You know who the Cubs offense could use....?

[rawaction]

A guy with these numbers in the last month and a half: .368/.459/.653, 7 HRs, 24 RBIs, 16:14 BB:K ratio.

 

Too bad a guy like that wasn't available.......oh, wait he was available.

 

Well, too bad a guy like that wasn't available for anything other than elite prospects......oh, wait he was available for almost nothing and costs nearly nothing in salary.

 

Too bad, that guy didn't fill a major need.....oh, wait he's an OF capable of playing all 3 OF spots well defensively.

 

In case you haven't figured it out. That's Milton Bradley. Who was DFA'd by the Oakland As in July and eventually traded for nothing to the SD Padres. A wise man once suggested to take a chance on him, despite the injury history, because he has always been a productive player. That man said best case, is a very productive player (as shown by the numbers above)...worst case was a better version of Angel Pagan or a nothing lost/ nothing gained DL player.

[abuck1220]

i wanted him too. but given that hendry seems to care more about putting together a boy scout troop than a good team, i didn't get my hopes up.

[Sammy Sofa]

I was all about Bradley this time around and when he was available before, too.

[Mizzou]

Damn Hendry, what an idiot for not getting a guy who was healthy enough to step to the plate 81 times in the first three and a half months of the season! Stupid idiot!

[Mephistopheles]

Damn Hendry, what an idiot for not getting a guy who was healthy enough to step to the plate 81 times in the first three and a half months of the season! Stupid idiot!

 

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[RynoRules]

This thing with Bradley is getting as old as the people who say Murton is this bd's Messiah. I would have been happy to have Bradley too, but hell I wanted Griff, Dunn, etc.

 

I'd also note that Beane gave up on him in spite of his relative affordability.

[Guest]

You know who the Cubs offense could use....?

Abreu? ;)

[TruffleShuffle]

ted williams circa 1941

[rawaction]

Damn Hendry, what an idiot for not getting a guy who was healthy enough to step to the plate 81 times in the first three and a half months of the season! Stupid idiot!

 

I knew someone would respond like this. Almost word for word of the sarcastic remark I expected. But my post was not to dog Hendry for not getting him. There were plenty of reasons not to: injury history, past chemistry problems, and in light of the Barrett situation earlier this year, it was a long shot. The point of my post was to show that what I was saying in July that this was a high reward, low risk signing worth taking and that it has turned out that Bradley has turned in the best possible result so far.

[XZero771679666304]

ted williams circa 1941

 

I'd settle for Derrek Lee circa 2005.

[TruffleShuffle]

ted williams circa 1941

 

I'd settle for Derrek Lee circa 2005.

 

http://www.tedwilliams.com/_data/images/1941s/title3.jpg

 

a walk per game and only 27 (!!) strikeouts

[XZero771679666304]

ted williams circa 1941

 

I'd settle for Derrek Lee circa 2005.

 

http://www.tedwilliams.com/_data/images/1941s/title3.jpg

 

a walk per game and only 27 (!!) strikeouts

 

Which is why I said I'd settle for 2005 Lee.

 

I'd much rather have Williams, but Lee at least has his head attached to his body, and isn't frozen. Even in such a state, I'd bet Ted could still hit better than some recent Cubs.

[CUBZ99]

Damn Hendry, what an idiot for not getting a guy who was healthy enough to step to the plate 81 times in the first three and a half months of the season! Stupid idiot!

 

I knew someone would respond like this. Almost word for word of the sarcastic remark I expected. But my post was not to dog Hendry for not getting him. There were plenty of reasons not to: injury history, past chemistry problems, and in light of the Barrett situation earlier this year, it was a long shot. The point of my post was to show that what I was saying in July that this was a high reward, low risk signing worth taking and that it has turned out that Bradley has turned in the best possible result so far.

 

There is no way that Hendry would add a me-first guy like Bradley into the middle of a playoff contending team.

[RynoRules]

You know who the Cubs offense could use....?

Abreu? ;)

 

I'd rather have Abreu.

[jjgman21]

Damn Hendry, what an idiot for not getting a guy who was healthy enough to step to the plate 81 times in the first three and a half months of the season! Stupid idiot!

 

I knew someone would respond like this. Almost word for word of the sarcastic remark I expected. But my post was not to dog Hendry for not getting him. There were plenty of reasons not to: injury history, past chemistry problems, and in light of the Barrett situation earlier this year, it was a long shot. The point of my post was to show that what I was saying in July that this was a high reward, low risk signing worth taking and that it has turned out that Bradley has turned in the best possible result so far.

 

 

ah, so your point was to demonstrate your baseball genius.

 

 

there's alot of 'I told you so' ing happening on the board right now. we all get some right and get some wrong. just curious, do you pop in to eat crow on the ones you get wrong?

