Gammons blurb on Bradley/Peavy

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"• During the GM meetings at Dana Point, Calif., last November, Cubs GM Jim Hendry drove to L.A. and dined with Milton Bradley. Since then, Bradley has been an inevitability for the Cubs, who need his left-handed bat in their righty-heavy lineup, and his fire, passion and productivity (Bradley led the AL in OPS in 2008). Hendry still wants another starting pitcher and hasn't given up on Jake Peavy, but that may be an ownership issue."

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WE ARE SO CLOSE TO BE A POWERHOUSE .. WINNER TAKE ALL … ALL WE NEED IS A FEW MORE PIECES TO THE PUZZLE .. I AGREE WE NEED PEAVEY . WHAT A PTCHERS LINE UP . ZAMBRANO , PEAVEY , DEMPSTER , HARDEN , LILLY .. THAT LINE UP WE WILL NOT GO INTO ANY LONG TERM LOSING STREAKS .. ALL POTENTIAL 20 GAME WINNERS .. ALL STOPPERS .. NO WEAK LINK IN THE CHAIN . ONE AWESOME PITCHER AFTER ANOTHER .. SECONDLY WE NEED BRIAN ROBERTS FOR LEAD OFF MAN .. THIRDLY WE NEED MILTON BRADLEY FOR A LEFT HANDED BAT .. WE ARE SOOOO CLOSE . WE HAVE THOSE EXTRA ARMS FROM CLEVLAND FOR TRADE BAIT ALONG WITH PIE ,CEDANO , MARSHALL , ETC . ETC .. ANY THOUGHTS ???

by CUBFANINAZ on Jan 3, 2009 1:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

My thoughts: please fix your caps lock

"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano

by JohnM on Jan 3, 2009 2:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I kinda like it ^^

It’s like his signature style. Look at his name for example. Haha, I kid, I kid. Calm down “Naz”.

by MattHaggard on Jan 4, 2009 12:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Stop screaming.

by jerry morales rules on Jan 3, 2009 2:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I've asked him to do this in another thread.

I’ll ask again.

Please take your caps lock off.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 3:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Looks like some sort of National Weather service announcement...

by LT on Jan 4, 2009 6:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You mean like this one?

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OF LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
MOVE INTO THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY…AND WESTERN ADIRONDACKS
BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. THE PRECIPITATION IS VERY LIGHT AND PATCHY
WITH A DRY AIR MASS OVER THE REGION. THE PRECIPITATION MAY PUSH
EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY
PRIOR TO 11 PM. AN ISOLATED LIGHT COATING OF ICE ON UNTREATED
SURFACES SUCH AS SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY
CONDITIONS. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS MAY BE A TRACE TO A STRAY
HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Jan 4, 2009 8:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Enter Brick:

by EJThunder on Jan 5, 2009 4:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Its pretty funny...

I can picture us all having a nice relaxed conversation and this guy storms through the door, screaming at the top of his lungs for no reason.

haha

by EJThunder on Jan 4, 2009 5:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He's the anti-NOMAR.

Yes, yes ... winter is indeed a pond upon which all of us must skate, braving frostbite and runny noses in the hopes that our cars will start and we shan't embarass ourselves slipping on a patch of black ice. Spring is more a quagmire of cold mud and slush, and fall is a pile of fallen leaves that may or may not hide a pile of doggy doo-doo. But summer, ah summer is an oasis of endless green that disappears all too quickly beneath our feet as we rush through its warm, glorious bliss.

by dat cubfan daver on Jan 5, 2009 8:09 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I've been waiting to use this...

by CubFan81 on Jan 6, 2009 8:50 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

LOL, +1

by dat cubfan daver on Jan 6, 2009 9:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice!

Bleed Cubbie Blue: Like Drāno for your internet tubes.

by znohitter on Jan 6, 2009 5:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Not quite.

We will watch, mark my words, as Milton Bradley sucks the life out of this team until he hits the DL. The very hyper-sensitive Cubs will never recover; and they won’t have salary room to add a replacement when he goes down.

Bradley is a ploy to create discontent so Hendry can dump salaries without public demand for high returns on trades. He needs to do this to avoid the 2010 salary bomb.

Despite the dreamland hopes of some Cubs fans, Milton Bradley won’t suddenly stop being Milton Bradley just because he put on a Cubs uniform.

I predict we will look back at the Bradley signing as the catalyst that blew-up the Cubs’ chances for a World Series, and that Jim Hendry will forever be insisting it wasn’t all Bradley’s fault and we couldn’t REALLY have seen how bad it would work out…….blah blah blah…..as he interviews for GM positions with other teams.

