Sure the Cubs bullpen blew a 5-4 game to the Reds on Friday, but at least Lou’s junk was hanging out while he jogged out to argue a call with the umps.

Here’s our old friend Milton Bradley, waving to some of his former Rangers fans.  Oh, that’s not waving?  Well at least he’s acknowledging them I guess.

Want to revisit the Milton Bradley situation?  Neither do I, but I felt like I needed to share a bit of ridiculous information that just proves that even one year of Milton Bradley’s negative energy will take a while to wash off.  Stories surfaced last week that Bradley, who leased an apartment for a year [...]

The Chicagoist stumbled on this little error the Sun-Times website ran on Friday morning.  I don’t know if you all heard, but there was a fire at a Michigan Ave. mall and due to some sort of delay in the Sun-Times website’s cache cycling, this image appeared on the main page briefly. Before we put [...]

After an offseason filled with so many rumors that we here at NQTC basically gave up covering it, the Cubs have finally moved Bradley.  It looks like a decent deal for the North Siders, with the Cubs receiving an unknown amount of cash and Carlos Silva in the deal: The Mariners and Chicago Cubs have [...]

PhillyBurbs.com is reporting that Pat Burrell has been traded from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Cubs, who then dealt him to the Mets: Former Phillies outfielder Pat Burrell has reportedly been swapped twice this morning, eventually landing with Phils division rival the New York Mets. The Tampa Bay Rays traded the slugging left fielder [...]

Baseball season ended a while ago, especially for the perpetually-suffering Cubs fans.  I have tried to avoid discussing or even thinking about them after the miserable summer we all had to sit through this year.  With trade talks heating up around Milton Bradley at the winter GM meetings, I think it’s time to look at [...]

Tom Ricketts’ held a press conference today on the heels of his purchase of the Chicago Cubs this week.  From what I’ve heard, he is a true fan and a really good guy.  I actually met someone that is relatively close with him on a personal level and he told me the family are die-hard [...]

Cubs fans have a reputation for being racist.  We have heard it time and again from many different sources, although all of them have been African-American until now.  In recent years Dusty Baker, Latroy Hawkins, Jacque Jones, and now Milton Bradley claimed to have received racist hate mail and racist taunts in the field.  Although [...]

There’s actually a decent amount of news around the Cubbies the last few weeks, so I figured why not do a Cubs linkdump.  Enjoy! Remember how everyone was saying that nobody is going to want Bradley?  Well that’s out the window, since apparently there are a ton of suitors for him. [Bleacher Nation] Have you [...]

Well here’s another Bradley trade rumor that makes no sense for either side.  This time the Tampa Bay Devil Rays apparently are expressing interest in Milton Bradley.  ESPNChicago is reporting that: It appears that there’s more than a little interest in Chicago Cubs right fielder Milton Bradley. A source with knowledge of the situation said [...]

As much as I am a Bradley apologist (and from all the shit I take here and elsewhere about it, I’ve come to realize I am), I still understand that he is not connecting with fans, his teammates, management or the media.  His temper tantrums and immature reactions to the media are not justified by [...]

Milton Bradley’s mother chimes in on Milton’s problems with the Cubs.  Racism and negativity abound in this article. [Tribune] I’ve been hinting at this for many years, but there is mathematical proof that you should almost NEVER punt, kick a field goal, or attempt a PAT.  Over the course of the season those things create [...]

I’ve defended Bradley all season (although I encourage you to boo him or anyone else you want if you feel they deserve it, you have that right Cubs fans!), but its time for me to admit what most other Cubs fans have come to understand: it just isn’t working.  His recent comments have led to [...]

Yesterday was an odd day for Milton and the Cubbies.  Well, not odd if you have been keeping track of Bradley’s antics throughout the season.  He took himself out of the game without warning after getting to first base.  All of a sudden he just went trotting into the dugout and right into the clubhouse [...]