Why Not Sign Bonds Next?!

Written by Godfrey Logan, Tuesday January 06 2009

Cubs sign major league derilect Milton Bradley to break up the mainly right handed Cubs lineup. What's next Bears sign Terrell Owens or The White Sox sign Barry Bonds?

Pending a physical Thursday, Milton Bradley could become the newest member of Chicago baseball's Legion Of Doom with With Manager Lou Piniella and Pitcher Carlos Zambrano on the northside and Manager Ozzie Guillen on the Southside. It had been said the Cubs are a bunch of nice guys worn out by the expectation to end the 100 year championship drout and they need someone to come in and shake things up a little bit. As if a fight between Zambrano and former Cub catcher Michael Barret during a game in 2007 wasn't enough . Yes that Michael Barret who can be remember for laying a punch on a White Sox player after a collision at the plate. Now that the Cubs have Bradley who is the next derilect to be signed by a Chicago team? There was talk last season of Kobe Bryant coming to the Bulls and a number people swore they would never go to a game with Bryant in a Bulls uniform. A selfish guy who never passes the ball and has the nerve to consider himself the next Michael Jordan. There was even talk of him purchasing Jordans Highland Park home. What about Terell Owens? The Bears have a serious need for a number one wide receiver. Could you imagine Owens following Kyle Orton up and down the sideline complaining about not getting the ball or the way the ball was trhown to him? That would have been worth it when Rex Grossman was quarterback but with the Bears finally having a decent quarterback, and I do mean decent I think more fans would come to Ortons aide than Owens. How many websites would be set up to run Owens out of town from the very beginning. There is a reason that players like Bradley and Owens and Bonds are villified in sports. Even Kobe Bryant. It isn't that they are not talented or that they cannot be the spark that helps a team reach a goal or make them better at a position they were seriously lacking. Bradley hit over .300 last year for the Texas Rangers with a high on base percentage and hit 20 plus homeruns but it's not so easily forgotten that he rushed the broadcast booth of the Kansas Royals to get at a broadcaster who had made disparaging comments about Bradley. You can find videos of his tirades on the net as well as any other player and know what evil your way comes. Like I've said I'll be at games this year with a sign counting down to Bradleys first outburst. Chicago Cub fans are some of the most vocal fans in sports regarded as some of the most voroacious and loyal fans in sports. We have no problem booing a guy for striking out with the bases loaded. Will we see him going into the stands like a former Chicago player Ron Artest a fight started by another former Bull Ben Wallace, flipping fans the bird or what I would consider the main event, a fight with Carlos Zambrano with Lou Piniella being the undercard?