Confidence....

Confidence is the word of tonight's game. DOB has begged Bobby not to put Soriano in in the setup situation if Bonds was coming up in the order. Hell, DOB wanted Soriano benched even if it was just a tight game. No, Bobby wasn't listening. He trotted Soriano out before this sellout crowd, Bonds's home crowd, and asked him to pitch in a 4-2 game.

Soriano did more than that. After Striking off the leadoff man, Soriano pitched around bonds who managed a single up the middle. Then he induced Klesko into a double play to end the inning. 1 hit, no walks, no runs, one strikeout. That's a line we expect from Rafael Soriano, set up man. I think he'll be ok; now that this lion his his courage back.