All Star Game

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Soriano had gotten off to a quick start, hitting a solo home run in his first at bat of the 2009 season Mark Sanchez jersey
. Soriano also hit a game tying solo home run off LaTroy Hawkins in the 8th inning in the second game of the young season.Justin Tuck jersey On April 11, Soriano hit a 2-run home run off of Carlos Villanueva in the top of the ninth giving the Cubs a 6 to 5 victory over rival Milwaukee. Comcast Sportsnet awarded Soriano with "Play of the Day."[40]. Soriano homered again, the very next day, on the first pitch he saw from Jeff Suppan, his 51st lead-off home run. On April 17 with one out in the bottom of the eighth Soriano hit a two run home run to give the Cubs a 8?C7 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals.[41] However, Soriano only hit .216 in the month of May.Desean Jackson jersey
In voting for the 2009 All Star Game, Soriano was fourth among NL outfielders (2,692,994 votes), trailing Ryan Braun (4,138,559), Raúl Ibá?ez (4,053,355), and Carlos Beltran (2,812,295).Michael Vick jersey

Shortly before the All Star break, manager Lou Piniella dropped Soriano in the batting order and made it clear that it was not a temporary change. For the first time in his career, Soriano seemed to accept not being a leadoff hitter and actually praised his manager for making the necessary decision citing the fact that, "I'm not doing my job." nfl jersey http://www.c2cjersey.com

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Williams said he still remembers

Bryant said Sunday that he was drafted to play football and not carry another player's www.bizjerseys.com pads. He said he would feel the same if he was a free agent and not a first-round pick.

"Because it's Dez vs. Roy, that's why it's a big story," Williams said. "It's all in fun. I had to JOEY PORTER jersey do it and I was the seventh pick. ... If you don't want to do it, it's not like I'm going to put a gun to your head and make you do it."

Williams Joseph Addai jersey said he still remembers carrying Tai Streets' pads when he was a rookie with the Detroit Lions in 2004, and paying for plenty of meals -- something he Josh Freeman jersey expects Bryant to eventually do, too, though they haven't spoken about it yet.

"He wants to concentrate on football, and we're going to let him concentrate on football," Williams said. "But JUSTIN TUCK jersey
when we go out to eat, I'm going to be a little bit more hungry and thirsty."