Tigers intrested in MB (Silly Steve Stone Rumor)

[TruffleShuffle]

i will say that the kaplan story does not say that the cubs have discussed moving bradley, it just says that the tigers have interest in him. kaplan's story could be true and bruce's post (cubs haven't heard anything about the tigers being interested and haven't talked about trading bradley) could also be true.

 

it's also possible that kaplan doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.

[Time2Win]

Kaplan said on the radio that the info came from Stone and an agent.

[J.R.]

from a BCB poster-

 

Stone has more to say-

 

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"Stoney fires back at bruce miles:

 

 

In detroit for the series. Understand a guy named bruce miles believes that the whole bradley story was made up. Who is bruce miles."

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What a jerk Stone is.

 

I'll take the word of the guy who still gets to go on road trips.

[Bruce Miles]

from a BCB poster-

 

Stone has more to say-

 

"

 

"Stoney fires back at bruce miles:

 

 

In detroit for the series. Understand a guy named bruce miles believes that the whole bradley story was made up. Who is bruce miles."

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What a jerk Stone is.

 

I'll take the word of the guy who still gets to go on road trips.

 

And a guy who has a major agenda against a team. And remember, he quit the job. The Cubs never fired him.

[Bruce Miles]

from a BCB poster-

 

Stone has more to say-

 

"

 

"Stoney fires back at bruce miles:

 

 

In detroit for the series. Understand a guy named bruce miles believes that the whole bradley story was made up. Who is bruce miles."

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What a jerk Stone is.

 

Oh, the hurt.

[OleMissCub]

 

I'll take the word of the guy who still gets to go on road trips.

 

Well hello there, stranger

[Keener98]

from a BCB poster-

 

Stone has more to say-

 

"

 

"Stoney fires back at bruce miles:

 

 

In detroit for the series. Understand a guy named bruce miles believes that the whole bradley story was made up. Who is bruce miles."

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What a jerk Stone is.

 

Oh, the hurt.

:D

[Gmoney08]

I wouldn't trade Bradley just to trade him. The Tigers have a bad farm system, although they also have a few young players in the majors who could be of interest to the Cubs. Still, it's not a good idea to just chuck him under the bus when he has a strong OBP and could hit a hot streak since he's a very good hitter.

 

I'd think about a deal that somehow gets Dunn on this team in Bradley's place, but that's not happening.

 

He's not a very good hitter with us. For whatever reason, he sucks here. It's late July and he's shown few signs of life all year long. We'd be trading him so we wouldn't have to pay $10million/year for little return on the investment.

 

Milton Bradley as a Cub is a disaster. Unloading his contract is something that should be considered.

 

I know alot of people hate Bradley here but I dont think just cause he struggled his first 3 months at Wrigley that hes never going to turn it around. He's shown signs of life lately.

 

Plus guys like Derrek Lee, Alfonso Soriano, Moises Alou, and many more have struggled there first couple months to first full season at Wrigley for whatever reason. It can be hard for people to adjust to playing at Wrigley.

[OleMissCub]

He's shown signs of life lately.

 

The evidence doesn't show that. In July he is hitting .245 and in June he hit .273.

[Soul]

I wouldn't trade Bradley just to trade him. The Tigers have a bad farm system, although they also have a few young players in the majors who could be of interest to the Cubs. Still, it's not a good idea to just chuck him under the bus when he has a strong OBP and could hit a hot streak since he's a very good hitter.

 

I'd think about a deal that somehow gets Dunn on this team in Bradley's place, but that's not happening.

 

He's not a very good hitter with us. For whatever reason, he sucks here. It's late July and he's shown few signs of life all year long. We'd be trading him so we wouldn't have to pay $10million/year for little return on the investment.

 

Milton Bradley as a Cub is a disaster. Unloading his contract is something that should be considered.

 

I know alot of people hate Bradley here but I dont think just cause he struggled his first 3 months at Wrigley that hes never going to turn it around. He's shown signs of life lately.

