Max wrote:

"That is true of most.  If Brendan Ryan would have hit .280 last year he would still be on the team and if Rasmus would have hit .190 last year he wouldnt."

Indeed, truer words were rarely said.

. . . and speaking of Pujols, Strauss and a follow up from Bernie offer interesting takes on whether this is still just a rut, or indicates something more:

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/article_e1087b8f-bf56-57f6-a6a5-e785cf4baead.html

For Bernie, it's after the very relevant section La Russa's eye (which does look a bit like shingles to me; had it once, to get it on your eye is almost inconceivable to me . . . itchy, painful, and very irritating.  leaves scars, too).

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/article_9c50d13a-7a4b-11e0-86ad-0019bb30f31a.html

Valuable infomation, but I think I've been saturated by now with the "What's wrong with Pujols?" analysis.
The only thing I know about shingles is a woman about Tony's age who worked for the city I cover for the paper took a leave of absence due to it, and never came back. I think she developed other health problems, but I understand shingles is something you never want to contract.  I'd only seen Tony on TV in the dugout, wearing his sunglasses, and his face just looked puffy on one side. In that photo, he looks like he got hit in the head with a paddle.

artie_fufkin wrote:

APRTW wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

"It was not a particular incident," Zduriencik said. "It's just an issue with our evaluations of where we are and where we are going, and our estimates were that he did not fit. That's why the decision was made."

Asked if Bradley had a negative impact on the clubhouse, Zduriencik said: "That's hard to say. I don't know that. I think it gets down more to what we're trying to accomplish and where we're headed."

I would have been far more impressed with this guy if he had said: "Ultimately, it comes down to performance. If Milton is hitting .300, he needs anger management classes. If he's hitting .200, he's a psycho."

That is true of most.  If Brendan Ryan would have hit .280 last year he would still be on the team and if Rasmus would have hit .190 last year he wouldnt.

Absolutely. It's just you're probably less apt to give the benefit of the doubt to a guy who's gone into the stands to confront fans at Dodger Stadium whilst wearing a Dodgers' uniform.

You never look back on a situation and wish you would have made more of an ass out of yourself.  Meaning it never hurts to be polite and not burn bridges.  For all there faults guys like Skip and Aaron Miles dont piss people off and for the most part dont act like they are entitled to stuff they arent.  The exception would be when Miles thought the Cardinals screwed up by letting him go.  My point is that if they were as big of asses as Milton they would have never stayed on a 25 man roster or made it in the first place.

Milton had one good season in his whole career.  He hit more then 15 HRs twice and over 70 RBIs once.  He just isnt that good of ball player.  Clearly not worth the trouble.  Just think, thanks to the Cubs he is making 12 millions dollars this year.

Max wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

Max wrote:

But speaking of reading swings, I happened to be watching as Milton Bradley connected last night.  He was swinging the bat like Barry Bonds in 2001, where if the pitcher got it near the heart of the plate it was going out.  It was just one at bat, but if he keeps that up, and if he has truly turned over a new leaf, he'll be dangerous this year.

Does the "D" in "DFA" stand for dangerous?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6515029

check out the photo in Tim Brown's column. 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AmUZkinT9bot18IMVj608ggRvLYF?slug=ti-brown_milton_bradley_designated_assignment_seattle_mariners_050911

It's even better as the cover of Yahoo mlb home, this moment.  Not sure if it was photoshopped, or shot at a slightly different moment, but the look on the ump's face, juxtaposed with that of MO's is priceless:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb

"I’d covered his trade to the A’s for the paper. The deal brought Andre Ethier(notes) to the Los Angeles Dodgers."

Billy Beane is a genius.