Bradley traded??

[veryzer]

<!--quoteo(post=72270:date=Dec 18 2009, 02:27 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Dec 18 2009, 02:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=72261:date=Dec 18 2009, 02:23 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Dec 18 2009, 02:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=72254:date=Dec 18 2009, 02:16 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Dec 18 2009, 02:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I would have rather paid $21M to a giant douche who might hit a little than $16M to a pitcher who will have us longing for Jason Marquis. We saved $6M. Great. There's a $2M buyout at the end of Silva's contract (I'm assuming we're not going to pick up his option). So we're saving $4M. Hendry's just going to spend that $4M on Scotty Pods. What's the fucking point? Silva is either going to get a fake injury, sit on the bench, or suck total ass every five days.

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But he wasn't coming back either way. He wasn't coming back. he wasn't coming back. He wasn't coming back. Why is this so hard to understand? He was suspended for conduct detrimental to the team. he bashed the Cubs in the media, his manager called him a piece of shit. Derrek fucking Lee didn't like him for God's sake. He called the fans racist. he threw a ball into the stands with two outs. His own batting coach hated him and that guy was black.


He was never ever ever going to rebound from that. It wasn't gonna happen.

If Bradley stayed and went 0-14 to start the year, how would the fans have reacted? His own fucking teammates applauded when he was suspended.

There si a silver lining: Bradley's gone. That's all that matters. The fact that we got money back is icing on the cake.
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He wasn't coming back because Hendry decided he wasn't. It didn't have to play out this way.
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Yes it did. It absolutely had to play out this way. It was more than Hendry. It was the players and the coaches and the fans. It was the entire city of Chicago. It played out exactly the way it had to. Sorry.