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It’s “wait ’til next year” time again

A postmortem to the 2009 season for the Cubs, plus some early analysis for next year.

In short, damn near everyone got injured. Bradley was a miserable experiment: i mean, couldn’t he have been a dismal teammate while putting up good numbers too? Lilly was a surprise, because – seriously – who though he was going to have that good of a year? Lou FINALLY figured out Kevin Gregg can’t close and basically threw Marmol into the job. Better late than never I guess but hopefully Carlos figures it all out in time for next year.

Either way, no playoffs and a long road again waiting for next year.

SPORTSbyBROOKS » Miguel Cabrera Blows .260 After 911 Call At Home

I’ve always been confused by how Miguel Cabrera ended up going from the Marlins to the Tigers. I mean, sure, it was a good trade and all, but seriously, look at the guy.

He’s moderately gifted and looks smug. How could he NOT end up with the Yankees?

Turns out he just wasn’t ready. Now he’s a professional drunk who is a shitty dad and beats his wife to boot. Plus, accordingly to events in August, he likes to demean and threaten to beat overweight teenagers.

Yep, I’m sure he’ll be wearing pinstripes and playing with Jeter’s balls any day now.

SPORTSbyBROOKS » L.A. Douses Adenhart Jersey In Celebratory Booze

Yes, as this article points out there is something slightly unseemly about pouring booze of a jersey of a fallen teammate who died in a drunk driving incident, but I’m damn sure that’s not what was on the minds of the Angels as they celebrated winning their division.

They wanted to share their success with Nick Adenhart, wishing he’d lived long enough to enjoy the moment with them.

The Angels are one of those few AL teams I have no problems with – maybe because they used to own the atrocity now known as the Quad City Swing or whatever there name now is. So, it is nice to see them have some success. Now, of course, it is probably on their shoulders to make sure the Yankees never see the World Series.

Good luck guys!

Milton Bradley sent home for season (and probably for good) – Big League Stew – MLB – Yahoo! Sports

This is about damn time.

I’ve taken my share of crap from non-Cubs fans for the signing of this jerk. Yeah, talking about you Marcos! Hopefully this is the end of Bradley’s career in Chicago.

Actually, scratch that. I hope the White Sox pick him up.

Incidentally, just finished watching the Cubbies pull a miracle out of the bat bag to avoid the sweep by the Cards. That was nice. But after dropping two to St. Louis, I think I’ve got to face reality and realize the chance of a postseason is pretty much shot. They had to win these games in particular to have a shot at catching up at least on the wild card leaders but to also pressure the Cardinals. Neither happened.