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Article: MLB: Soriano placed on 15-day disabled list [Derived headline]
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- Burlington County Times
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- April 17, 2008
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MLB: Soriano placed on 15-day disabled list
Alfonso Soriano hopped onto the 15-day disabled list as the Chicago Cubs lost their star leadoff hitter with a strained right calf muscle.
Soriano was put on the DL after an MRI confirmed it was just a strain, an injury he got Tuesday night just seconds after making his familiar hop to catch a first-inning fly ball.
Soriano developed the quirky hop when he first moved from second base to the outfield with the Washington Nationals in 2006. He said after he missed some routine fly balls, he incorporated the hop for several reasons: to help him relax, to get to the ball sooner by lurching upward and to make it appear more difficult, thereby ...