 

Plus guys like Derrek Lee, Alfonso Soriano, Moises Alou, and many more have struggled there first couple months to first full season at Wrigley for whatever reason. It can be hard for people to adjust to playing at Wrigley.

 

True, I don't know Bradley won't turn it around. I'm disappointed at the length and the depth of his struggles at this point. I held my opinion in check until recently, but now it's been too long.

 

DLee and Soriano didn't struggle nearly as much in their first years with the Cubs, looking back. If MB doesn't turn it around yet this year, its going to be one of the worst first seasons ever for a major Cubs acquisition. Maybe even the worst.

 

Yeah, I'm disappointed and angry at him right now. You are right. Even so, I would breathe a sigh of relief if his contract was unloaded in a decent deadline trade. I'm not sure I want to wait around to find out if he will pull out of it anymore.

[dew1679666265]

He's shown signs of life lately.

 

The evidence doesn't show that. In July he is hitting .245 and in June he hit .273.

 

His OBP has risen steadily every month. He's not been a source of power this year, but he has gotten on base very well the past couple of months.

[CUBZ99]

from a BCB poster-

 

Stone has more to say-

 

"

 

"Stoney fires back at bruce miles:

 

 

In detroit for the series. Understand a guy named bruce miles believes that the whole bradley story was made up. Who is bruce miles."

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What a jerk Stone is.

 

Oh, the hurt.

 

 

:D

 

It is a little funny and ironic to see Stoney being extremely sensitive to someone questioning his initial report. Awful touchy.

[Time2Win]

from a BCB poster-

 

Stone has more to say-

 

"

 

"Stoney fires back at bruce miles:

 

 

In detroit for the series. Understand a guy named bruce miles believes that the whole bradley story was made up. Who is bruce miles."

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What a jerk Stone is.

 

I'll take the word of the guy who still gets to go on road trips.

 

Stone is a pathetic joke. i'll trust people who actually talk to people and not make up stuff.

[imb]

He's shown signs of life lately.

 

The evidence doesn't show that. In July he is hitting .245 and in June he hit .273.

 

are you serious? his OBP is like 60 points higher in July than in June. I thought you were better than this.

[CUBZ99]

He's shown signs of life lately.

 

The evidence doesn't show that. In July he is hitting .245 and in June he hit .273.

 

Is that you Dusty?

 

Bradley's OBP in June .377, July .439!! :shock:

 

Bradley has been getting on base almost every other at bat for the month of July and you want to point to his batting average? His OPS has also went up in July by 40pts over July, so I think the evidence does show that he is starting to play better.

[Little Slide Rooter]

from a BCB poster-

 

Stone has more to say-

 

"

 

"Stoney fires back at bruce miles:

 

 

In detroit for the series. Understand a guy named bruce miles believes that the whole bradley story was made up. Who is bruce miles."

---

 

What a jerk Stone is.

 

Oh, the hurt.

 

 

:D

 

It is a little funny and ironic to see Stoney being extremely sensitive to someone questioning his initial report. Awful touchy.

 

In Stoneys defense, if you had to spend 3 hours a day crammed in a booth with Hawk Harrelson, youd be pretty irritable too.

[OleMissCub]

He's shown signs of life lately.

 

The evidence doesn't show that. In July he is hitting .245 and in June he hit .273.

 

are you serious? his OBP is like 60 points higher in July than in June. I thought you were better than this.

 

Yes I'm aware. However, I don't think that is what the poster was talking about. Is taking walks considered to be "signs of life"? Usually that term is applied when someone is hitting the ball better.

[imb]

He's shown signs of life lately.

 

The evidence doesn't show that. In July he is hitting .245 and in June he hit .273.

 

are you serious? his OBP is like 60 points higher in July than in June. I thought you were better than this.

