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  1. SouthSideRyan
    This whole 7 teams in 9 years thing is incredibly misleading. How do you feel about Reggie Sanders. Was he run out of town 22 years in a row? Bradley came up with the Expos and was traded straight up for pitching prospect Zach Day in a challenge trade. Bradley sucked with Montreal over ~400 ABs. Bradley had trouble with the Indians and was ran out of town. Bradley apparently was run out of town in LA.(Note they got Ethier in return. Bradley was traded away from Oakland at the deadline when they were out of it and Bradley was up for free agency. Bradley left San Diego as a free agent, signing a cheap deal with Texas as he ended his San Diego time with an injury after the 1st base umpire instigated him(as corroborated by either SD's 1st base coach or the opponent's 1B, maybe both.) The umpire was fined. Bradley left Texas as a free agent for big money in Chicago. Has Bradley been run out of towns before? Yes, the last time being 4 years ago. This constant 7 teams in 9 years implies that teams had Bradley for a year, and couldn't stand the sight of him anymore so they dumped him. It's not true.
  2. SouthSideRyan
    Can I get a ruling on whether it's ok for Bradley to not play today?
  3. SouthSideRyan
    Yeah, that's the most logical explanation. Not that he tried to tough it out and take the field, and upon taking it realized he couldn't go. I hate every [expletive] who's been a late scratch to a lineup. [expletive] those guys and their histrionics. And how many players have you ever seen walk off the field for no apparent reason with no one waiting to run out to replace him? About 50 pitchers a year. I must have missed the part in the game where Bradley was pitching. Sorry about that. So pitchers are allowed to walk off the field with an injury but not OFers. Thanks for the update.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    Yeah, that's the most logical explanation. Not that he tried to tough it out and take the field, and upon taking it realized he couldn't go. I hate every [expletive] who's been a late scratch to a lineup. [expletive] those guys and their histrionics. And how many players have you ever seen walk off the field for no apparent reason with no one waiting to run out to replace him? About 50 pitchers a year.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Yeah, that's the most logical explanation. Not that he tried to tough it out and take the field, and upon taking it realized he couldn't go. I hate every [expletive] who's been a late scratch to a lineup. [expletive] those guys and their histrionics.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    I have a hard time believing it will decline by 30%. Contrary to popular opinion, Wrigley doesn't sell-out every season win or lose, and tv ratings are directly correlated to success. It wasn't hard to sell hope in 99 and throughout much of the early 2000's, as a young emerging team with an expanding payroll, new acquisitions and newfound marginal success got hearts beating. They need to sell tickets this winter, and I'm guessing they will add enough payroll to add one fairly intriguing player. Yeah there's no chance it drops 30%. Even if they wanted to, it'd be tough to pull off with all the guaranteed money and no trade clauses. What I'm interested to see is what kind of crowds they'd draw without a big splash. They had to spend a [expletive] load of money in '07 because nobody was at those September games in '06. Even the bleachers were half empty. It's not quite as bad this year, but there were still an embarrassing # of empty seats when I went Wednesday. With the last 2 years you have to wonder if the bar was raised yet again, and fans will stay away next year if roughly the same team is brought back.
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    I have a hard time believing it will decline by 30%. Contrary to popular opinion, Wrigley doesn't sell-out every season win or lose, and tv ratings are directly correlated to success. It wasn't hard to sell hope in 99 and throughout much of the early 2000's, as a young emerging team with an expanding payroll, new acquisitions and newfound marginal success got hearts beating. They need to sell tickets this winter, and I'm guessing they will add enough payroll to add one fairly intriguing player. Yeah there's no chance it drops 30%. Even if they wanted to, it'd be tough to pull off with all the guaranteed money and no trade clauses.
  8. SouthSideRyan
    It was 2003 and the Cubs took four out of five at Wrigley. Guess which game I was at? :x The only game of the 5 that Woody Williams didn't blow?
  9. SouthSideRyan
    Given that it's the Heckler, I"m not sure they even realize what they're making fun of.
