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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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* Justin Steele, P   

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Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Bradley's Mammoth Shot

Submitted by Rob G. on

Milton was the talk of the town last night with the moonshot to replace all moonshots...one of the farthest non-steroid enhanced home runs I've ever seen. You can see the video at MLB.com. The story coming out this morning was that he may have been jawing with some of the fans in the on-deck circle and right at the end of the clip you can see him put his hand to his ear as if to say, "oh now you love me".  Bradley may have been addressing it to the whole crowd,  but with the little head nod at the end accompanied by the "we'll shut up now" looks on the faces of the clowns with the good seats, it looks more like a little give and take with the Wrigley faithful. Screen grabs after the jump....


 
 

 

It's all games and smiles and puppy dog tails as long as the Cubs are winning. In 2006, Bradley takes the bat and Al Capone's them.

UPDATE: Reader Chris points out this is actually now a pattern for Milton. His other home run at Wrigley against the Marlins he shooshes the crowd around the 0:36 mark of this clip. There's some yelling and laughing by the fans right as it happens, so not sure if he directed it at someone or this is going to be Milton being Milton.

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Comments

Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:39 pm

Even in the at-bat before this one, Bradley was really swinging the bat hard. MB is going to take his hitting slump out back and f*** it up big time.

Submitted by joebwan on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:45 pm

Glad to see it. Sadly, Cub fans are too quick to boo, as if we were accustomed to 110-win teams or something. What did Sandberg start out as a Cub - 1 for 21? The current fan crop would have bood him back to Philadelphia.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:36 pm

Sandberg started 0-19 with the Cubs and was 1-30 before he finally got it going in mid-April. Of course he ended the season with a .271/.312/.372 and 32 SB. He also was a rookie playing for the minimum for a team that was 73-89, and a team coming off of a dismal 38-65 strike-shortened season in 1981 with no expectations. Bradley was signed for $10 million a year for a team expected to make the playoffs. So the comparison only goes so far, but I do agree with your larger point that the recent success for the Cubs has led to a situation of rising expectations amongst Cub fans. There is a great deal of anger now at failure that we were so accustomed to we took in stride just a decade 15 years ago.

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Submitted by iowaCub on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:02 pm

I actually think the booing, if measured, is a good sign. If measured, I emphasize. We should start expecting our team, with this kind of talent, to be better than it was 15 years ago. I mean, those were the days of Larry Himes, we should've been pissed, at the ballclub if not at individual players.

Submitted by toonsterwu on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:46 pm

We need Bradley to heat up and hold the fort until Aram can come back. That said, with all the things that have gone on early this year, from injuries, to ineffectiveness, I'm pleased enough with where we are. _________ On a side note, 3rd straight solid outing from Jay Jackson today. 6 innings, 2 runs, 5 K's, giving up 5 hits and 2 walks against WTN. Stands out because he struggled against WTN last time (granted, this time he was at home).

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:51 pm

"non-steroid enhanced home runs " We hope. I thought I heard the bald guy in the pix was the president of the Spanish speaking radio station that was doing the Cubs games. Not saying he was the guy who was yelling, he had that great seat in the corner by the dugout and on deck circle. I would love to sit there for a game.

Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:03 pm

Congrats, Neil Cotts. You are officially worse than Glendon Freaking Rusch against lefties... Cotts: 3.0 IP, 4H, 6BB, 2K, 1HR, 3.33 WHIP, .308 BAA Rusch: 4.1 IP, 6H, 0BB, 3K, 0HR, 1.38 WHIP, .353 BAA

Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:22 pm

Okay... I guess according to sports radio we're supposed to be offended and pissed off about Bradley pointing to his ear. That's news to me. Geez.

Submitted by Rob Richardson on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:47 pm

'"It's nice to hear some cheers," Bradley said. "I didn't come here to suck; I know I've sucked so far, but give me some love, you know what I'm saying? I am a Cub." When asked about putting his hand up toward his ear after hitting the home run, Bradley said, "You want a bunch of duds walking around with their shoulders slumped with no emotion and no feeling? I don't think the fans want that. I think they want a guy who feels it a little bit."' http://espn.go.com/chicago/columns/blog?post=4162656&name=levine

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:06 pm

Just curious about your claim that Bradley is not artificially enhanced. I know nothing about PEDs, but . . . overmuscled, breakable--isn't that the profile?

Submitted by SJS on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:12 pm

I saw the highlight at a bar with no sound and it was easy to see that moment as him hopefully turning the corner.

Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:23 pm

Dear Bradley, doing the same thing again tonight against Chris Young would buy you a lot of Wrigley Field popularity capital.

Submitted by 433 on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:37 pm

I can't believe Bradley is getting a hard time for the ear-point. If it's OK to boo him, it's certainly OK for him to say "suck it" after he does something good. (Actually I think both responses are bad choices, but MB's response is fair and predictable after being booed.) And I like his quotes in the paper, too. Sure, fans have the "right" to boo, but it doesn't mean there aren't consequences to booing. (By the way I love the "I paid for my ticket, I can boo if I wanna" argument that meathead fans rely on. Yes, you have the right to boo. Just like you have the right to cheat on your wife or hate minorities or be a dick to your neighbors -- none of those things are illegal, either. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD do it.)

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Submitted by 433 on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:54 pm

Yes I am getting crabby in my old age, but don't change clothes on my account. Not sure why the "I do it because it's my right and I wanna" logic bugs me so much. But it really does. It seems this is the best (only?) argument that the pro-booing crowd uses to justify their booage. On second thought, maybe I should start using this logic more often in my own life; it could be fun. I could pee in my kitchen sink, wear Doritos as earrings, go Christmas caroling in July and make fun of my neighbors' kids clothes. And boo the home team.

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:38 pm

Iowa Cubs going nuts today, 18-3. That 16-15 loss yesterday must have really ticked them off. Fox with 42 RBI; Chris Robinson still trying to hit .400.

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Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 05:29 pm

Whatever days not given to Bradley should go to the umpire, because clearly reducing the punishment from 2-games to 0-games would be an admission that the umpire was wrong. I forget who said it earlier this year, but some of these umpires think the game is about them. It's irritating.

Submitted by Dmac on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 05:31 pm

"Okay... I guess according to sports radio we're supposed to be offended and pissed off about Bradley pointing to his ear. That's news to me. Geez." This is exactly what I hoped Bradley would do when he got hot - take all that guff and tell the fans to stick it where the sun don't shine. Larry Bowa always had the best reaction to fans that never got off his case at Wrigley - he got hits in crucial situations and then flipped them off as he neared the dugout. Fans have every right to boo, but the players have every right to go back at them just as hard. Both constituencies should learn to have thicker skins, and take the bad with the good.

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  • Childersb3 (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

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