apparently putting him in the 2 hole was in preparation for obtaining Roberts, counting chickens...,
“Well, look, ‘patience’…” he said. “Where did Soriano hit last year? He hit in the No. 1 hole. Where did he hit most of the spring? In the one-hole. Right? So he’s back to the one-hole. I don’t know what makes things so complicated or such changing. I mean, I am not going to be making excuses or giving explanations why I want to change the lineup from time to time. Every time I make a lineup change, I’m not going to sit here and be making explanations for it."
“I mean, that’s what I get paid to do and that’s what I’m going to do.” ...
'Oh, God,'' Piniella said. ''You [media] got all the lineups. I'm going to start calling you all at night when I make the lineups out. And then if you don't like it, you can blame yourselves.
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/877184,CST-SPT-cub04.articleWhat does Soriano think “the other reasons” were for Piniella switching him to the two-hole in the first place?
“I think it’s one of two reasons,” he said. “I think they thought they were going to get (Brian) Roberts, and the other reason was my legs. So it was one of those two. I don’t know which one, but they told me they were switching me to second because of my legs.”
http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2008/04/piniella-on-sor.html