[rawaction]

Damn Hendry, what an idiot for not getting a guy who was healthy enough to step to the plate 81 times in the first three and a half months of the season! Stupid idiot!

 

I knew someone would respond like this. Almost word for word of the sarcastic remark I expected. But my post was not to dog Hendry for not getting him. There were plenty of reasons not to: injury history, past chemistry problems, and in light of the Barrett situation earlier this year, it was a long shot. The point of my post was to show that what I was saying in July that this was a high reward, low risk signing worth taking and that it has turned out that Bradley has turned in the best possible result so far.

 

 

ah, so your point was to demonstrate your baseball genius.

 

 

there's alot of 'I told you so' ing happening on the board right now. we all get some right and get some wrong. just curious, do you pop in to eat crow on the ones you get wrong?

 

And what's your point? I don't need to prove anything, my track record speaks for itself. I'm never wrong.

[TruffleShuffle]

Damn Hendry, what an idiot for not getting a guy who was healthy enough to step to the plate 81 times in the first three and a half months of the season! Stupid idiot!

 

I knew someone would respond like this. Almost word for word of the sarcastic remark I expected. But my post was not to dog Hendry for not getting him. There were plenty of reasons not to: injury history, past chemistry problems, and in light of the Barrett situation earlier this year, it was a long shot. The point of my post was to show that what I was saying in July that this was a high reward, low risk signing worth taking and that it has turned out that Bradley has turned in the best possible result so far.

 

 

ah, so your point was to demonstrate your baseball genius.

 

 

there's alot of 'I told you so' ing happening on the board right now. we all get some right and get some wrong. just curious, do you pop in to eat crow on the ones you get wrong?

 

And what's your point? I don't need to prove anything, my track record speaks for itself. I'm never wrong.

 

 

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Edited August 25, 2007 by TruffleShuffle

[RynoRules]

Neither am I.

 

There, I said it.

[Sammy Sofa]

ted williams circa 1941

 

I'd settle for Derrek Lee circa 2005.

 

http://www.tedwilliams.com/_data/images/1941s/title3.jpg

 

a walk per game and only 27 (!!) strikeouts

 

Sweet Jesus, he only struck out 27 times at that point?!? What the hell was up with him that year? Doesn't he average like 3 times that many strikeouts otherwise?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

ted williams circa 1941

 

I'd settle for Derrek Lee circa 2005.

 

http://www.tedwilliams.com/_data/images/1941s/title3.jpg

 

a walk per game and only 27 (!!) strikeouts

 

Sweet Jesus, he only struck out 27 times at that point?!? What the hell was up with him that year? Doesn't he average like 3 times that many strikeouts otherwise?

 

After he returned from WWII, he never struck out even 50 times in a season. His career high was 64, the only time he was ever 55 or higher.

[Sammy Sofa]

ted williams circa 1941

 

I'd settle for Derrek Lee circa 2005.

 

http://www.tedwilliams.com/_data/images/1941s/title3.jpg

 

a walk per game and only 27 (!!) strikeouts

 

Sweet Jesus, he only struck out 27 times at that point?!? What the hell was up with him that year? Doesn't he average like 3 times that many strikeouts otherwise?

 

After he returned from WWII, he never struck out even 50 times in a season. His career high was 64, the only time he was ever 55 or higher.

 

Wow, I really thought Williams struck out around 60-70 times a season. I have no idea why.

[CubinNY]

ted williams circa 1941

 

I'd settle for Derrek Lee circa 2005.

 

http://www.tedwilliams.com/_data/images/1941s/title3.jpg

 

a walk per game and only 27 (!!) strikeouts

 

Sweet Jesus, he only struck out 27 times at that point?!? What the hell was up with him that year? Doesn't he average like 3 times that many strikeouts otherwise?

 

After he returned from WWII, he never struck out even 50 times in a season. His career high was 64, the only time he was ever 55 or higher.

 

Wow, I really thought Williams struck out around 60-70 times a season. I have no idea why.

 

The fracking dude had X-Ray vision. What do you expect?

[Mephistopheles]

screw all this id take corey patterson 2003.

[soccer10k]

ted williams circa 1941

 

I'd settle for Derrek Lee circa 2005.

 

http://www.tedwilliams.com/_data/images/1941s/title3.jpg

 

a walk per game and only 27 (!!) strikeouts

 

Sweet Jesus, he only struck out 27 times at that point?!? What the hell was up with him that year? Doesn't he average like 3 times that many strikeouts otherwise?

 

After he returned from WWII, he never struck out even 50 times in a season. His career high was 64, the only time he was ever 55 or higher.

 

Not to mention that his career high came in his rookie season.