 

Yes I'm aware. However, I don't think that is what the poster was talking about. Is taking walks considered to be "signs of life"? Usually that term is applied when someone is hitting the ball better.

 

no, signs of life means being a more productive hitter.

 

but by all means, keep dancing

 

dance dance dance

[OleMissCub]

He's shown signs of life lately.

 

The evidence doesn't show that. In July he is hitting .245 and in June he hit .273.

 

are you serious? his OBP is like 60 points higher in July than in June. I thought you were better than this.

 

Yes I'm aware. However, I don't think that is what the poster was talking about. Is taking walks considered to be "signs of life"? Usually that term is applied when someone is hitting the ball better.

 

no, signs of life means being a more productive hitter.

 

but by all means, keep dancing

 

dance dance dance

 

Yeah because I totally don't understand the value of OBP as opposed to BA. I'm well past thinking that BA is all that important. But if it helps your argument to imply that I'm that foolish, then by all means...

 

And I'm hardly dancing. I interpreted his statement to mean that he thought Milton's bat was waking up, not some notion that he is "contributing" more as a player. The biggest knock on Milton all year is that he can't hit for [expletive]. His OBP hasn't been much of an issue at all. So, considering that people have bitched all year about Milton's lack of hitting, if you don't think that it is a reasonable interpretation to think that "showing signs of life" means "finally hitting the ball", then you're lying for the sake of trying to win your point.

[imb]

the act of "hitting" or "being a hitter" isn't constrained only to the times the bat and the ball connect. You're being obtuse because you were too lazy to look at his espn.com page for 4 seconds to make sure you were right.

[OleMissCub]

look at what the poster said:

 

I know alot of people hate Bradley here but I dont think just cause he struggled his first 3 months at Wrigley that hes never going to turn it around. He's shown signs of life lately.

 

Plus guys like Derrek Lee, Alfonso Soriano, Moises Alou, and many more have struggled there first couple months to first full season at Wrigley for whatever reason. It can be hard for people to adjust to playing at Wrigley.

 

When someone is talking about batters "struggling", they normally aren't talking about the fact that said player's OBP is .345 when their career rate is .370 or whatever.

 

He's using the phrase "turning things around". I highly doubt that he, or most people, thinks that taking more walks = turning things around.

[Jehrico]

He's shown signs of life lately.

 

The evidence doesn't show that. In July he is hitting .245 and in June he hit .273.

 

His OBP has risen steadily every month. He's not been a source of power this year, but he has gotten on base very well the past couple of months.

Maybe we need to bat him second then if he's going to continue to be all OBP and no power.

[Jehrico]

He's shown signs of life lately.

 

The evidence doesn't show that. In July he is hitting .245 and in June he hit .273.

 

are you serious? his OBP is like 60 points higher in July than in June. I thought you were better than this.

 

Yes I'm aware. However, I don't think that is what the poster was talking about. Is taking walks considered to be "signs of life"? Usually that term is applied when someone is hitting the ball better.

 

no, signs of life means being a more productive hitter.

 

but by all means, keep dancing

 

dance dance dance

And there for a second I thought you were about to make your first worthwhile post.

[CUBZ99]

Bruce has an excellent retort to the Stone fiasco on his blog, with a funny story regarding Ron and Stoney. It is worth checking out for a good laugh.

 

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/2325

 

Great story. A few years ago in Pittsuburgh, he was going on about what he was going to do "when" he bought the A's. Ron Santo finished his dinner, wiped his mouth and said, "I'll tell you what you're going to be doing next year _ broadcasting baseball!"

[dew1679666265]

He's shown signs of life lately.

 

The evidence doesn't show that. In July he is hitting .245 and in June he hit .273.

 

His OBP has risen steadily every month. He's not been a source of power this year, but he has gotten on base very well the past couple of months.

Maybe we need to bat him second then if he's going to continue to be all OBP and no power.

 

I definitely think he should bat second. I'd love to see a Fukudome/Bradley 1-2 part of the order.