According to the Daily Herald, the Cubs were never close to dealing Bradley to Detroit. In fact, the Cubs are calling it "irresponsible reporting:"
For a few minutes Saturday, a rumor had sprouted and grown that the Cubs were going to trade outfielder Milton Bradley to the Detroit Tigers.
Apparently, the rumor somehow began with White Sox TV analyst Steve Stone and was spread by WGN radio's David Kaplan on a Web site. Cubs people said no one ever checked with them before the rumor was posted.
The Cubs said they have never talked about trading Bradley to any team. A plugged-in person in Detroit also said there was nothing to the rumor. Bradley, who hit a pinch homer in Saturday's 5-3 win over Detroit, has struggled for much of the year at the plate. He's in the first season of a three-year, $30 million contract.
The entire thing is a cluster fuck. Not only were Steve Stone and David Kaplan wrong, but the Daily Herald is wrong as well considering Bradley hit a pinch hit homer against the Reds and not the Tigers on Saturday. It's probably not a big deal since I think I'm the only one who reads the Daily Herald.
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I haven't been one to jump all over Milton for everything up to this point, but seriously he can go fuck himself. What a little bitch.
As the two-time defending division champions -- and the NL Central team with by far the highest payroll -- the Cubs were expected to win again. Outfielder Milton Bradley didn't seem happy about the team's ascension, complaining about the demanding fans and media.
"Are we going to get more cheers now?" he asked reporters. "Are we going to start getting bashed ... in articles about our lineup and was it better last year and all that garbage?"
I agree he's acting like a little bitch, but if you would've told me that quote was from Derrek Lee and not Bradley, I would have believed you. Lee has been the "booing police" all year, it just so happens that one is playing way better than the other...
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