Surely no one could have known for certain that, when the Chicago Cubs signed outfielder Milton Bradley to fill the void in the middle of their lineup and patrol right field, but one season later it would be perhaps the biggest signing mistake the Cubs have made since Todd Hundley.
Surely no one could have known for certain that Bradley would not be able to control himself in Chicago.
And surely no one could have known for certain that the other reasonable right field options - Adam Dunn, Raul Ibanez, and Bobby Abreu - all would have handily outperformed Bradley, particularly given their respective costs.
But you know . . . we all kind of suspected it.
As the 2009 season closes, it's appropriate to reflect on the good and bad, and where better to start than the mostest baddest of all: the Milton Bradley signing. If a picture says a thousand words, here are nine thousand humorous words (pictures) on the Milton Bradley signing.
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I will never understand the mindset of sports people (GMs, ADs, etc) who think that somehow loser coach A or professional bar fighter B are going to somehow change who they are when they come to your team. In some cases it is understandable, you make a relative value judgement such as signing John Calaparie, you know he cheats, you know he is going to cheat for you, you just figur the reward is worth the risk of him getting caught. But with a clown like Bradley, he's just not that great a player and the likelihood of him going off the reservation is near 100% given his history.
Maybe a course is risk analysis should be required of all sports hiring managers.
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