Hoge: Soriano Much Classier Than The Fans Who Boo Him

" U.S. CELLULAR FIELD (CBS) Alfonso Soriano never really had a chance with Cubs fans.

In Chicago, three things are certain: death, taxes and booing — especially when a guy is making too much money.

Soriano signed an eight-year, $136 million contract with the Cubs in November of 2006 that included a full no-trade clause. At the start of the 2007 season, he was already 31 years old.

Even for a guy who hit .277 with 46 home runs and 95 RBI with the Nationals in 2006, the deal was questionable for a 30-year-old in his prime. Getting those kind of numbers from him for eight years was never going to happen and with the contract back-loaded to pay him $18 million annually in the last five years of the deal, Soriano was doomed.

So it’s his fault for signing the dotted line, right?

(That’s a rhetorical question, guy who just spilled his High Life and was getting ready to scream at the computer.)

I realize that booing is often a way for fans to voice their displeasure with management and at some point, I’m sure that was the case with Alfonso Soriano. But that ended a long time ago "

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