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I'm guessing Kenny Williams traded for him, so he can rub it in the Cub's face. Seriously though, if the Cubs trade for him I hope they don't give up a whole lot.

That's a horrible analogy. Jones didn't have anything like these attitude problems AND hit 27 homers his first year with the Cubs. I wasn't talking about the production in the first year.

Seems to be the Jacque Jones situation all over again.

This could get ugly real quick. The rest of the article is pretty interesting. It seems that Bradley has been having a difficult time adjusting to his new surroundings. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-27-cubs-milton-bradley-side-jun27,0,40471.story

Getting Geo off pot has helped his game immensely

So Z was acting as Lou's bodyguard? :-))

Why is drinking alcohol legal, but smoking marijuana is illegal? Some would say that alcohol is as dangerous if not more dangerous than marijuana.

When most of the hysteria is about how they are violating the sanctity of the history of the game, the real, non-romanticized history of the game is very relevant. Two wrongs don't make a right. The baseball HOF voters are well within their rights to exclude any player that was caught using steroids from the hall. It might make them hypocrites, but that is their right. Personally, I tend to think that taking action at some point to exclude proven cheaters is better than turning the other cheek.

The only reason those earlier eras were "more open" about their drug use in the clubhouse was because they were exremely confident it would stay in the clubhouse and they would suffer no repercussions. The concept of "one of their own" ratting them out to the public was not considered, and the media would never consider touching those stories. Drug testing became a huge issue in sports in the 80's, probably starting with Olympic competition but continuing into high school and college sports and then pro football. Tell-alls were very common and guys could no longer be confident that their bending of the rules would remain quiet from the public. They were forced to be more secretive, but a hell of a lot more people were aware of what was going on than want to admit it now. If you twist something enough you can make anything acceptable. Your argument sounds like one of those childhood arguments that you get into, when your brother/sister did something and then you end up getting caught doing the same thing and get punished for it. You immediately point your finger at your sibling and cry about them having done the same thing. In the end, it still doesn't make what you did right, and generally the one who gets caught still gets punished. Did other people cheat playing baseball? Sure they did, but it still doesn't sanitize the people that have apparently gotten caught cheating now. People voting for the HOF don't have any strict criteria that they must follow to allow in new members. It will be interesting to see how the players and media handle the HOF ballots in the future. If you are a player that used illegal substances or doctored balls or whatever, and you don't vote for a player for doing the same thing you are a hypocrite.

Do you disagree? I do. All sorts of players have bent rules, including taking illegal substances, to gain an edge, throughout history and many of them are in the HOF. Yes, but not all of them were caught. It is different in a case like Sosa's where reportedly there is proof that he was cheating by taking illegal substances.

I'm guessing Bradley will get a day off. CF Fukudome 3B Fontenot 1B Lee RF Hoffpauir LF Fox C Soto SS Blanco 2B Miles

I would think that the odds of Freel being released are much better than the Cubs trading Miles. Especially after the Iowa interview.

Never in a million years will Hendry fire Lou.

Better to lose big.

Lou's changes have worked out great.

There is no possible way the Cubs don't score here.

This is depressing. Our starting pitching has been lights out and they have gotten very little offensive support.

Before this series I didn't realize how great the White Sox pitching staff was. :-))

SS Theriot CF Fukudome 1B Lee RF Bradley LF Fox 2B Soriano 3B Fontenot C Soto/Hill

If the Cubs sign Pedro, I bet that Hendry immediately trades Marshall or Wells and a couple of other pieces for a hitter.

Before today I hadn't noticed how good Danks is. :-))

Had a short phone call and the Cubs are already back in the field. :x

I've seen reports on other sites that it was Waddel to 15 day DL.

Soriano? Miles? Bradley? The injuries are running rampant. I think this move was anticipated as he wasn't in IA's lineup last night. I wonder if Von Joshua had anything to do with getting Fox back with the team. Jake has seemed to really take off under Von Joshua this year. I just hope that he finally gets a chance to play and contribute.

Jake Fox not in the IA lineup? Is he getting another call-up? injured?