In case you hadn’t heard, yesterday the Cubs placed dumb guy Alfonso Soriano on the 15-day disabled list and called up dumb guy Eric Patterson to take his place. Soriano injured his calf, or hamstring, or hoof or something on his first chance Tuesday night. Presumably, Mike Fontenot will get a fair amount of playing time at second base with Mark DeRosa shifting to left field to take Soriano’s place. Patterson will take Soriano’s place in the Cubs’ weekly spelling bees.
As has been mentioned, this move fits right in with Hendry’s M.O. for insisting upon carrying 10 second basemen on the 25-man roster. It also makes one wonder if Hendry didn’t catch Matt Murton and Sean Marshall double-teaming his ex-wife.
