Bradley still running his mouth

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm pretty indifferent to whether he does well or not. I'm not sure why anyone would waste even an iota of time or effort "rooting" for someone like him to fail, but to each their own.

[Banedon]

I'm pretty ambivalent about it, but probably leaning a bit toward rooting against him, just cuz he's an ass. But if he was an ass that had played better when he was here, I wouldn't much care.

[SouthSideRyan]

I don't know why anyone would want him to succeed. He's a giant [expletive]. People like that don't deserve success. He's already gotten farther and wealthier in life than he should have.

 

If you're gonna root against every expletive, you should probably stop watching professional sports

[YearofDaCubs]

Bradley is up to the same antics again.

 

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100413/SPORTS/704139866/-1/rss04

 

I really wanted Bradley on the Cubs. I thought he would produce but the reality is he never did and he couldn't keep his mouth shut. I can understand him having a couple blowups a season but he was worse than that. Screw Bradley. Has he ever put blame on himself? All these incidents and he always believed he was the victim. I can't stand people like that, and I'm glad he's gone.

[Garwilly]

Of course, he's not literally a 10 year old mentally either...

 

In my two (brief) interctions with him, he was more than a capable, functioning adult.

Why is it such a big deal if he used figuratively incorrectly? Any person reading his post can figure out what he was trying to say.

 

Not a big deal, just a sign of ignorance. I was pointing out an error, so he could learn and improve. He tried to defend it, I responded.

 

Edit:

 

Mineaswell move on, their are bigger issues

 

Pot, meet Kettle. :-))

 

not that garwilly needs defending, but the first one is a typo missing 1 letter. much different than not knowing what literally means and defending your incorrect usage.

 

the second was sarcasm. if you haven't seen "mineaswell" in a Cubbiebum post yet, you haven't been paying much attention.

 

It doesn't matter. If you are going to run around being the grammar police, then make sure you own posts are correct, even typos. There's no need to run around correcting every one around here. Like the other guy said, everyone knew what he meant when he typed literally.

 

What's the deal with "mineaswell"? I just figured it was one of those things like southerners saying "welp" instead of welt. Or "flicked off" instead of "flipped off".

 

Those were both quite intentional.

[Peoriaman]

Batting .045 after todays game. 1-22

 

you just lovvvveee to see him fail, don't you?

 

 

Not really. Once he leaves us, I don't care much.

 

That said, if someone is to succeed, I generally root for the ones who are good guys. If DLee leaves, I will actively cheer for him. Bradley, meh, I don't pay much attention one way or another.

[Flames24Rulz]

Based on Bradley's behavior so far in Seattle and Byrd's early performance, I'm starting to like the Bradley/Silva trade a bit more everyday.

 

I do hope that Bradley eventually settles down and learns some maturity. The past year of so, his antics have overshadowed his baseball abilities, which were above average at some point.

 

We'll see if Silva can keep pitching decently. It's not a surprise to me that Byrd has been doing well, but Silva I did not expect. It's so early though, I'm still bracing for bad Silva to show up.

 

Plain and Simple: Cubs win in the Byrd for Bradley trade (using Mariner money). Anything positive out of Silva makes it really one sided.

 

I never knew a full season was worth seven games. That's a new one.

[fromthestretch]

Bradley, meh, I don't pay much attention one way or another.

 

Batting .045 after todays game. 1-22

 

You don't?

[Keener98]

Batting .045 after todays game. 1-22

 

you just lovvvveee to see him fail, don't you?

 

 

Not really. Once he leaves us, I don't care much.

 

That said, if someone is to succeed, I generally root for the ones who are good guys. If DLee leaves, I will actively cheer for him. Bradley, meh, I don't pay much attention one way or another.

 

You dont care much, but yet you have updated his batting average twice in this thread, and know exactly how many hits in the number at bats.

 

You dont pay attention one way or another, but again you know his exact stats. Hmmmm

[Keener98]

He is also batting .059.

 

But you don't care or pay much attention.....

[SouthSideRyan]

Batting .045 after todays game. 1-22

 

you just lovvvveee to see him fail, don't you?

 

 

Not really. Once he leaves us, I don't care much.

 

Bradley, meh, I don't pay much attention one way or another.

 

You've gotta be [expletive] kidding me

[Keener98]

Batting .045 after todays game. 1-22

 

you just lovvvveee to see him fail, don't you?

 

 

Not really. Once he leaves us, I don't care much.

