Clubhouse cancers

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=64490:date=Sep 26 2009, 06:39 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Sep 26 2009, 06:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64489:date=Sep 26 2009, 06:37 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 26 2009, 06:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->bradley desereved to be suspended .<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why?
As the article stated, the last player to get a suspension of this magnitude was well over a decade ago, when Albert Belle whipped a fastball at a fan's head.
How does Milton blowing off a little steam in an interview <i>remotely</i> compare?
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The last Bradley incident was just the latest in a season-long bitch-fest. He's been a total douchebag all season long. He didn't get suspended for that one interview. He got suspending because it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

You know what else? Hendry is saving Bradley from getting completely shat on by the fans during our last
homestand. Think about how brutal it would be out the during the last few games. He has called Cubs fans racist, says he can't wait to get out of dodge. Has said he isn't surprised at all that the team has a 100 year World Series drought. Fuck him. I'm sick of hearing about him.

The two week suspension was probably overkill. But do you think Bradley is at all upset about it? He'll no. That pussy is relieved that he won't have to hear it from those mean ol' fans in the bleachers.

[kbwsb]

<!--quoteo(post=64491:date=Sep 26 2009, 07:19 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Sep 26 2009, 07:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64490:date=Sep 26 2009, 06:39 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Sep 26 2009, 06:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64489:date=Sep 26 2009, 06:37 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 26 2009, 06:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->bradley desereved to be suspended .<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why?
As the article stated, the last player to get a suspension of this magnitude was well over a decade ago, when Albert Belle whipped a fastball at a fan's head.
How does Milton blowing off a little steam in an interview <i>remotely</i> compare?
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The last Bradley incident was just the latest in a season-long bitch-fest. He's been a total douchebag all season long. He didn't get suspended for that one interview. He got suspending because it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

You know what else? Hendry is saving Bradley from getting completely shat on by the fans during our last
homestand. Think about how brutal it would be out the during the last few games. He has called Cubs fans racist, says he can't wait to get out of dodge. Has said he isn't surprised at all that the team has a 100 year World Series drought. Fuck him. I'm sick of hearing about him.

The two week suspension was probably overkill. But do you think Bradley is at all upset about it? He'll no. That pussy is relieved that he won't have to hear it from those mean ol' fans in the bleachers.
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I don't want to argue with you about this, because it's obvious that you're passionate about this, but that post is such a complete exaggeration that it could've been stolen directly from Muskat.
I thought he was quite well-behaved, except for a couple minor incidents. We ALL expected a lot worse...we had threads dedicated to predicting when and where he'd go off. He never really even did.
He's simply having a sub-par year. That's what all this is about. 110% of it.

[Ace]

Please post links - not just for copyright reasons, but because I want to look at the article. Kabes, what's the link for that BP article? (their site is kind of wonky and I can't find it).

[kbwsb]

Por Le Ace:
What's really behind Bradleygate

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=64495:date=Sep 26 2009, 08:16 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Sep 26 2009, 08:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64491:date=Sep 26 2009, 07:19 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Sep 26 2009, 07:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64490:date=Sep 26 2009, 06:39 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Sep 26 2009, 06:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64489:date=Sep 26 2009, 06:37 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 26 2009, 06:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->bradley desereved to be suspended .<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why?
As the article stated, the last player to get a suspension of this magnitude was well over a decade ago, when Albert Belle whipped a fastball at a fan's head.
How does Milton blowing off a little steam in an interview <i>remotely</i> compare?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The last Bradley incident was just the latest in a season-long bitch-fest. He's been a total douchebag all season long. He didn't get suspended for that one interview. He got suspending because it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

You know what else? Hendry is saving Bradley from getting completely shat on by the fans during our last
homestand. Think about how brutal it would be out the during the last few games. He has called Cubs fans racist, says he can't wait to get out of dodge. Has said he isn't surprised at all that the team has a 100 year World Series drought. Fuck him. I'm sick of hearing about him.

