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Former Cubs pitcher Matt Clement becomes a high school basketball coach.

Fraggin Judge — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:09:45 -0000

Former Cubs pitcher Matt Clement becomes a high school basketball coach.

Is Alfonso Soriano striking out on purpose to allege later that he shouldn't be hitting 3rd in the...

Fraggin Judge — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:51:48 -0000

Is Alfonso Soriano striking out on purpose to allege later that he shouldn't be hitting 3rd in the lineup? What do you think?

Giovany Soto receives Pedrín Zorrilla Award, handed by Orlando Cepeda.

Fraggin Judge — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:38:47 -0000

Giovany Soto receives Pedrín Zorrilla Award, handed by Orlando Cepeda.

Geovany Soto's press conference in San Juan, PR

Fraggin Judge — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:25:35 -0000

Here is a recap of an article in El Nuevo Día (Nov. 11, 2008) about Geovany Soto's press conference last night in San Juan Puerto Rico.

Geovany Soto was interviewed by the local media in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after he became the fifth Puerto Rican baseball player to win the Rookie of the Year award. Fifty years ago, in 1958, Orlando Cepeda was named rookie of the year. Benito Santiago, Santos Alomar, Jr. and Carlos Beltrán, have also won the prize.

The new NL Rookie of the Year will donate the $20,000 cash award to a juvenile diabetes charity, in support of his former minor league coach, Allan Dunn, and the coach’s son, Davis.

Soto expressed his gratitude to his teammate, Henry Blanco, for helping him during the season. After he mentioned his personal idol, Iván Rodríguez, Soto claimed that “Puerto Rico is the cradle of catchers in the United States and we have shown an ability to spawn catchers in the island.” Santiago and Alomar, Jr. were catchers, too. So are active players Yadier, José and Bengie Molina, Jorge Posada, Robinson Cancel, Ramón Castro, Rodríguez and Soto, all born and raised in the island.

The Cubs catcher expressed that his goal for next season is to avoid the “second year jinx”: “No negative thought can cross my mind. Sometimes we put extra pressure on ourselves and the mind is too powerful. I’m getting ready to get better numbers next year, offensively and defensively, and do a better job in October to try to get the Cubs to a World Series…. We have a lot of talent and a lot of new players who can also do the job, but it’s not what you see on paper. We have to execute on the field.”

Geovany Soto wants to play for Puerto Rico in next year’s World Baseball Classic. And if his left hand heals completely, he intends to play in December for the Carolina Gigantes (Giants) in the Puerto Rico Winter League, against the wishes of Cubs management.

The next time someone says that Cubs fans behave badly, quote this.

Fraggin Judge — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:59:22 -0000

The next time someone says that Cubs fans behave badly, quote this.

Monday's Tank McNamara comic strip about the Cubs.

Fraggin Judge — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:45:10 -0000

Monday's Tank McNamara comic strip about the Cubs.

Alfonso Soriano's brutal post-season numbers.

Fraggin Judge — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:26:13 -0000

I was just watching Mike Francesa's show on New York TV. Talking about baseball he showed these numbers about Alfonso Soriano. The following are Soriano's post-season numbers since he hit that epic HR against Curt Schilling in the 2001 World Series:

116 at bats, .181 batting average, 2 Home Runs, 11 RBI, and the tell-all: 5 walks and 38 K.

38 strikeouts!

As Al says, discuss amongst yourselves. To me, that is a very telling number.

Multimedia feature about the Cubs post-season history.

Fraggin Judge — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:58:25 -0000

Multimedia feature about the Cubs post-season history.

Since both New York teams didn't make the playoffs, apparently the Big Apple media decided to adopt the Cubs as their team to watch. This is the 3rd feature about the Cubs in as many days in the New York Times. This one even has links to the paper's articles from the past.

SB Nation User Blog: Fraggin Judge

Former Cubs pitcher Matt Clement becomes a high school basketball coach.

Former Cubs pitcher Matt Clement becomes a high school basketball coach.

Is Alfonso Soriano striking out on purpose to allege later that he shouldn't be hitting 3rd in the...

Giovany Soto receives Pedrín Zorrilla Award, handed by Orlando Cepeda.

Geovany Soto's press conference in San Juan, PR

The next time someone says that Cubs fans behave badly, quote this.

The next time someone says that Cubs fans behave badly, quote this.

Monday's Tank McNamara comic strip about the Cubs.

Monday's Tank McNamara comic strip about the Cubs.

Alfonso Soriano's brutal post-season numbers.

Multimedia feature about the Cubs post-season history.

Multimedia feature about the Cubs post-season history.

Article in the New York Times about the mood among Chicago baseball fans.

Article in the New York Times about the mood among Chicago baseball fans.

Excellent article about Ron Santo in today's New York Times.

Excellent article about Ron Santo in today's New York Times.