So, Milton Bradley, I'm a racist?
Yeah, hardly.
Whatever notion crawled into your mind that Chicago Cubs fans are racist and out to get you because you're black needs to get out of town. As a matter of fact, lets just make this easier and have you get out town.
The drama queen, clubhouse cancer we heard about has finally arrived in Chicago. First you get all bent out of shape that you're getting booed, then you just haven't "adjusted" to the pressures of being a Cub. On top of that you throw a second out into the stands, get on the field just moments before the opening pitch on Wednesday and then you call the very fans who you are tired of hearing boos from racists.
What are you thinking?
Listen, Milton, when you're the main reason a fan favorite such as Mark DeRosa was traded and you're getting $30 million from this team, the fans have expectations. A .255 average is not meeting those expectations, not after the contract and the year you had last season.
It's not a matter of race. It's the fact that you can't hit the darn ball.
Lou Piniella wanted a left-handed power hitter. So far you are hitting .230 and slugging .391 with 10 homeruns from the left-hand side. Not exactly what these fans were looking for.
That's the story of the year though. Nine games back, barely over .500, and the playoffs would seem like a miraculous utopia right now. Your team doesn't need your distractions at this point, it needs you to hit and stop trying to make everyone feel sorry for you.
Unlike an old Cubs' saying: It's not gonna happen.
Did you see Kosuke Fukudome whining and crying last season when he was getting booed for hitting .257 with no power? No. Do you see Alfonso Soriano making excuses and calling the fans racist? No.
Instead they're busy working to better. While Fonzi's efforts haven't paid off, he's giving effort, which all Cubs fans ask for. And Fukudome? He's hitting .275, .387 OBP, .463 slugging and surpassed his total homeruns last year (10) with 11 so far this year. He went through his funk before the All-Star break and is hitting .330 since.
See, Milton, playing for the Cubs is not a matter of what color your skin is. It's about showing the fans you are trying to earn that money, trying to win for them and not making excuses and accusations when it doesn't go right.
Be a man, stand up and just admit you're having a bad year. You're swing is off. Go through a rigorous offseason program and come back next year ready to prove to us that you are worth are our time. The quality of your play rests on you, not us. That's why you're the professional.
Cubs fans are loyal if you can win them over. Calling them a bunch of racists isn't going to get that done very well. Neither is bad play and excuses.
It's been 100 (soon to be 101) years since the organization won a World Series. We've heard every excuse in the book. None of them explain being a drama queen. None of them explain lazy play.
And certainly none of them explain a whole fan base being racist.
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