"I say to myself I don't want to rush, I want to wait for the right time to go. They make the first two pitches two balls, I say now is the time to go...I see the fans screaming and I see when I get safe, I say to myself: 'I did it. I'm so happy.'"
(Alfonso Soriano, via Washington Post, 9/17/2006)
Soriano becomes a part of baseball history -- joins A-Rod and two big cheaters in the exclusive 40-40 club.
Speaking of history, Soriano will become part of Nationals history sometime in the late afternoon on October 1:
We say there's no chance he signs with the Nationals in the offseason.
So with 14 games left in the '06 campaign, is there anything left to talk about?
(Photo by Nick Wass/AP)
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