I ACTUALLY FEEL A LITTLE SORRY FOR SORIANO

I think we can all agree that the contract that Soriano signed with the Cubs guaranteed him way too much money.  But, your analysis of a player cannot logically be based on what he is being paid.  Just like with Brian Campbell with the Blackhawks, you can't blame a player for making too much money.  If you're looking for someone to blame for these contracts, you have to look to the general manager who offered the contract.  Anyone of us in the same situation would have accepted those contracts if they were offered to us.  Regarding Soriano's play yesterday, yes, theoretically, every player should always hustle all the way to first base.  However, a line drive that you think is caught is different than a ground ball or fly ball that is still in play.  Once a player believes the ball has been caught, he is going to stop running, and that is exactly what happened here.