Bradley

[Scarey]

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and i have $10 that says after a long drawn-out process of trying to get something in return for him, they end up giving him away for next to nothing. there isn't a chance in hell that he's coming back. none whatsoever.

and hendry is doing the right thing. you can criticize him for signing bradley in the first place, but not for suspending him. bradley is a cancer, and worse, he's a cancer that can't play. he absolutely has to go. what bradley said this weekend is so beyond his usual crybaby bullshit, that it's imperitive that he be traded. the bridge has been burned.

if i'm hendry, i spend the first few months of the offseason trying to get anything in return for him and if it doesn't work, then i call KC and tell them he's theirs for free. i don't trade him to a NL team and i don't trade him to a contender, unless i'm positive i'm going get some value for him.

and why hasn't scarey weighed in on this?
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I haven't weighed in on this because I was wrong. I guess I should man up and admit it.

Look, I always saw Bradley as a hot head who, although he went over the line, was mistunderstood. Sure, he did some silly things, but I think a lot of it was overblown and that all he really wanted was fans who appreciated him.

I was really hoping he would come to Chicago, play really well, and be embraced by this town. If that had happened, I think Bradley would be as mentally stable as he is able to be right now. He could have really turned his image around. As it stands, everything has gone wrong and this latest comments put him over the edge in my book.

The guy has mental issues. Maybe not to the point that he needs clinical help (although that's debatable), but I always felt for him. I hoped he could help us out, and we could help him out. That seemingly will not happen. I could envision a scenario where he apologizes publically, admits he has problems and will seek help, and asks for a second chance to make it up to this fan base. That would be the only way he's a Cub next year and I just don't see that happening. He's made his mind up about Chicago and the Cubs, and he's helped me to make up my mind about him.

I don't care anymore if we have a huge question mark in RF next year, I don't want him here next year. I hope for the best for him and hope he figures it out. Just not as a Cub.