Carlos Silva-Milton Bradley Trade Brings Out Sports Writing's Creative Side
When the Cubs sent bridge-burning malcontent Milton Bradley to the Mariners for sad lump of clay Carlos Silva last Friday, it was more than a pair of new beginnings for two much-maligned baseball players. It was also a chance for writers, both paid and not, to come up with really colorful ways of explaining the swap.
The only cure for flare-ups from new Mariner Milton Bradley is a steady dose of Valtrex.
After the jump, a few of the best.
- Jon Greenberg, ESPNChicago.com:
- Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune:
It's a trade of one of the worst Cubs ever for the best batting practice pitcher in the game.
- Mike Seely, Seattle Weekly:
In other Mariner trade crank news, isn't trading Carlos Silva for Milton Bradley a little like trading herpes for gonorrhea?
- Steve Kelley, The Seattle Times:
"It was an Advil deal. It was like trading a root canal for a punch in the mouth."
- Twitter feed of Dylan Wilbanks, University of Washington web developer and Mariners fan:
Trading a clubhouse cancer for a productive clubhouse cancer? Hells yeah.
- And finally, some dude who goes by the handle "dangerine" (on a musician's messageboard, of all places) with the most concise explanation possible:
Dog shit for cat shit, essentially.
The excitement. It's palpable.
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