424tales.blogspot.com - 7/25/2009
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Wow. That was exciting! So much back and forth. One would make a bold statement and then there would be almost an immediate response by the competition. I'm not talking about the game at Wrigley today between the Cubs and the Reds. Nor am I talking about the game in Philadelphia between the ...
Milton Bradley is Probably Not Going to Detroit
bleachernation.com 7/26/2009 — It is rare that Chicago Cubs trade rumors pop up and dissolve all within the span of a couple hours, but that’s what happened late yesterday regarding right fielder Milton Bradley.
For a few minutes Saturday, a rumor had sprouted and grown that the Cubs were going to trade outfielder ...
If he weren’t so smug, it’d be sad
desipio.com 7/27/2009 — Like many of you, I grew up watching the Cubs on WGN with Harry Caray and Steve Stone, and I liked it. I figured fans of other teams didn’t know what they were missing. Harry was passionate and funny and sometimes downright mean, and Steve ...
Bradley to Detroit? Nonsense
blogs.dailyherald.com 7/25/2009 — It's amazing how stuff gets started, isn't it? The rumor making the rounds in the press box here at Wrigley today was that the Cubs were going to trade right fielder Milton Bradley to the Tigers. I was suspicious of this from the start, first because ...
The Tigers Have No Interest in Bradley
chicagonow.com 7/26/2009 — So this afternoon Steve Stone sends out a Tweet on his baseballstone@twitter account saying that the Tigers are interested in Cubs RF Milton Bradley. I hear from a baseball agent who says the same thing and then after Stone's post...
Hey, Stoney, How’s the Visibility OF MY BALLS?
hirejimessian.com 7/20/2009 — I told Dolan the other day that, considering how he acts now, I was always sort of proud that I never really cared for Steve Stone. I didn’t really have anything against him. I just didn’t think he was as big a genius as he or anyone else thought he was. After he left the Cubs, his ...
Cubs Season Couldn’t Get Any Worse, Until Last Week Of Course
notqualifiedtocomment.com 6/29/2009 — Last week may have been the worst week the Cubs have had in 5 years. Sure, there have been some losing teams in that period, but no one week where the wheels just came off like they did here. The record alone– 1-6 –makes the week look better than it actually was. Here’s a ...
Meet 2011 Chicago Cub: Milton Bradley
bleachernation.com 7/22/2009 — Contrary to popular belief, maligned outfield Milton Bradley was not signed by the Chicago Cubs to a 3 year, $30 million deal this offseason. He was signed to a 2 year, $18 million deal. The third year was an option dependent on games played, and was designed to protect the team against Bradley ...
Cubs Win and Bradley is Suddenly Very Chatty
thecubreporter.com 8/27/2009 —
The Cubs and Nationals battled to a 2-2 tie through 6 innings, before Milton Bradley drove in his third run of the night on a fielder's choice to score Koyie Hill in the bottom of the 7th. Bradley had homered earlier in the game for the Cubs first two runs. The Cubs piled on in the 8th with ...
Cub fans as racists
goatriders.org 7/16/2009 —
On, 2003, the Chicago Cubs signed one of the top free agent relievers in the game -- LaTroy Hawkins. Hawkins was a failed closer who proved to be an ideal set-up man, posting ERAs of 2.13 and 1.86 in 2002 and 2003 for the Twins. He was also the ...
Ramirez: Mr. Cleanup —
Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 7/25/2009
No trade acquisition is likely to be as important to the Cubs as Aramis Ramirez's return to form. ''You have to ask the other guys,'' Ramirez said of the effect his presence has on the lineup. ''But anytime you lose your cleanup hitter, it's going to ...