"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez

"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."

by The Jade Scorpion on Jan 3, 2009 1:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Bradley

We will watch, mark my words, as Milton Bradley sucks the life out of this team until he hits the DL

By all accounts, Bradley is a great teammate. Yes, he has caused problems elsewhere, but those who have played with him say he’s fantastic in the clubhouse and great to have on your team.

by dmlichte on Jan 3, 2009 4:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hitting the DL is the biggest problem I have with Bradley.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 4:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

thats fair

and my biggest problem is his inability to realize that dealing with the press and fans is part of the job. But the implication was that he’ll suck the life out of the team and according to those in the sport, his teammates love playing with him.

by dmlichte on Jan 3, 2009 9:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

As I have said in another thread...

… sure, his teammates say he’s great. But NONE of the problems associated with Bradley have come with any of his teammates. They’re all with umpires, fans and broadcasters. That’s the worry.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Jan 4, 2009 4:49 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I hope your wrong

Bradley is a gamble … I agree .. Maybe he can grow up and realize he is going to make approx 10mil a year .. And a chance to go to the world series .. And hopefully not be so injury prone . Bradley will have the his best supporting cast ever .. That line up could possibly bring the best out of him .. Also hitting in Wrigley Field could add a few more homeruns to his stats

by CUBFANINAZ on Jan 3, 2009 7:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ahhh, much better. Thanks.

by dat cubfan daver on Jan 5, 2009 8:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Milton Bradley will be just fine

He is a smackdown professional hitter who is going to inject needed life and left-hand presence into this lineup. And playing on a healthy knee he will return to being a plus defensive outfielder.

The guy is a bad dude. We all know that. But if he can be a big part of getting this team to World Series glory then I’m all for it.

by BLou on Jan 3, 2009 1:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

You have done quite a change of pace of late on Bradley...

You’ve come a long way from when you were calling Bradley a criminal and saying you wanted no part of him. Just curious, but why the change of heart? You seemed so adamant about it before.

by SouthernCub on Jan 3, 2009 6:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Because he is the best available from a mediocre bunch

Look, Adam Dunn does not fit with the Cubs. We have no place to hide him on the field.

by BLou on Jan 4, 2009 4:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Fair enough

by SouthernCub on Jan 4, 2009 4:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

So, just to confirm, he's no longer human feces, right?

by dat cubfan daver on Jan 5, 2009 8:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't say that, now did I

Milton Bradley is a garbage human being. You can’t ignore the seething anger that lies under the surface. Or the troubling exits he had from Montreal, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Oakland and San Diego. Or the fact that as recent as next year he wanted to do bodily harm to the Kansas City announcer crew.

Bradley is a mess. Odds are that a guy like him will be dead or in prison by the age of 50.

But is he the best fit on the Cubs of the choices available? Yes. I also think Lou Piniella will successfully keep Bradley in line. And I’d like to believe that Bradley sorely wants to prove his world of distractors wrong with a couple years of monster performance. A healthy Bradley is a very good baseball player. Even if he is garbage as a person.

by BLou on Jan 5, 2009 10:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, but you DID say that.

You said it right here. Here’s the exact quote:

The guy is indeed human feces and it is hard to look past his multiple transgressions over the years.

Remember, friend, you’re on the Internet. And, getting back to the subject at hand, I think you’re blowing Bradley’s transgressions way out of proportion. The man clearly has some anger management issues; but that doesn’t make him “garbage.”

by dat cubfan daver on Jan 5, 2009 10:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I believe he was saying...

that he hasn’t changed his opinion on Bradley as a person (i.e., still thinks he’s human feces), but has concluded that Bradley is the best on-field option.

by SouthernCub on Jan 5, 2009 10:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well...

Go back and investigate his departures from other teams. In Montreal he threated to knock the esteemed 70-something Felipe Alou on his ass. In Cleveland he came to near blows with Charlie Manuel. In Los Angeles he got into it with teammates and the fans. In San Diego he couldn’t restrain himself when the 1st base umpire apparently called him a “f-in’ p.o.s.” Last year in Texas he tried to go after the KC radio announcing crew.

I guess maybe you and I have different definitions of what qualifies as proper human behavior. Fact is Bradley is a product of the streets and has lived his life accordingly. It ultimately will be what does him in I would venture to guess.

by BLou on Jan 5, 2009 10:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Alright, whatever.

You make him sound like 50 Cent. I certainly don’t think that behavior is appropriate, but I don’t think it necessarily qualifies him as a “garbage human being” either. Many players have gotten into verbal – and, yes, sometimes physical altercations – with other players, managers, coaches, fans. It happens. But it’s not like Bradley was caught transporting a minor across state lines or selling crack to 10-year-olds. His past behavior is certainly a risk factor – but I think it’s getting way, way overblown.

by dat cubfan daver on Jan 5, 2009 11:03 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs