because he was in Texas when he pulled that stunt. Sooner or later (likely sooner) he’ll do that in Seattle, and you can watch the worm turn. Especially if he keeps hitting like he’s hitting.

some sort of moratorium on Bradley posts around here, I’ll respect that. However, a major-league player – or any athlete, really – flipping off fans is newsworthy by almost any standard. It’s hard to fault a poster for mentioning this when I’ve personally seen a half-dozen regional and national news outlets running blurbs with it.

Corey Patterson, Matt Murton, Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, etc.

It just makes BCB seem more like a Cubs forum than a frat house. It makes the posters (for the most part) seem so much more intelligent than over at Lookout Landing.

are run by teenagers, or adults who seem to display the same behavior. I saw one comment on a blog “….So what if we are profane? This is like a sports bar. We can say whatever we want…”

I’d guess the majority of the posters/participants who share that belief don’t have kids. I’d almost guess those on BCB who do drop F-Bombs are not parents.

We have the option to block certain Internet sites from children. TV’s V- Chip can help assert ‘parental control.’ I am not a parent. But I feel for those who are. This is tough. It’s a completely different world from when I grew up. I wasn’t assaulted with what kids are today. Still, I’m not for censorship. But a parent doesn’t want to wrap your child in saran wrap. What to do? You’d think purist sports blogs would be somewhat safe havens.

But what’s wrong with some commen decency when you know kids may want to participate in these blogs? This is not a problem here AT ALL. But at so many of the other sites, the constant profanity gets old. I don’t waste my time with them.

And, ak123, I’ve had the same issues posting at some other blogs as you have. I was even banned at Halo Heaven for asking the blogger to try to keep the profanity to a minimum. I guess I was spoiled by the decency here at BCB. The guy wrote me a personal E-Mail laced with obscenites for my comment. Unbelieveable.

i apologize, but i had to laugh

… that an outfielder is having warmup throws with the ball girl? Isn’t it always the case where two of the OF throw to each other, and the other one throws with a bullpen pitcher from his team, whichever OF is closest to the pen? That’s how the Cubs do it, anyway.

how the world is out to get you every step of the way.

Jim Hendry how could you be so wrong.

I certainly don’t remember Al telling Rangers fans to shut up in a post. Sure we had our hopes up last year that he could keep his cool and be an asset but we handled it much better than they are right now.

And it’s one thing for the posters on a blog to be unkind, but I expect a bit more graciousness from an SBNation site personally, who have spent much time and money pursuing a broader audience, many of which are not going to always agree with the hardcore fanboys.

Just sayin.

They’ll root for him, brush off this episode, but as we all know with Bradley, it all starts with something like this and just gathers steam. It’s going to be something else soon, then another thing, then another, and then people will realize they’ve all been enablers and will be yet another fan base taken for ride by Milton Bradley. In the meantime, the anonymity of the Internet allows them to be “tough guys” with the f bombs and the like. As Cub fans know, and Dodgers,Padres, etc fans know, the fools right now are the types at Lookout Landing. Eventually, whether they admit or not, they’ll know that, too.

YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT!

I don’t give people cookies for being courteous.