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Bradley - veryzer - 09-19-2009
<!--quoteo(post=63662:date=Sep 18 2009, 09:54 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Sep 18 2009, 09:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=63645:date=Sep 18 2009, 04:43 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 18 2009, 04:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=63588:date=Sep 18 2009, 08:41 AM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ Sep 18 2009, 08:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=63586:date=Sep 18 2009, 08:33 AM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 18 2009, 08:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->then explain to me again why we want to bring this douchebag back next year, cuz i don't see it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Because I can handle him yelling at the media if he put's up an .821 OPS.
Because there are no better options.
Because there are worse ways a player can conduct himself, like shooting himself in the leg, driving under the influence, punching cab drivers, "making it rain" in strip clubs, etc.
You can pick one of those, I don't really care which.
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his is the weakest .821 ops ever. you know it. he's like adam dunn, but with no power. if he didn't take a walk, he'd be useless. the best thing you can say about him is that he isn't a criminal. yippy fucky doo! and anything is a better option. i'd rather see fox get the job than have this douchebag come back.
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His OPS isn't even the problem you have with him. You're obsessed with the way the guy conducts himself.
So he's not a model citizen. He's still is the best option the Cubs have in right field next year. Do you really want to make the Cubs a worse team because he Milton Bradley cries from time to time?
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you are completely and totally wrong. if bradley was performing the way he's supposed to be, i'd live with the other shit. he's not though. he sucks and that makes his attitude that much worse.
Bradley - biggz - 09-20-2009
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...,0,438340.story
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec--><i>Milton Bradley </i>was in Saturday's starting lineup and took batting and fielding practice.
Everything looked fine until he pulled himself out of the lineup about an hour before the game, telling trainer <i> Mark O'Neal </i>he couldn't go because of his sore left knee.
Bradley expressed his unhappiness to the Daily Herald, saying, "You understand why they haven't won in 100 years here."
He said he hasn't enjoyed his first season in Chicago.
"Not really," he said. "It's just not a positive environment. I need a stable, healthy, enjoyable environment. ... It's just negativity."
Manager <i> Lou Piniella </i>couldn't say what would happen next.
"I don't know," he said. "I'm not going to say [he's] day-to-day."
With only 15 games left, is there a possibility the Cubs would shut Bradley down for the rest of the season?
"That's all we talk about, [is] shutting people down," Piniella said. "We have 15 games to go."
<b>Why not put him on the disabled list?
The Cubs are on the hook for the second season of Bradley's three-year, $30 million contract, but they could buy out the third year for $2 million if he is on the disabled list at the end of 2009 with a knee injury and is not on the active roster by April 15.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I never knew that about the buyout. Interesting...
Bradley - jstraw - 09-20-2009
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<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec--><i>Milton Bradley </i>was in Saturday's starting lineup and took batting and fielding practice.
Everything looked fine until he pulled himself out of the lineup about an hour before the game, telling trainer <i> Mark O'Neal </i>he couldn't go because of his sore left knee.
Bradley expressed his unhappiness to the Daily Herald, saying, "You understand why they haven't won in 100 years here."
He said he hasn't enjoyed his first season in Chicago.
"Not really," he said. "It's just not a positive environment. I need a stable, healthy, enjoyable environment. ... It's just negativity."
Manager <i> Lou Piniella </i>couldn't say what would happen next.
"I don't know," he said. "I'm not going to say [he's] day-to-day."
With only 15 games left, is there a possibility the Cubs would shut Bradley down for the rest of the season?
"That's all we talk about, [is] shutting people down," Piniella said. "We have 15 games to go."
<b>Why not put him on the disabled list?
The Cubs are on the hook for the second season of Bradley's three-year, $30 million contract, but they could buy out the third year for $2 million if he is on the disabled list at the end of 2009 with a knee injury and is not on the active roster by April 15.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I never knew that about the buyout. Interesting...
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VERY interesting. Would it mean that have to commit to NOT having him for the third year. It would be just like Milt to get bought out and then have a great 2010.
Bradley - Ace - 09-20-2009
Wow, I had no idea about that either.
Bradley - rok - 09-20-2009
They soooo need to make that happen. I can live with this guy for another season, but not 2.
