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Alfonso Soriano has more than a month left to try to join the exclusive 40-40 club, but it doesn't look like he'll need all of it.
With a pair of stolen bases in yesterday's 13-6 loss to the Atlanta Braves, the Washington Nationals left fielder moved closer to the power-speed milestone. He already has 41 home runs. He now has 34 steals to go along with them.
Soriano might be rubbing a few people the wrong way with his over-aggressive baserunning -- he took off for third yesterday with two outs in the fourth inning and Washington trailing by four runs, and he also was picked off first earlier in the game -- but he said he's just trying to help spark his team.
If Soriano steals six more bases, he'll become only the fourth player to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in one season, joining Jose Canseco (1988), Barry Bonds (1996) and Alex Rodriguez (1998). And if he makes a real push down the stretch, he might actually become the charter member of the 50-50 club.
"If I got off to a better start, maybe, but now it's too tough," he said. "There's one month left, and I know I cannot get 16 stolen bases in one month. If I get it, I'm going to be surprised."
Soriano also tied a franchise record yesterday with three doubles, though he wasn't gloating much about the accomplishment after another Nationals loss.

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