MESA, Ariz. -- Rafael Lopez knows his days in the Cubs' big
league camp are numbered. Alfonso Soriano reminds him almost
daily.  It's not that Lopez is vying for Soriano's job in left
field. Lopez, 25, has not played above Class A Daytona, and he's
a converted catcher. More on that later. Soriano, 37, is
entering his 13th season and has played in two World Series.
Lopez, though, was a pretty good bunter for one day and beat
Soriano in the first round of the Cubs tournament.  "I told him,
'If you beat me in the bunt tournament, I'll give you a week
until I send you down,'" Soriano said. "Now I tell him, 'You
have two or three days in the big league show.'"  That was last
Friday, and Lopez hasn't gotten a tap on his shoulder yet.
"[Soriano's] been teasing me about it -- it was 'fun love,'"
Lopez said. "They've given me a hard time, but all out of love."
Soriano was joking. That's part of the rites of Spring Training.
"Most of the young guys, when they come to the big league camp,
they feel a little nervous