Bradley - PcB - 09-20-2009
Can I suggest that he knows about the buyout and he took himself out of the game the other day on purpose? Everyone in the world knows he wants out, and that's the only way that he can do anything about leaving.
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ST. LOUIS - Milton Bradley was a late scratch from Saturday's Cubs lineup, and it appears he's scratching himself from the team's future plans more and more each day.
In a brief one-on-one interview Saturday with the Daily Herald, Bradley talked of his unhappiness and said, "you understand why they haven't won in 100 years here."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Full article here.
Bradley - veryzer - 09-20-2009
<!--quoteo(post=63712:date=Sep 20 2009, 10:52 AM:name=PcB)-->QUOTE (PcB @ Sep 20 2009, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Can I suggest that he knows about the buyout and he took himself out of the game the other day on purpose? Everyone in the world knows he wants out, and that's the only way that he can do anything about leaving.
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ST. LOUIS - Milton Bradley was a late scratch from Saturday's Cubs lineup, and it appears he's scratching himself from the team's future plans more and more each day.
In a brief one-on-one interview Saturday with the Daily Herald, Bradley talked of his unhappiness and said, "you understand why they haven't won in 100 years here."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Full article here.
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wow. what a tool.
Bradley - PcB - 09-20-2009
<!--quoteo(post=63713:date=Sep 20 2009, 10:55 AM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 20 2009, 10:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=63712:date=Sep 20 2009, 10:52 AM:name=PcB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PcB @ Sep 20 2009, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Can I suggest that he knows about the buyout and he took himself out of the game the other day on purpose? Everyone in the world knows he wants out, and that's the only way that he can do anything about leaving.
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ST. LOUIS - Milton Bradley was a late scratch from Saturday's Cubs lineup, and it appears he's scratching himself from the team's future plans more and more each day.
In a brief one-on-one interview Saturday with the Daily Herald, Bradley talked of his unhappiness and said, "you understand why they haven't won in 100 years here."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Full article here.
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wow. what a tool.
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Yeah, I can't believe this wasn't a bigger story.
Bradley - jstraw - 09-20-2009
It's almost all re-hashed shit but this quote is pretty good:
"You got out there and you play harder than anybody on the field and never get credit for it. "
Excuse me?
Bradley - rok - 09-20-2009
<!--quoteo(post=63718:date=Sep 20 2009, 12:47 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Sep 20 2009, 12:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->It's almost all re-hashed shit but this quote is pretty good:
"You got out there and you play harder than anybody on the field and never get credit for it. "
Excuse me?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He's a whiny, self-absorbed, cross-bearing cunt. Why did he ever want to come here in the first place?
Bradley - Kid - 09-20-2009
From Wittenmyer's Twitter feed:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Bradley not here. Team expected to say why in next hour or so. Suspension or DL.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bradley - Kid - 09-20-2009
Sullivan:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->ST. LOUIS -- It might be game over, at least for a while, for Milton Bradley.
The outspoken outfielder, who took shots at the franchise in a Saturday interview with the Daily Herald, is not with the team as the Cubs prepare for a 7:05 p.m. game against the division-leading Cardinals.
Bradley's whereabouts are unknown but general manager Jim Hendry will address the team within the hour.
The Cubs signed the oft-moved Bradley to a three-year, $30 million contract in the off-season but are expected to try to trade him this off-season after one disappointing campaign on the North Side.
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Bradley - Kid - 09-20-2009
Now from Wittenmyer:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Bradley suspended rest of year for comments to media.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bradley - Kid - 09-20-2009
And Sullivan:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->ST. LOUIS -- For this season, it's game over for Milton Bradley.
The outspoken outfielder, who took shots at the Cubs in a Saturday interview with the Daily Herald, has been suspended for the rest of the season, according to general manager Jim Hendry.
"The last few days became too much for me to tolerate," Hendry said.
Bradley is not with the team as the Cubs prepare for a 7:05 p.m. game against the division-leading Cardinals. Bradley's whereabouts are unknown.
The Cubs signed the oft-moved Bradley to a three-year, $30 million contract in the off-season but are expected to try to trade him this off-season after one disappointing campaign on the North Side.
More to come.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bradley - jstraw - 09-20-2009
Does this mean they blew the chance to exersize that 3rd year, $2MM, DL buyout?