We don't run away from our problems. The fact it's painful doesn't change anything.

We don't run away from our problems. The fact it's painful doesn't change anything.

Crane Kenney on the idea of releasing Milton Bradley

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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

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

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

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

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

♥ 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

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

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

…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.

Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.

by daver on Dec 9, 2009 3:38 PM CST up reply actions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Taken them off his list?

He hasn’t taken them off!

Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.

by daver on Dec 9, 2009 3:39 PM CST up reply actions

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

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

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

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