Bradley was ejected for his reputation

Is Milton Bradley a lightning rod for controversy? In seeing replays of his pitch-batting strikeout, getting rung up on a ball clearly and indisputedly low and inside, it’s hard to accept why the league suspended him. Perhaps there was in fact some incidental contact during his seven second argument with home plate ump Larry Vanover. [...]

April 19, 2009 Tags: Bob Watson, ejection, Larry Vanover, Mike Bauman, Milton Bradley, MLB.com Posted in: controversy, game day, players No Comments

Bradley Down; Door Opens for Hoffpauir

Bruce Levine is reporting that Milton Bradley actually tweaked his groin in batting practice prior to yesterday’s game in Milwaukee and then went on to aggravate it later on in the fourth inning. Bradley’s injury, a first degree strain of his right groin, is considered mild so he is not likely headed to the DL. The injury [...]

April 13, 2009 Tags: Bruce Levine, Derrek Lee, Kosuke Fukudome, Micah Hoffpauir, Milton Bradley, Reed Johnson Posted in: game day, observations, players, roster No Comments

The Pat Hughes Interview – Part 3

In the third and final installment of our exclusive interview with Pat Hughes, the Voice of the Chicago Cubs, we cover a range of topics. The first clip begins with Pat’s favorite visitor to the broadcast booth: Jimmy Buffett. Then he goes into keeping the broadcast interesting in spite of the many bad teams he’s [...]

April 3, 2009 Tags: Andy Masur, Baseball Voices, Bob Uecker, Bruce Miles, Cory Provus, Harry Caray, Jimmy Buffett, Milton Bradley, Pat Hughes, Ron Santo Posted in: feature, interview, the media No Comments

Cubs Fantasy Baseball Preview

I’ve been a Yahoo Fantasy Baseball player for several years. Too often I draft with my heart instead of my head and collect too many Cubs. Sticking too long with Mark Prior and Derrek Lee has done me more harm than good. My Yahoo trophy case is actually pretty full (13) in spite of this [...]

March 28, 2009 Tags: Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Marmol, Carlos Zambrano, Derrek Lee, Fantasy Baseball, Geovany Soto, Milton Bradley, Rich Harden, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Theriot, Sean Marshall, Ted Lilly, Yahoo Posted in: Fantasy Baseball, feature, players 2 Comments

Hope springs eternal

Pitchers and catchers have reported to Mesa. Some postition players too (including Milton Bradley!). The Cubs 2009 campaign has officially begun. Let’s just hope there is nothing significant about camp opening on Friday the 13th this year. But I digress. This is spring training and all is righteous and hopeful in Cubs camp. The ivy [...]

February 16, 2009 Tags: Billy Joel, Elton John, ivy, Milton Bradley, pitchers & catchers Posted in: Wrigley Field, curse/superstition, observations, photo of the day, spring training No Comments