09-22-2009, 07:14 PM
The bloke seems like he was a cancer in the clubhouse. With him gone, seems like we are playing better baseball.
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09-22-2009, 07:18 PM
<!--quoteo(post=64065:date=Sep 22 2009, 05:03 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Sep 22 2009, 05:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64057:date=Sep 22 2009, 04:36 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Sep 22 2009, 04:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64042:date=Sep 22 2009, 03:46 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Sep 22 2009, 03:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'm trying to imagine a scenario where Bradley's son had any interactions with Cubs fans. And then Cubs fans hurling racial slurs at the three year old boy. I can't picture it. If this actually happened somehow, them Cubs fans ARE the most racist people on the planet. I'm just having a hard time picturing it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It never happened. <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeah...but it's such a crazy thing to say. Why on earth would anyone make something like that up? It's detrimental to people who actually suffer from bigotry. <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> He probably doesn't care about the repercussions making such a statement will have. The dude obviously has deep psychological issues, and I hope he will eventually seek help. I feel quite badly for his son, being used as a pawn. It's just sad.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
"That was some of the saddest stuff I've ever read. Fuck cancer and AIDS, ignorance is the scourge of the land." - tom v
09-22-2009, 07:40 PM
Not to stir the pot too much, but didn't Jaque and LaToya play the race card too?
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09-22-2009, 09:45 PM
<!--quoteo(post=64084:date=Sep 22 2009, 07:40 PM:name=MW4)-->QUOTE (MW4 @ Sep 22 2009, 07:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Not to stir the pot too much, but didn't Jaque and LaToya play the race card too?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
about 20 of the 33 pages of this thread are dedicated to that very topic.
09-23-2009, 10:37 AM
ESPN Link
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Mom: Bradley's travails affected focus Comment Email Print Share ESPN.com news services The mother of banished Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley said her son would consider returning to the team if it will have him back. The Cubs suspended the volatile Bradley on Sunday for the rest of the season for what amounted to conduct detrimental to the team, one day after he criticized the franchise in a newspaper interview. Speaking to the Chicago Sun-Times on Tuesday, Charlena Rector said: "All the people on TV keep saying, 'Oh, Milton has played his last game for the Cubs.' " But, she added, that won't be the case if Bradley has any say with management. "Milton eats, sleeps and drinks baseball. He loves it. That's all he wants to do," Rector told the newspaper. Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said he decided to send Bradley home after learning of the player's remarks in the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald of Illinois. Bradley, who was scratched from Saturday's lineup with a sore left knee, was quoted as saying "you understand why they haven't won in 100 years here." As of Tuesday, the Cubs still hadn't filed any formal papers with Major League Baseball, the players' union or Bradley's agents outlining the suspension. He remains absent from the team and it is still unclear whether the suspension is with or without pay. Bradley has two years remaining on a three-year, $30 million contract that he signed as a free agent last offseason. Hendry said Sunday he did not know if the relationship can be salvaged. "Recently, it's become intolerable to hear Milton talk about our great fans the way he has," Hendry said. "We pride ourselves on having the greatest fans in baseball, so at this time we felt it was best to send him home for the rest of the season." The Cubs haven't won the World Series since 1908 and, though they had high postseason hopes entering 2009, they are 78-72 through Tuesday and out of the playoff races. <b>According to his mother, Bradley's unhappiness in Chicago stems in part from racism that his 3-year-old son has faced at school. "When racism hit his 3-year-old baby in school, he couldn't take that," Rector said in a radio interview earlier this week, according to the Sun-Times. "Parents, teachers and their kids called him the n-word. He didn't even know it was a bad word until his mom told him." When asked why her son shared the information only with her this season, Rector said, "Milton is a quiet person. Stuff like that, he keeps to himself. He doesn't want to talk about that because he doesn't think anybody cares. It is a heartbreaking situation." She believes it affected his play. Bradley struggled at the plate, batting .257 with 12 homers and 40 RBIs this season, and was booed vigorously by home fans at Wrigley Field. "I watched his swing, and I could tell what was wrong," Rector told the Sun-Times. "His mind wasn't on baseball. He was thinking about all of these other things."</b> Information from The Associated Press and ESPN.com senior writer Jayson Stark was used in this report.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
