Comments on: Is Milton Bradley untradeable by the Chicago Cubs? http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/11/03/is-milton-bradley-untradeable-by-the-chicago-cubs/ Sports journilist, author, blogger Thu, 27 May 2010 00:57:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tweets that mention George Castle - Bench Jockey – Is Milton Bradley untradeable by the Chicago Cubs? - True/Slant -- Topsy.com http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/11/03/is-milton-bradley-untradeable-by-the-chicago-cubs/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Tweets that mention George Castle - Bench Jockey – Is Milton Bradley untradeable by the Chicago Cubs? - True/Slant -- Topsy.com Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:53:02 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=206#comment-113 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Laura Castle and Tweets Tube, George Castle. George Castle said: Latest blog: Is Milton Bradley untradeable by the Chicago Cubs? http://tinyurl.com/yl7up6q @trueslant [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Laura Castle and Tweets Tube, George Castle. George Castle said: Latest blog: Is Milton Bradley untradeable by the Chicago Cubs? http://tinyurl.com/yl7up6q @trueslant [...]

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]]> By: George Castle http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/11/03/is-milton-bradley-untradeable-by-the-chicago-cubs/comment-page-1/#comment-111 George Castle Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:17:30 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=206#comment-111 You'd love Aaron Rowand, Jan. He was a popular 2005 world champion White Sox player. He's close with Reed Johnson, with whom he played in college. Aaron does not have to produce big numbers to be valuable. Between him, Reed and Sam Fuld, you'd have the three most fearless outfielders in the game. But you might have to dream about Aaron, if Bruce Bochy says he wants no part of Bradley You’d love Aaron Rowand, Jan. He was a popular 2005 world champion White Sox player. He’s close with Reed Johnson, with whom he played in college. Aaron does not have to produce big numbers to be valuable. Between him, Reed and Sam Fuld, you’d have the three most fearless outfielders in the game.

But you might have to dream about Aaron, if Bruce Bochy says he wants no part of Bradley

]]> By: George Castle http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/11/03/is-milton-bradley-untradeable-by-the-chicago-cubs/comment-page-1/#comment-110 George Castle Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:14:41 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=206#comment-110 I wrote in a previous blog, BigMike, that Bradley will probably only solve his problems once he leaves baseball. Too much pressure, too much being in the spotlight. He's a smart, often-well-spoken guy with seemingly multiple personalities. The problem was, Hendry was hot after him for years before he signed him. He wasn't going to consider Raul Ibanez, who was a model citizen with charitable work for the Phils and a great season to boot. Maybe these mistakes won't happen in the future if Tom Ricketts can FINALLY build up the best baseball organization in the game. I wrote in a previous blog, BigMike, that Bradley will probably only solve his problems once he leaves baseball. Too much pressure, too much being in the spotlight. He’s a smart, often-well-spoken guy with seemingly multiple personalities. The problem was, Hendry was hot after him for years before he signed him. He wasn’t going to consider Raul Ibanez, who was a model citizen with charitable work for the Phils and a great season to boot. Maybe these mistakes won’t happen in the future if Tom Ricketts can FINALLY build up the best baseball organization in the game.

]]> By: janpoledziewski http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/11/03/is-milton-bradley-untradeable-by-the-chicago-cubs/comment-page-1/#comment-109 janpoledziewski Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:35:53 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=206#comment-109 Good grief, what a mess. Unfortunately, whatever happens, it appears it will be expensive at the Cubs' end. The Bradley deal never made sense from the beginning, as evidenced early on at the Cubs Convention in January. When fans voiced their concerns, Cubs management time and again professed that Bradley was a great acquisition despite his questionable resume. Out of the various scenarios in your article, George, I'm pulling for Aaron Rowand. (And if things weren't painful enough, to see Mark De Rosa in that Cardinal uniform was almost unbearable.) Don't want to think about Plan B! Good grief, what a mess. Unfortunately, whatever happens, it appears it will be expensive at the Cubs’ end. The Bradley deal never made sense from the beginning, as evidenced early on at the Cubs Convention in January. When fans voiced their concerns, Cubs management time and again professed that Bradley was a great acquisition despite his questionable resume. Out of the various scenarios in your article, George, I’m pulling for Aaron Rowand. (And if things weren’t painful enough, to see Mark De Rosa in that Cardinal uniform was almost unbearable.) Don’t want to think about Plan B!

]]> By: bigmikeglab http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/11/03/is-milton-bradley-untradeable-by-the-chicago-cubs/comment-page-1/#comment-108 bigmikeglab Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:38:14 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=206#comment-108 First, the signing of MB to a three-year, $30M deal should have been, in a just world, a fireable offense. That said, I wonder if anybody has considered that Milton is, well, mentally ill. I mean it. No, not mentally ill like John Hinkley but in the more modern sense of the term. Most Cubs fans want to string him up but I pity the guy. Listen carefully to what he says and you hear a man whose perceptions are pathologically askew. He views the world as a place where umpires, fans, teammates, authority figures and just about anybody else he meets are out to get him. His emotions and social interactions are so out of balance that he blows up every once in a while. I saw a person walking down the street today who was well-dressed but clearly deranged. She was shouting to herself and was so full of rage that her face was flushed and distorted. At some point, she must have been a productive member of society but then the demons just got too big for her to control. How far is Milton from that point? He gets to shout at the demons right now, only they're personified by imaginary persecutors like the press or the home plate umpire. When he doesn't have those straw men anymore, will he be walking down the street shouting at himself? Maybe Hungry Jim Hendry's biggest trick will be trying to convince Milton to go see a shrink. Couldn't hurt, could it? First, the signing of MB to a three-year, $30M deal should have been, in a just world, a fireable offense. That said, I wonder if anybody has considered that Milton is, well, mentally ill. I mean it. No, not mentally ill like John Hinkley but in the more modern sense of the term. Most Cubs fans want to string him up but I pity the guy. Listen carefully to what he says and you hear a man whose perceptions are pathologically askew. He views the world as a place where umpires, fans, teammates, authority figures and just about anybody else he meets are out to get him. His emotions and social interactions are so out of balance that he blows up every once in a while. I saw a person walking down the street today who was well-dressed but clearly deranged. She was shouting to herself and was so full of rage that her face was flushed and distorted. At some point, she must have been a productive member of society but then the demons just got too big for her to control. How far is Milton from that point? He gets to shout at the demons right now, only they’re personified by imaginary persecutors like the press or the home plate umpire. When he doesn’t have those straw men anymore, will he be walking down the street shouting at himself? Maybe Hungry Jim Hendry’s biggest trick will be trying to convince Milton to go see a shrink. Couldn’t hurt, could it?

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