I say nothing!

Well here we are on April 25th and the first official Milton Bradley confrontation has erupted. Who had this date in the pool?

As I see it Lou Piniella is somewhat responsible for this, maybe even GM Jim Hendry. When Bradley hurt his groin last week his history should have dictated to putting him on the DL. It's a lingering injury to begin with and the chilly damp weather is of no help. Nope. Lou says he'll be fine and there's Bradley barely able to run. Piniella needs a meeting with Bradley to tell him he won't play until he's healthy. I think 30,000 people in the ballpark could figure that one out Einstein.

Of course Bradley is made out to be the bad guy because he won't talk to the press. Again his past history affects him here but I do agree with him in the sense that the media puts the focus on him and will certainly miscontrue something he says and then people get mad at him. If the guy doesn't want to talk, don't bother him. If he was put on the DL like he should have been this controversy isn't taking place and I might win the pool because I had May 1st.

Looking at both teams two weeks into the season it's still tough to gauge things. The Sox are 8-7 and should probably have a couple more wins. They are tied for first place with Kansas City and Detroit.

It would appear Carlos Quentin has picked up where he left off last season and leads the majors with 7 homers. This team does have more speed and trying to utilize it with Chris Getz, Brian Anderson, and Brent Lillbridge. There have been flashes of power and speed and I think by mid May we'll have a good idea about this team.

The pitching has been fairly strong. John Danks and Gavin Floyd have been outstanding. The big surprise has been Bartolo Colon and Jose Contreras. Two veterans coming off injuries who weren't even supposed to be ready. Colon with the elbow surgery looks stronger right now. Contreras with the torn achilles is throwing good but his control is still off.

Thankfully the Mike MacDougal saga is over. It was worth one more try after a great spring training. As usual with him it didn't carry over.

The Cubs at 8-6 and in fourth place probably should be more dominating but as long as Piniella keeps hitting Ryan Theriot in the eight spot and Derek Lee third the offense will stagnate. I've only seen a little bit of the Cubs so I'll say nothing more like Bradley.
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