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I kind of thought this would be thier attitude all along
Honestly I was just afraid to say it for fear of the flames
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
by carolinacub on Dec 9, 2009 3:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
My Xmas wish will not come true.
Oh well. Sucks being an adult.
by chilango2 on Dec 9, 2009 3:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Too bad [name redacted] doesn't know what it's like . . . .
This probably reflects more on Hendry than anything else.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 9, 2009 3:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The idea of just releasing Milton is both ignorant and foolish.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Dec 9, 2009 3:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
That's why I like it!
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
by dtpollitt on Dec 9, 2009 3:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
♥ I totally get you...
and you totally get me. ♥
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Dec 9, 2009 3:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
But could threatening it
encourage a team hoping to use the Cubs to take out their trash become more inclined to deal?
Is he traded yet?
by DGU on Dec 9, 2009 3:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Imagine those team's fans lamenting the loss of their favorite player like we have here!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Dec 9, 2009 3:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Between this...
…and Lou’s quote in this article, the Cubs don’t seem to have any leverage whatsoever. Right now, it feels like Hendry is going to beg and plead for any kind of trade. And when he comes up empty, he’s going to go moping back to the Tampa Bay Rays, take Pat Burrell and pay all of Milton’s salary for 2011.
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by dat cubfan daver on Dec 9, 2009 3:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow...
This news just keeps pissing me off. Literally the best possibly solution out of this whole fiasco is to keep bradley. Why can’t they sit his ass down and tell him " Look, get your head out of your ass. We paid you alot of money and gave you the contract you wanted. You owe us big time! Stop being a P.O.S. crybaby and deliver."
by BadDecisions on Dec 9, 2009 7:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Why can’t they sit his ass down and tell him " Look, get your head out of your ass. We paid you alot of money and gave you the contract you wanted. You owe us big time! Stop being a P.O.S. crybaby and deliver."
Thin skinned people like bradley wont take kindly to that
This Chicago Cubs team is currently Aaron free. Keep it that way, please.
by jesus christos on Dec 9, 2009 7:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
sadly your right...
this guy is more emotionally unstable than a teenage 16 year old girl.
by BadDecisions on Dec 9, 2009 7:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I suspect they already tried that.
The bridges weren’t just burned, they were nuked.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al Yellon on Dec 9, 2009 7:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i wonder what shoes bradley likes...
This Chicago Cubs team is currently Aaron free. Keep it that way, please.
by jesus christos on Dec 9, 2009 7:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't really care if he's thin skinned or not
And you’re right Al they probably tried it already..BUT they need to do it again and again and again till it takes hold.
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
by carolinacub on Dec 10, 2009 7:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
There are some people you can do that with again and again and again...
… and it never changes a thing.
I suspect Milton Bradley is one of those kind of people.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al Yellon on Dec 10, 2009 8:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate to say it...
…but Zambrano seems to fit that same mold in a more subtle manner.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Dec 10, 2009 8:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The definition of insanity
Doing the same thing the same way and expecting different results.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 10, 2009 9:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
AGREE 100 % .....
This is a mess for the Cubs . They knew that Bradley had alot of problems before the deal was inked . But yet they went thru with it . Gotta wonder what Hendry and Lou were thinking . Ricketts really has to sit back and take a very long hard look at this mess. ( And try to prevent this from happening again )
by cubs north on Dec 10, 2009 12:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hendry can't put this on Lou...
…or anyone else, it was and should have been his final call.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Dec 10, 2009 8:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think most clubs...
…can see through any smoke screen the Cubs would want to put up regarding Bradley, and wouldn’t fall for it.
Again, all you have to do here is put yourself in the shoes of another GM and what would you require to take on someone like Bradley? The answer is; basically eliminating your risk as much as possible. The Cubs aren’t looking real good in regards to this whole debacle, and no one else wants to be the next one to grab the hot potato unless they are protected.
To me, Ricketts has made a stand, and that stand is he is not going to allow Hendry or anyone in the future to piss away money without a decent return on investment. He may indeed stand his ground on this one and deal with the short term pain to send a message to the league in how they will do business and to let Hendry know money doesn’t grow on trees.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Dec 10, 2009 8:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Santa told me I was a good boy this year...
…and I’m getting my wishes.
So let’s just wait a few weeks, eh?
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
by dtpollitt on Dec 9, 2009 3:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Can I borrow the Richard Simmons shorts sometime then?
Assuming you haven’t taken them off your list this year.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Dec 9, 2009 3:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
U2 must stop!!
I can’t laugh any more!
I would sleep with Blou if it meant the Cubs would win a WS. by Doggie Stalker on Aug 22, 2009 4:11 PM EDT
by cubsluver22 on Dec 9, 2009 3:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Taken them off his list?
He hasn’t taken them off!
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Dec 9, 2009 3:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, I had to buy a SECOND BeDazzler!
The first one broke after I put too many rhinestones on the Simmons shorts. 
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
by dtpollitt on Dec 9, 2009 3:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I forgot to tell you...
you misspelled “Juicy”.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Dec 9, 2009 3:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes I wish Crane Kenney would learn to shut up
They really need to fire this clown.
Officially Aaron Free since 12/3/2009. Good work Hendry.
by nji232 on Dec 9, 2009 3:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This may be a stupid question...
…but why would the Cubs release him over sending him to the ICubs? Can he file some sort of grievance with the union? Is it not worth the disruption he would cause at the minor leauge level?
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Dec 9, 2009 3:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
what reason
do you give for sending him to the minors?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Dec 9, 2009 3:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
To work on his tantrums
I would sleep with Blou if it meant the Cubs would win a WS. by Doggie Stalker on Aug 22, 2009 4:11 PM EDT
by cubsluver22 on Dec 9, 2009 3:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
To build up some confidence from the left side of the plate.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Dec 9, 2009 3:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Because the Des Moines media promised to be nice to him.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al Yellon on Dec 9, 2009 3:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
"Of course I enjoy sweet corn, what else you got?"
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by dat cubfan daver on Dec 9, 2009 3:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
To prevent him from being signed by an opponent...
…and hurting us in the future.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Dec 9, 2009 5:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Presumably, Bradley has too much major league service time to be sent to the minors.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Dec 10, 2009 8:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It would be the ultimate test to see if Ryno is ready to manage in the big leagues
Kinda like Kwai Chang Caine on that old tv show – Kung Fu.
Dodge the flying spears? Peoria. ✔
Walk the rice paper without leaving a mark? Tennessee. ✔
Snatch the pebble from the hand? Iowa. ✔
Use your bare arms to lift and carry a cast-iron cauldron full of red-hot burning coals? Bradley.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Dec 9, 2009 6:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The idea of relasing him is appealing -
and would probably be helpful in terms allowing jimmy to work on other moves but I still don’t see it happening before spring training report date – until then there might as well be a ‘mb rumored to being going to ____’ post every day
by doofus cubs guy on Dec 9, 2009 4:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
wonder if we can work a buyout
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
by Cubbie-Tim on Dec 9, 2009 10:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Good luck...
…on that one!!!!
The players association would never allow that to happen.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Dec 10, 2009 8:47 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If they won't release him, they probably won't buy him out.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Dec 10, 2009 8:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
A release of Milton Bradley is not going to happen at all.
Check the linked article above.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Dec 10, 2009 8:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We don't run away from our problems.
We just have priests sprinkle holy water.
"I'd rather hit home runs you don't have to run as hard." -- Dave Kingman
by BucknerKongCardenal on Dec 9, 2009 10:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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