Milton Bradley & Hyperbole, FTW!

George Ofman has been covering the Chicago sports scene for 36 years. So, that should mean he should know better than to bust out this crap in his recent Chicago Now blog.

Bradley isn't just a negative.  He's a pariah, a lowlife of the lowest magnitude.

Focus on this line though.
He's a pariah, a lowlife of the lowest magnitude.

Wow.  Tiger Woods, you're off the hook dude.  Transgressions?  Pffft.  You ain't got shit on Crazy Uncle Milton according to George The All-Knowing.

I defended Milty on this blog for months, but stopped when he blew up in September.  For one final time, I'll defend him.

Bradley didn't play well in Chicago.  He sucked.  He made a lot of bad baseball decisions and while he had a good July and was serviceable in August, it didn't merit what he made this season and what he will make in the next two years of his contract.

But I think it is time for people to stop acting as if Milton Bradley cooked up swine flu and spread it among Americans for his own pleasure, while kicking puppies and pissing on your uncle's grave in the process.  Bradley may have offended you with his poor play and lack of sportsmanship, but it is not like he sucker-punched your brother and had a go with your sister, video taped it and posted it online.

Milt is a Cub right now, and if Jim Hendry cannot fix his boo-boo, he'll have to live with Bradley for another season in right field.  And even if/when Hendry dumps Bradley on some unsuspecting team (though they should all be expecting the worse this time around) the Cubs will still have a hole in the outfield (among other areas) to fill.

The Cubs could use a guy who has posted a .907 OPS over the last three seasons.  I wonder where they can find that guy?