September 5, 200620 yr Alfonso Soriano is close to being a 40/40 (forty home runs, forty stolen bases) man....again. Soriano's now at 44 home runs, tying an Expos/Nationals franchise record. And he has 34 stolen bases with a month left to play. Back in '02 he seemed a cinch to become only the fourth forty-forty player in ML history. Poor Sori got the forty stolen bases and then forty-one, but he got stuck on thirty-nine homers and try as he would (and he tried with all his might), that fortieth home run just wouldn't come. He finished the season 39-41 and in a serious slump from overswinging that carried into the postseason ... that was when he got the reputation for being an easy mark for the pitch low and outside. In the three years that followed, with the Yankees and then with Texas, he never hit more than 38 home runs nor stole more than 35 bases.
September 5, 200620 yr At some point, when the Nats are playing a team whose season is over, he's just going to keep running. If he gets hot with the bat, I could see him at 50/50, and you know he's thought about it what with free agency coming...
September 5, 200620 yr That point has already come. He stole 4 bases in 3 days recently and another 2 this weekend. He's routinely stole (or attempted) third in spots you normally wouldn't or would never ever.
September 17, 200620 yr He got it today. 4th 40/40 player ever. (Canseco, '88; Bary Bonds '96; Alex Rodriguez '98;) His home run total is the most ever for a 40/40 player, 45. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2590598
September 17, 200620 yr that's great. congrats alfonso.that's a helluva accomplishment. he got a standing ovation and he kept the base.
September 18, 200620 yr Author Glad to see him accomplish this. And going into a FA year works for him as well.
September 19, 200620 yr SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!! He will get a beltran like contract Not with his age Someone will overpay. I'm thinking he gets somewhere around 6 years/ 90 million.
September 19, 200620 yr There's still only one guy to go 40/40 and win a gold glove in the same year as well
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