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Found September 30, 2009 on Thunder Matt's Saloon:
PLAYERS: Milton Bradley
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates,  Washington Nationals,  Chicago Cubs

This years dismal f&ck-up of a season is almost over with. Gone is the Monopoly Man and his tirades, farewell to postseason hopes and goodbye to one more year of mediocrity that has plagued the Cubs for far too long..."I know I'm an asshole,kick me out please."But looking on the bright side of things (because I am the eternal optimist despite that first paragraph) at least we aren't Pittsburgh Pirates Fans.Last nights whipping put the Bucs in their place, not to mention the fact that it was also the Cubs that secured their 17th consecutive losing season several weeks ago... Today brings a double header where *hopefully* the Cubbies will win both games under the lead of Lilly and Big Z. While I'm not banking on a sweep, it would certainly be nice especially because baseball outside of September will be sad for all of Cubdom yet again.Looks like those "fancy" new jerseys with them newfangled sleeves didn't workso well after all.If the MLB were H...
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