The two week suspension was probably overkill. But do you think Bradley is at all upset about it? He'll no. That pussy is relieved that he won't have to hear it from those mean ol' fans in the bleachers.
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I don't want to argue with you about this, because it's obvious that you're passionate about this, but that post is such a complete exaggeration that it could've been stolen directly from Muskat.
I thought he was quite well-behaved, except for a couple minor incidents. We ALL expected a lot worse...we had threads dedicated to predicting when and where he'd go off. He never really even did.
He's simply having a sub-par year. That's what all this is about. 110% of it.
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Which part was exaggerated? No, he hasn't done anything outrageous (that we know about), but he's been a distraction all season long. He's whined, complained, and generally been douchey. Then he criticized the organization and the fans (for the umpteenth time). Fucking enough already.

And you know what? As has already been suggested, there's probably something not being reported that went down. Lou called him "a piece of shit." Absolutely nobody in the clubhouse is coming to his defense. Even Ramirez -- who hardly ever says a word -- said something like (paraphrased), "If Bradley doesn't want to be on the team, then he should go." Nobody wants him here.

The point I think you're making (and I agree), is that if he put up numbers like he did in Texas last season, then this kind of shit can get ignored. But to be honest, if he's putting up those kind of numbers, then the fans aren't booing him and he isn't whining. So everything would be just peachy.

He clearly can't handle the spotlight here. Let him go. We'll survive without him.

[BT]

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Which is exactly why Sheehan's article is bullshit. He has no fucking clue what is going on behind the scenes. Lou didn't call Bradley a piece of shit because his OPS wasn't high enough. There has to be plenty of shit going on behind the scenes in addition to what is going on in the open, which lead to Hendry pulling the plug on Bradley's season. Add to that the fact that Bradley openly admitted he didn't want to be playing when he said he prayed for games to only go 9 innings, and the GM has every fucking right to tell the asshole to go home.

What pisses me off even more is if Hendry HADN'T suspended Bradley, the "experts" would be blowing him shit about letting the inmates run the asylum, etc.

[Butcher]

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Which is exactly why Sheehan's article is bullshit. He has no fucking clue what is going on behind the scenes. Lou didn't call Bradley a piece of shit because his OPS wasn't high enough. There has to be plenty of shit going on behind the scenes in addition to what is going on in the open, which lead to Hendry pulling the plug on Bradley's season. Add to that the fact that Bradley openly admitted he didn't want to be playing when he said he prayed for games to only go 9 innings, and the GM has every fucking right to tell the asshole to go home.

What pisses me off even more is if Hendry HADN'T suspended Bradley, the "experts" would be blowing him shit about letting the inmates run the asylum, etc.
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Chicken dinner.

[rok]

There really should be no reason for anyone to defend Bradley at this point. If no one inside the organization (including his teammates) is coming to his aid, I find it very amusing that people in the media or random people on some internet site, with the limited information that they have and some of which who don't even watch many Cubs games, can criticize the Cubs or Hendry for putting an end to this unnecessary drama once and for all.

[veryzer]

<!--quoteo(post=64490:date=Sep 26 2009, 06:39 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Sep 26 2009, 06:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64489:date=Sep 26 2009, 06:37 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 26 2009, 06:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->bradley desereved to be suspended .<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why?
As the article stated, the last player to get a suspension of this magnitude was well over a decade ago, when Albert Belle whipped a fastball at a fan's head.
How does Milton blowing off a little steam in an interview <i>remotely</i> compare?
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because it wasn't an isolated event. he'd been "blowing off a little steam" all year. he faught with hs hitting coach (a black hitting coach at that) prior to the suspension, he pulled himself out of the game, he told lou he was available to help in any way but threw a fit when asked to pinch hit, he fought with lou during a game, his attitude was terrible.

i think it's funny that most of the baseball world is fine with how hendry handled it, but you find the one guy who isn't fine with it. your hatred for hendry has no bounds kb.

[Ace]

<!--quoteo(post=64498:date=Sep 26 2009, 10:10 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Sep 26 2009, 10:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Por Le Ace:
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Thanks Kabes.

Everyone pretty much already said what I was gonna say: this Sheehan guy obviously hasn't been following the Cubs.