08-28-2009, 05:55 PM
He actually did say he deserved it in past interviews when he was sucking. Now that he's hitting over .300 at Wrigley though he's changed his tune.
For instance, he said this back in June about the response DeRosa received when he came back to Wrigley:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->'I just know that it sucks when you had a guy here in DeRosa that you know the guys loved, the media, I guess, liked him as well, and the fans liked him,'' Bradley said. ''And he was good and productive and still is. And you come in and essentially replace him and you're sucking it up. It's not a good feeling.
''When you see the response that the fans give him and then the response that I get, I deserve it.''<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
For instance, he said this back in June about the response DeRosa received when he came back to Wrigley:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->'I just know that it sucks when you had a guy here in DeRosa that you know the guys loved, the media, I guess, liked him as well, and the fans liked him,'' Bradley said. ''And he was good and productive and still is. And you come in and essentially replace him and you're sucking it up. It's not a good feeling.
''When you see the response that the fans give him and then the response that I get, I deserve it.''<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->