Soriano Will Get Plunked Tonight

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

After Alfonso Soriano did some extended-edition showboating following a walkoff home run last night, look for Houston's Roy Oswalt to plunk him. Oswalt has some professionalism to his plunkings- you can expect it betwixt the knees and shoulders, nothing dirty.

My question then is: With the Cubs being the home team tonight, should Ryan Dempster hit an Astro (like Carloss Lee, who homered last night and has plenty of padding to absorb the impact of a Dempster fastfall to the thigh) in the top of the first in the hopes that both benches get warned? If he hits Lee, there's an increased liklihood that both benches will be warned, since he hit the aforementioned home run last night.

update: For all you fellow lovers of A Christmas Story....

Mom: "Whatcha cryin' for?"
TR: "Oswalt's gonna plunk, Fonzy (Soriano's unofficial nickname)."
Mom: "I promise you, Oswalt is not going to Plunk Fonzy"


















2nd update: I was either wrong, or just being sarcastic. You'll never the truth.




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