Ahh another banner day over in the NBC comments section. But don’t worry Craigers, since you don’t have any priors I’m sure you’ll just have your sports writing license suspended not revoked.

Hey, have you ever seen LaTroy Hawkins and a certain you-know-who mentioned in the NBC comments in the same room together. Try imagining Hawkins without the nerdy glasses and ridiculous crush on Lois Lane.

I think the problem with trying to chase down the Gammons story is that there’s going to be a lot of subtle innuendo-y implications in there. The “threat” probable came as an innocent-but-not-so-innocent remark that was intended to be inferred, interpreted, intertwined with other comments, interposed on still more comments, interpolated, interred, intergalactically teleported, and then reconstituted into its original threat form. So if you ask Selig’s office if the threat was made they’ll deny. And then if you go back to Gammons he’ll say he can’t give up his source but has no reason to distrust him/her. Then back to the Commish’s office where they say they can’t/won’t comment on things said by anonymous sources. There it dies unless someone comes out and openly says, yes these threats were made. An enterprising reporter/blogger should still delve into it, but I can understand why no one has picked up the ball yet.

Nico,

You are one of the few indeed.  Bradley’s average has been crap all year, his power has been a disappointment, and despite his nice OBP, we’re been watching Dunn and Ibanez mash all year and wonder what the heck Hendry wanted with a hothead like Bradley who, despite how much passion he respectively has, is a pain in the neck.  I for one am tired of dramatic right fielders in Wrigley.  But he has been hitting better, he’s been mainly healthy, and I hope his contract ends up bring worth it.

The one saving grace of the deal is that Dunn plays crap defensively and always has a low average, and Ibanez is much older.

I also think the Cubs are one team of thirty that have fans who have a player they generally hate.