it’s JUST late April .. the ivy hasn’t even come out yet and I bet the permafrost in the bleachers hasn’t thawed yet.

Good night, are the jumpers lining up already or what??

but moreso when we still had Pie. I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to take one more year’s worth of a crack at Pie panning out, playing him when Bradley was out. Which is to say – you’re right that our roster is exceedingly awkward when Bradley is out. What we need, at this point, is to be able to swap Gathright out for a LH OF Lou will play. Mark Teahen would have fit this club well, with his ability to play RF and 3B.

about the Cubs that WE as fans are unable to change!

jury’s out until we are eliminated from the postseason.

We signed him thinking we had the talent and depth to ride out a few of his injuries; the judgment on MB won’t come until the postseason, or (heaven forbid) until we fall out of playoff contention.

But the article is a bit harsh. I personally can’t put anybody on my shitlist until after 30 team games. Afterwards, all bets are off.

This article is a kneejerk, impatient, ridiculously emotional (read: whiny) pre-emptive “I told you so.” (And just because the author writes “I know this will be viewed as a knee-jerk reaction” doesn’t make it any less of one.) I love this line:

…there’s nothing in logic or statistics to back up an argument to keep him in Chicago.

Yeah, what good could a guy projected to put up a .927 OPS in 114 games (per CHONE) do the Chicago Cubs? I mean, c’mon, he’s not talking to the media! Kick his ass to the curb!

I’m not going to sit here and say Bradley has gotten off to a good start. In fact, he’s gotten off to a comically bad one. 1 hit in 30 PAs. Already hurt. Already fighting a suspension. It’s hilarious! It’s also April. There are a lot of games left to play – and Milton Bradley is very good at baseball.

Thought he was overrated, injury prone, a head case, etc. However, I am not ready to write him off just yet. I truly hope that he succeeds during his time here with the Cubs. I just don’t like the people who seem to actually enjoy the fact that Bradley is doing poorly (and I am not saying this fanshot or the author is doing that, but there are definitely people on this site that do).

On Thursday, the Cubs lost a game to the Cincinnati Reds in large part because Micah Hoffpaiur was playing right field poorly. They haven’t scored enough runs to win games because their batting order has fluctuated daily. There has not been a consistent day from the Cubs in weeks.

Bradley is to blame.

Is he kidding? Give me a BREAK. Bradley didn’t trade Mark DeRosa, and Bradley didn’t make Micah Hoffpauir play badly. Christ. At least I know to never go back to that site again.

Last year, when the Cubs had the best record in the National League, they had a consistent batting order that only changed when Piniella swapped Jim Edmonds for Reed Johnson or Henry Blanco gave Geovany Soto a break.

Yeah, this writer has memory issues. The lineup changed a LOT at the beginning of the season last year, as Dome struggled, Pie was sent down, Riot was moved around… Sheesh.