09-23-2009, 10:57 AM
<!--quoteo(post=64137:date=Sep 23 2009, 09:37 AM:name=Coach)-->QUOTE (Coach @ Sep 23 2009, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->ESPN Link
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Mom: Bradley's travails affected focus Comment Email Print Share ESPN.com news services The mother of banished Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley said her son would consider returning to the team if it will have him back. The Cubs suspended the volatile Bradley on Sunday for the rest of the season for what amounted to conduct detrimental to the team, one day after he criticized the franchise in a newspaper interview. Speaking to the Chicago Sun-Times on Tuesday, Charlena Rector said: "All the people on TV keep saying, 'Oh, Milton has played his last game for the Cubs.' " But, she added, that won't be the case if Bradley has any say with management. "Milton eats, sleeps and drinks baseball. He loves it. That's all he wants to do," Rector told the newspaper. Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said he decided to send Bradley home after learning of the player's remarks in the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald of Illinois. Bradley, who was scratched from Saturday's lineup with a sore left knee, was quoted as saying "you understand why they haven't won in 100 years here." As of Tuesday, the Cubs still hadn't filed any formal papers with Major League Baseball, the players' union or Bradley's agents outlining the suspension. He remains absent from the team and it is still unclear whether the suspension is with or without pay. Bradley has two years remaining on a three-year, $30 million contract that he signed as a free agent last offseason. Hendry said Sunday he did not know if the relationship can be salvaged. "Recently, it's become intolerable to hear Milton talk about our great fans the way he has," Hendry said. "We pride ourselves on having the greatest fans in baseball, so at this time we felt it was best to send him home for the rest of the season." The Cubs haven't won the World Series since 1908 and, though they had high postseason hopes entering 2009, they are 78-72 through Tuesday and out of the playoff races. <b>According to his mother, Bradley's unhappiness in Chicago stems in part from racism that his 3-year-old son has faced at school. "When racism hit his 3-year-old baby in school, he couldn't take that," Rector said in a radio interview earlier this week, according to the Sun-Times. "Parents, teachers and their kids called him the n-word. He didn't even know it was a bad word until his mom told him." When asked why her son shared the information only with her this season, Rector said, "Milton is a quiet person. Stuff like that, he keeps to himself. He doesn't want to talk about that because he doesn't think anybody cares. It is a heartbreaking situation." She believes it affected his play. Bradley struggled at the plate, batting .257 with 12 homers and 40 RBIs this season, and was booed vigorously by home fans at Wrigley Field. "I watched his swing, and I could tell what was wrong," Rector told the Sun-Times. "His mind wasn't on baseball. He was thinking about all of these other things."</b> Information from The Associated Press and ESPN.com senior writer Jayson Stark was used in this report.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Ok so let me get this straight. Milton's mom comes to his defense. In that defense, she claims that Milton is basically a good guy who eats, sleeps, and dreams about baseball 24/7. She then goes on to say that Milton's concern is about his 3 year old child who is under a racial onslaught in school. Furthermoore, that somehow people in IL are racially bias and that this is the reason why Milton's brain hasn't been focused on the game and why he is having a bad year. Ok...let's counter that. Barrak Obama was voted into office just recently by the VAST majority of Americans (not me though), and has been having to fend off the notion that somehow people who oppose his policies are racially charged. The president of the united states realizes that this isn't reality and laughs it off. This is the most powerful man on the planet, who has the hardest job on the planet, and he can shrug off nonsense like this but somehow Milton fucking Bradley is dealing with racial slurs that are SO intolerable, that over the course of a 6 month season, he can't get his head right to play a GAME? I'm not even remotely close to an Obama supporter but I admire how the guy has handled this situation. Perhaps Milton, and his mom, should take a clue from Obama. I'm to the conclusion that until the day comes when we don't even discuss race, focus on it AT ALL, we will always have this piss pour excuse hanging over our heads.
