Professor Griff Is No Longer a Member of Public Enemy

Cubs - 9
Nats - 4

"If the Cubs come back to earn a playoff berth, they might look back on Wednesday's eighth inning as a jumping-off point. " - Cubs.com

Uh, nope. Thanks, though.

Milton Bradley, one of the Cubs' biggest free-agent busts EVER, has decided to flip over the race card, claiming the Wrigley faithful shower him with racial taunts every home game. Milton, much like LaTroy Hawkins and Jacque Jones before him, fails to understand the real story here: you're getting booed because you are playing like shit, not because you're black. I'm not saying racism doesn't exist in the bleachers, because I've been there, and it does. There are racist idiots in every town. Have you ever been to a game at Fenway? Murph and Sully in the bleachers make these supposed racist Cubs fans look like the NAACP. How about a Rangers game? An Astros game? Racist redneck fans are dug in there like ticks. I'm not excusing actual racist behavior at baseball games, because it's fucking abhorrent. I'm just saying that it's an easy explanation for why one of the game's biggest headcases isn't playing up to even a 1/4th of his potential.

"Bradley reintroduced his so-called "Muppet conversation" after the homer, making hand gestures like a talking hand-sock puppet. Piniella coined the term last week in San Diego when Bradley made the gesture after a home run to a fan who had been heckling him."

Wow.

"That's what I do," he said. "People always have something to say. Keep talking. It ain't stopping nothing. 'What are you trying to prove?' I'm not proving anything but you're an idiot."

I'm going to let that speak for itself. Thanks Milt.

Randy Wells on the mound today, one of the season's bright spots. I wish they'd quit bringing up the possible R.O.Y. thing with him and just let him pitch.

Go team.

(edit: currently 5-0 Nats. *FLUSH*)