole and he really, really flourished and just had 40-40 (steals and home runs) and over 100 RBIs and was the great player he always was."
"I think Soriano is the same type of player as Bobby Bonds, so I like him in the 1 hole. He feels comfortable there," Pinella added. [READ] |
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