09-23-2009, 10:59 AM
<!--quoteo(post=64137:date=Sep 23 2009, 10:37 AM:name=Coach)-->QUOTE (Coach @ Sep 23 2009, 10:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->ESPN Link
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Mom: Bradley's travails affected focus Comment Email Print Share ESPN.com news services The mother of banished Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley said her son would consider returning to the team if it will have him back. The Cubs suspended the volatile Bradley on Sunday for the rest of the season for what amounted to conduct detrimental to the team, one day after he criticized the franchise in a newspaper interview. Speaking to the Chicago Sun-Times on Tuesday, Charlena Rector said: "All the people on TV keep saying, 'Oh, Milton has played his last game for the Cubs.' " But, she added, that won't be the case if Bradley has any say with management. "Milton eats, sleeps and drinks baseball. He loves it. That's all he wants to do," Rector told the newspaper. Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said he decided to send Bradley home after learning of the player's remarks in the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald of Illinois. Bradley, who was scratched from Saturday's lineup with a sore left knee, was quoted as saying "you understand why they haven't won in 100 years here." As of Tuesday, the Cubs still hadn't filed any formal papers with Major League Baseball, the players' union or Bradley's agents outlining the suspension. He remains absent from the team and it is still unclear whether the suspension is with or without pay. Bradley has two years remaining on a three-year, $30 million contract that he signed as a free agent last offseason. Hendry said Sunday he did not know if the relationship can be salvaged. "Recently, it's become intolerable to hear Milton talk about our great fans the way he has," Hendry said. "We pride ourselves on having the greatest fans in baseball, so at this time we felt it was best to send him home for the rest of the season." The Cubs haven't won the World Series since 1908 and, though they had high postseason hopes entering 2009, they are 78-72 through Tuesday and out of the playoff races. <b>According to his mother, Bradley's unhappiness in Chicago stems in part from racism that his 3-year-old son has faced at school. "When racism hit his 3-year-old baby in school, he couldn't take that," Rector said in a radio interview earlier this week, according to the Sun-Times. "Parents, teachers and their kids called him the n-word. He didn't even know it was a bad word until his mom told him." When asked why her son shared the information only with her this season, Rector said, "Milton is a quiet person. Stuff like that, he keeps to himself. He doesn't want to talk about that because he doesn't think anybody cares. It is a heartbreaking situation." She believes it affected his play. Bradley struggled at the plate, batting .257 with 12 homers and 40 RBIs this season, and was booed vigorously by home fans at Wrigley Field. "I watched his swing, and I could tell what was wrong," Rector told the Sun-Times. "His mind wasn't on baseball. He was thinking about all of these other things."</b> Information from The Associated Press and ESPN.com senior writer Jayson Stark was used in this report.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Unfuckingbelievable. And i mean that literally. "Parents, teachers and their kids" called his son the "n" word? I don't believe it.
I'm 100% fine with this. I'm just glad there's an actual plan in place that isn't, "Let's load up on retreads and hope we get lucky." I'm a little tired of that plan.
Butcher
09-23-2009, 11:05 AM
Yeah, I find it VERY hard to believe in a daycare/ 3-year old pre-school setting that parents, teachers and other 3-year olds are calling anyone a "nigger". No way in hell is that happening.
I got nothin'.
Andy
09-23-2009, 11:10 AM
<!--quoteo(post=64140:date=Sep 23 2009, 11:05 AM:name=Andy)-->QUOTE (Andy @ Sep 23 2009, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Yeah, I find it VERY hard to believe in a daycare/ 3-year old pre-school setting that parents, teachers and other 3-year olds are calling anyone a "nigger". No way in hell is that happening.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Makes you wonder how much of those millions he spent on child care. This is laughable.
09-23-2009, 11:15 AM
i believe it. i believe it because those teachers and parents are probably cub fans and cub fans, as we know, are the most racist, the most vile, the most depraved people on the planet. a cub fan would have no problem pointing at a 3 year old kid and calling him a ni**er. teachers? they're the worst kind of cub fan because they teach other kids to be racist. i can't remember how many times in preschool a teacher would tell me not to "sit with the ni**r children" or parents would would point at the black children and tell them to get the hell away from their white kids. happened all the fucking time.
my favorite part of that article is when she was asked why he never mentioned it before and she replied that he was a quiet man, that didn't like to talk about that stuff. really? has she been paying attention to her son his whole life? i understand now where he gets his psychosis. (actually, that part was in the sun-times article.)
Wang.
09-23-2009, 11:18 AM
<!--quoteo(post=64142:date=Sep 23 2009, 11:15 AM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 23 2009, 11:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->my favorite part of that article is when she was asked why he never mentioned it before and she replied that he was a quiet man, that didn't like to talk about that stuff. really? has she been paying attention to her son his whole life? i understand now where he gets his psychosis. (actually, that part was in the sun-times article.)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah, I definitely had to add that to the highlighted section. 
09-23-2009, 11:19 AM
Like mother like son. Wow, I hate to get personal, but she seems like an enabler to me...
09-23-2009, 11:22 AM
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Rok the Racist
09-23-2009, 11:25 AM
Does anyone know if Milton's child is enrolled in pre-school in Illinois or is he back in California with the rest of his family?
09-23-2009, 11:30 AM
<!--quoteo(post=64147:date=Sep 23 2009, 10:25 AM:name=1060Ivy)-->QUOTE (1060Ivy @ Sep 23 2009, 10:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Does anyone know if Milton's child is enrolled in pre-school in Illinois or is he back in California with the rest of his family?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
it turns out he enrolled in the "Adolph Hitler Pre-School For the Advancement of the White Race" so it appears that the racial slurs really did happen. sorry milt for not believing you buddy.
Wang.
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