03-11-2010, 09:53 PM
<!--quoteo(post=82430:date=Mar 11 2010, 07:36 PM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Mar 11 2010, 07:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'm willing to concede that there's a chance I am reading too much into Hendry's statement. I don't think I am, but it's a reasonable possibility.
But what is clear is IF Hendry were to say to you today that the only reason - or at least the biggest reason - Milton Bradley was traded for Carlos Silva was because Bradley "didn't perform" last year, you'd slap Hendry's mouth for being a liar. Right? We can all agree on that.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ace, don't you think that if Hendry did start "admitting" that he traded Bradley because of personal reasons then if would almost validate everything Bradley is claiming? Bradley would come back and say, see I told you he had it in for me, I'm the victim, blah blah blah. By Hendry keeping the focus on his performance, something Bradley has never conceded, he is keeping out of the war of words and keeping the organization from getting into a petty bullshit soap opera. Bradley keeps lobbing these grenades and as long as the Cubs refuse to dignify them with a response other than "you didn't perform", he looks like the douche, which of course is the absolute fucking truth.
Now if you really feel the need to find fire where there isn't any smoke, then that's your prerogative. Hendry and the Cubs are being professional, even though they made the mistake. That's how it goes.
But what is clear is IF Hendry were to say to you today that the only reason - or at least the biggest reason - Milton Bradley was traded for Carlos Silva was because Bradley "didn't perform" last year, you'd slap Hendry's mouth for being a liar. Right? We can all agree on that.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ace, don't you think that if Hendry did start "admitting" that he traded Bradley because of personal reasons then if would almost validate everything Bradley is claiming? Bradley would come back and say, see I told you he had it in for me, I'm the victim, blah blah blah. By Hendry keeping the focus on his performance, something Bradley has never conceded, he is keeping out of the war of words and keeping the organization from getting into a petty bullshit soap opera. Bradley keeps lobbing these grenades and as long as the Cubs refuse to dignify them with a response other than "you didn't perform", he looks like the douche, which of course is the absolute fucking truth.
Now if you really feel the need to find fire where there isn't any smoke, then that's your prerogative. Hendry and the Cubs are being professional, even though they made the mistake. That's how it goes.
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