.296/.387/.556/.943

There are too many spoiled rotten Cubs fans that think that players are always going to perform perfectly. The guy has been here 40 games and hurt for a portion of the time. He has performed well of late. What is the world are the morons booing?

Bradley’s not PC. He says what he thinks. As long as he gives it everything he has on the field, I really don’t care about how he manages his media perception.

“Do you want a bunch of duds walking around with their shoulders slumped and having no emotions, no feelings?” Bradley said. "I don’t think the fans want that. I think they want a guy who’s going to get into the game and feel a little bit. I’ve always said, ‘I don’t really play baseball, I feel it.’ "

That’s freakin’ AWESOME. I love this guy more and more every day.

last night felt like mid-2008. This team CAN go deep.

…as in the verb- ‘to utter the sound ’boooo’, I apologize. You definitely offer a resounding, figurative boo with each and every post you write on Milton. I respect that you have your own blog and that Al personally knows you, but those factors don’t mitigate your deeply misguided opinions on a misunderstood ball player.

Re most of these issues are irrelevant: which ones? the fact that he is respected and liked by most of the players he has played with? The fact that he is owning up to his short falls? The fact that he has won the last two games for us and is starting to move back towards the mean of his lifetime splits?

Finally, where do you get off saying that he has made no attempts to be fan friendly? What about when he signed to play for the Cubs. He wanted to come here because of the baseball culture that is Chicago and Wrigley field. What about his owning up to his deficits? What about his performance of late? I guess none of those matter when folks just plain hate you.

What has he done to overtly make himself un-fan friendly since being a cub? Appealing a weak suspension by a trigger happy ump? Oh yeah, he got hurt. I forgot. I would argue that Bradley may be, at times, inefficient in his ability to speak to the media and that his passion for the game has never truly been respected or understood. This persona that you talk about…Is that fostered by Bradley himself or by a media corp who loves controversy and a fan base that loves to read about said controversy?

What about hitting a baseball 440 + feet out of the deepest part of the park off of the pitcher who so many Cubs fans so badly want to see in a Cubs uniform because he is SO dominant?

The guy can hit the ball. What he does inside the lines is what’s important. His stats over the last 8 games, when the Cubs have need him the most, are impressive.

I have to figure the people booing are the drunk frat boys and people who get free tickets in the city. It’s trendy to boo.

Slightly OT, but last year I was at a game and some people like I described above were behind me. One said to the other: “Who’s this DeSoto guy?” Instant facepalm.

As a dieharb Cub fan stuck here in PA, I hear a lot of Phillies talk, radio, etc… some people both in the oganization and around it admitted last year that it drove them CRAZY how last year’s team didn’t seem to get upset when they lost…never got too up or too down. But they won a championship so that approach worked for those particular players at that particular time.

Personally, I’d much rather root for a guy who plays with his “heart on his sleeve” (Bradley) than the afore-mentioned “oh well, let’s have a steak” kind of player. It’s more interesting to watch and you at least feel like they care, e.g., Big Z as compared to Pat Burrell.

But after 40+ years of heartache, I just want a World Series victory. Milton seems like the kind of guy who would only wave a white flag if it had a blue “W” on it and we’ll see if his “tude” makes a difference in the post-season, which I’m hoping it does. So talk to the press or don’t talk; ask for love or don’t ask for love, I don’t care…just win.

not just playing baseball, but feeling it.

That is exactly what the nice guy Cubbies needed in the clubhouse and in the field.

He listed reasons as to why people might be on Bradley’s case. He didn’t say that he was on Bradley’s case because of it, nor did he say that people should be on Bradley’s case.

In fact, he is correct. Case in point — Todd Hundley. Hundley’s whiny, me-first, excuse-filled attitude earned him the ire of fans a lot quicker than his interstate batting average — despite the fact that Cub fans wanted to love him because he’s Randy’s kid.

But, instead of taking the time to understand what Damon wrote, it’s so much easier to say, “A CUB IS BEING ATTACKED! TO THE AD HOMINEM MOBILE!”

Mike Fontentot is short. There, I said it . . . let the attacks commence.

I don’t think think anyone has mentioned how the media was all over Bradley because he wouldn’t talked to him and then others complained that he had to be asked by Lou and finally only consented to an article with mlb.com. I imagine this isn’t a one on one interview but it definitely shows that he is talking atleast at the media.

Unfortunately it seems that short of bringing the Cubs a World Series title on his own there will be some who just won’t like the guy and will look to make every mistake a reason to hate him, while other players receive a free pass for similar behavior.