 

Bradley, meh, I don't pay much attention one way or another.

 

You've gotta be [expletive] kidding me

 

I dont think hes kidding you, I think hes kidding himself.

[C.C.]

I'm pretty ambivalent about it, but probably leaning a bit toward rooting against him, just cuz he's an ass. But if he was an ass that had played better when he was here, I wouldn't much care.

 

Well put.

[Soul]

Really rooting against him would take too much of my time. I can't see myself looking at his stat sheet very often.

 

But in general I try not to hope people fail, even though I really don't like Bradley much.

[wvcbxl]

I'll make sure to root for him on certain dates: 14th, 15th and 16th of June. :wink:

[Backtobanks]

Based on Bradley's behavior so far in Seattle and Byrd's early performance, I'm starting to like the Bradley/Silva trade a bit more everyday.

 

I do hope that Bradley eventually settles down and learns some maturity. The past year of so, his antics have overshadowed his baseball abilities, which were above average at some point.

 

We'll see if Silva can keep pitching decently. It's not a surprise to me that Byrd has been doing well, but Silva I did not expect. It's so early though, I'm still bracing for bad Silva to show up.

 

Plain and Simple: Cubs win in the Byrd for Bradley trade (using Mariner money). Anything positive out of Silva makes it really one sided.

 

I never knew a full season was worth seven games. That's a new one.

 

 

I never said that it was. Byrd will outproduce Bradley's 2009 season unless he's injured for most of the season. Add in the defense and the better attitude and we have the best of the deal. I will admit that Byrd won't compare to Bradley in negative stories and youtube videos. As I posted before, anything positive out of Silva will be a plus.

[CubbieBum]

Batting .045 after todays game. 1-22

 

you just lovvvveee to see him fail, don't you.

 

Who doesn't? At this point he is the only person on the planet outside of his mother and the Mariners rooting for himself to succeed.

 

Mariners fans probably aren't as miserable as Cubs fans, and actually want the guy to do well.

 

I do too. Rooting against him seems very strange to me.

 

Do you see me saying I root against him anywhere in my post. I don't follow him except when I see a story online about him flipping someone off. I got him in the NSBB Premier League and until I saw this story I actually thought he was doing well because I noticed he had a HR on my bench at one point. I had no idea that was his only hit. A guy that much of a prick I avoid watching because I just get annoyed. I don't root for him to suck. I don't root for him in any way. That said I don't mind seeing him fail.

[Smack]

He just needs another chance. You bunch of racist Cub fans.

[Little Slide Rooter]

While Im not actively rooting for Bradley to fail, Im not going to feel sorry for him in the '11-'12 offseason when no team will touch him with a 10 foot pole and he blames whitey, the media, and pretty much everyone else but himself.

[BeerHere]

Love to see him struggle with Seattle. Absolutely love it. I know that being bitter is no way to go through life but the guy is 100% complete trash.

[Vanilla Ice]

I still like Milton Bradley and would love to see him succeed.

[17 Seconds]

I'm with imb.... the reason for Bradley acting like he does is probably very sad.

 

I just feel bad for him. He doesn't seem like a bad person to me. He just has severe mental issues that likely stem from things out of his control.

[Bull]

I'm with imb.... the reason for Bradley acting like he does is probably very sad.

 

I just feel bad for him. He doesn't seem like a bad person to me. He just has severe mental issues that likely stem from things out of his control.

 

right, because I'm not responsible for my actions if I had a traumatic childhood.

[badger1679666666]

I'm with imb.... the reason for Bradley acting like he does is probably very sad.

 

I just feel bad for him. He doesn't seem like a bad person to me. He just has severe mental issues that likely stem from things out of his control.

 

right, because I'm not responsible for my actions if I had a traumatic childhood.

 

You're always responsible for your actions, but to act as if there aren't legitimate influences on them that may create an unconscious pattern of responses to different situations, would be silly.

 

But then again, I'm an aspiring psychologist (in school).

 

A Traumatic childhood can most certainly shape personality, how one views themselves, how one creates interpersonal relationships etc. These patterns become ingrained. Until they unconscious mechanisms are brought to the conscious we often don't change.

 

So yes he's responsible for his actions, but yes you can still feel badly for why the guy turned out the way he did.

[17 Seconds]

i'm not even necessarily talking about a traumatic childhood.

 

sometimes people are just born with brains that work in ways that they can't ultimately control