2011 Chicago Cubs Captain Dion Phaneuf

Alfonso Soriano, who had been 35 years old Major League Baseball outfielder in Chicago Cubs, he is from San Pedro de Macoris. Before attending the Cubs, he once played for New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals. In most of his career, he has battled as a lead-off hitter.Sociano first play professional baseball game in Japan with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. His uniform number is 74 at that time, attended in 9 games and got two walks.Soriano did not agree with the intense Japanese exercise. And he failed to get more salary from the Carp. As there are previous player had left Japan and play for United States MLB teams, Soriano also wants to do like that, so he turned to Don Nomura for help. Nomura miss the NPB contract with Soriano for the reason that he is not old enough. So Nomura suggested him to finish the Carp career and play for the MLB. Nomo is a successfully player who had tried that and pursue a career in MLB. He had to prompt Carp executives to file an injunction against Soriano. But Carp stopped the negotiations Soriano will get from MLB teams. As the former Nomo case, NPB officials revised the Working Agreement with the agreement from any MLB officials. This makes Soriano attending MLB teams harder than ever before. MLB merely deemed Soriano as a free member in 1998.At the year he been the free agent, he joined with New York Yankees. Start in New York as a n infield player. He get the first hit in MLB game in the next year when he hit a game-winning home run against Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He made great progress in 2001 and be one of the best 3 Rookies.In 2002, Soriano set a record for most at 696 bats and most 157 strikeouts in a season. In 2003, he set the record for most home runs, and be the top hits, doubles, home runs, stolen bases, and strikeouts player in that season.In the 2004-2005 season, Soriano was traded to Texas Rangers for Yankees manager's consideration. After joining the Rangers, he did not this team disappointed, he once had six hits on May 8, 2004. In that right year, Soriano successfully be elected into the All-Star game and make his career more perfect.And Soriano finally made a contract with Chicago Cubs for eight years, about $136 for salary. This is the most expensive in the Cub's franchise history and continues to 2014, that means Soriano need to play for Cubs at least another 3 years. The Cub's manager assigned him to play center field, and gradually moved to left field. In May, the first Cub's month game, he get the primary home runs in Cubs. And his excellent performance continues in the Cubs. He is extremely productive in June, only in one game against Atlanta Braves, he hit 3 home runs. As the harvest, he gained the "National League's Player of the Month".For he is not young any more, his performance in 2009 is poor. But he still be good performance player in Cubs, and getter better in 2010. He gained 40 doubles and 79 RBls in the 2010 season, total in 147 games. Also in the 2010, he hit his 300th home run off.The new 2011 season is coming tomorrow and let's support Soriano. And wish he will still be the super-star in Cubs. Normal 0 7.8 Å 0 2 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:nh<; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;}

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