  10. SouthSideRyan
    The ones that don't read the story to see that it is all a joke? No the ones that bask in the glory of being a losing(loser) Cub fan.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    I hate these idiots(and 99% of Cub fans)
  12. SouthSideRyan
    Aaahhh....there's that evil media..... Are there any Cub fans out there that think that maybe Bradley is just an ass, which would explain why he's bounced around so many teams? Or is there some sort of evil conspiracy to make him look like the bad guy? So are you saying the media has nothing to do with the fact that Bradley isn't generally liked by the public? Did the media want to go after a broadcaster in Texas? Did the media fabricate Bradley's outbursts in other towns? Did the media forget how many outs there were in a game? Did the media directly tell Bradley "You're not a ball-player, you're a piece of ####"? (I'm sure Piniella didn't say that, it's was just a media fabrication) Why has he bounced from team to team if he's a good player? The media? If he's a good player why do you care about any of this? I don't doubt that Bradley has pissed off the media in most locales, but I don't give a [expletive].
  13. SouthSideRyan
    Meph is a psycho? I don't think this is a word that does him justice Don't you understand a making fun of culture requires this response
  14. SouthSideRyan
    He pissed off the fans Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    I can't wait to pay Chone Figgins 12M a year because he'll put up worse #s than Bradley but he'll do it in the leadoff spot, so it'll be ok.
  16. SouthSideRyan
    So the worth of Bradley's contract depends on where he's put in the lineup? I don't think anyone here believes Bradley has been worth 10M this year, but to dump him because he wasn't worth his contract this year is reactionary and accomplishes nothing.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    1.2-1.4% according to cool standings.(For the division, they had like a 14% chance at the wildcard. They currently have us at a .5-.6% chance at making the playoffs.(including today's game)
  18. SouthSideRyan
    i have a hard time believing that, considering that he didn't pitch many innings in 2006-07 and has just been average this season. He's making $7 million this year. You think he'll get a pay cut down to $5-something million? i didn't say that. but i don't think there's any way he gets into the $12-13M area. remember, the largest-ever arbitration award is $10M to ryan howard, after two years in which he hit 105 home runs, drove in nearly 300 runs and had an OPS over 1.000. harden will be coming off an average year, an outstanding year, and then two years in which he pitched well when he was healthy, which was almost never. i don't even think harden would get $12-13M on the free market, let alone in arbitration. i see $10M as the ceiling that he could ask for an reasonably get. The largest ever pre-FA arbitration award was Howard. Maddux made 14.75M in arbitration 7 years ago.
  19. SouthSideRyan
    It wouldn't shock me if Gruden wound up in college. I could see Notre Dame making a push for him or Shanahan.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    i have a hard time believing that, considering that he didn't pitch many innings in 2006-07 and has just been average this season. He's making $7 million this year. You think he'll get a pay cut down to $5-something million? Based on his 2006?
  21. SouthSideRyan
    [expletive] And my joke was awesome.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    Just because the Cubs offered 5.6M in arbitration doesn't mean he'd be stuck with that if he accepts. Regardless, this is just stupid on every level unless they know something about Harden's shoulder(besides the usual) And if they know Harden's shoulder is effed up and they're still going to pitch him then they're stupid and they're assholes for running an injured guy out there that won't be on your team next year for meaningless games.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    Didn't Missouri hang a banner at their stadium for spending a week at #1?
  24. SouthSideRyan
    I was just going to post this. Why in the hell did the Cubs previous owner sign a contract with comcast that runs until 2019? The cubs should've started their own network years ago. Regardless, the Cubs make a good buck! The Cubs are 1/4 owners of Comcast. I don't think a Cub only network would work out.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    I like that you type this after today, and have previously said nothing like this. ok? i've hardly paid attention to the cubs the past month. i shouldn't say he will suck... i guess he might be your typical #5 but i don't think he will be better than that. although i did just arrive at this after watching him pitch four innings poorly, so what do i know. A typical #5 sucks.
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