A Letter to Milton Bradley

In response to Milton Bradley who signed with the Seattle Mariners for the 2010 season blaming the team and the fans for his poor play in 2009 with the Chicago Cubs.


Dear Milton,


You sit there and take jabs at the Cubs and their fans.  You blame us for your crap year in 2009.  Was pressure put on you to perform?  Maybe.  But, why shouldn't pressure be there considering you were hired to play a game and get paid more than $6 million in 2009 to play that game for the Cubs.


You say it's our fault you sucked in 2009?  Really?  I will be honest with you, a LOT of us did not want you here.  You have been a troublemaker for several years before you came to Chicago and we wanted no part of that.


If you wanted us to like you, the least you could have done was perform!  We actually give a lot of credit for TRYING.  However, your batting average did not hit .200 until the end of May.  Pitchers were out-hitting you!  Your fielding in 2009 was fair.  However, I had the great displeasure of being at the Cubs-Brewers game on June 12 where you forgot how many outs you had.  You showboated by making a basket catch.  Then you looked smugly into the stands and then tossed the ball to the crowd.  Nice move asshole!  Fortunately, it didn't cost the team a run.  Do you really think you made fans that day?  No.  You LOST fans that day.  And do you know why?  It's not because you made a dumb error.  Everyone makes errors.  It was the manner in which you did it.  The Cubs fans do not react well to your technique.  You are a douche-bag.  Bottom line!


Milton, if you were TRULY a professional, you would have sucked it up and soldiered on....  like Alfonso Soriano.  He has had WAY more disappointing moments with the Cubs than good ones and I personally think the team would be better off without him and his $17 million salary for 2009.  Just ask any Cub fan.  However, not once did he blame his lack of performance on the fans, the team or the city.  I give him credit for going out there every day and playing.  Sure he does that stupid little hop when he tries to catch a fly ball.  And sure he poses like an a-hole when he gets a hold of one.  BUt, he goes out there and plays and blames no one but himself for his lack of performance.


Are you a professional?  No fricking way!  You are no more a professional baseball player than I am.  Sure, you were blessed with some talent that lets you hit and throw a baseball well enough to make you millions of dollars.  A professional would take responsibility for his actions or lack thereof.  He would try harder.  He would say the right things to the reporters.  The only times the fans hear you speak are by the words and videos of the reporters.  On April 24, you told the media that you don't like them.  After saying that, did you really think your positive press would increase?  You did this to yourself.  You played like crap and got bad press.  All we needed you was to get in a fight with a teammate and we would have been set.


I am so glad you are out of Chicago.  And for the sake of the Seattle Mariners, I hope you have a year that helps them make the playoffs.  One way to do that is to not rile up the fans and most importantly - shut your effing mouth!


Sincerely,
A Lifelong Cub Fan