Cub Player Confronts Brenly About On-Air Criticism

This has been bothering me since yesterday, but I needed some time to get my thoughts together. Interesting moment during yesterday’s Cubs game. Brenly says that earlier in the spring, he remarked on a broadcast that Bako didn’t have a very strong arm. Bako was told about this by a friend, and he went an confronted Brenly and asked if Brenly said his throws had an arch in them. Brenly tells him that he didn’t say he had an arch, but that his arm wasn’t strong. Bako objected again. Brenly says he’s started paying closer attention, and that Bako’s arm is stronger than he first thought. This got me to thinking: 1.) Bob Brenly doesn’t pay much attention and just says stupid, uninformed things. You know, like you could throw a dart in the Cubs dugout and hit a better LF than Soriano, when, in point of fact, you couldn’t throw a dart at all the LF in the NL and hit a better LF. Either he wasn’t paying attention and just said something about Bako that had no basis in fact, or… 2.) Bob Brenly is an incredible wuss, who backs off his comments when cornered and then issues on-air mea culpas, at least where white catchers are concerned. 3.) A Cub player confronted a broadcaster about something the broadcaster said on-air. And it wasn’t Milton Bradley. And I doubt we’ll here anything about this, ever, from the local scribes. If this had been Milton Bradley, the hue and cry from the press and the BTI rabble would have been deafening. But it wasn’t. So why is it a HORRIBLE, SHOCKING act when Bradley goes after noted douchebag Ryan Lefevbre, but a non-issue when Paul Bako confronts Brenly? And why is it a non-issue that Brenly took the time to admit his mistake about Bako (which wasn’t really a mistake. Bako is as noodle-armed as they come back there), but didn’t see fit to extend the same courtesy to Alfonso Soriano? I don’t have answers, but I have my suspicions. For now, though, I have two short notes to deliver to Addison and Clark: Dear Bob, Fuck you in the pants. Sincerely, PMayo, Mercurial Outfielder p.s. Your mustache makes you look exactly like Johnny Cakes. I’m going to assume that’s intentional. Dear Chicago Baseball Writers, You are the lesser sons of greater sires. Find a mirror, look into it, and you’ll see why your medium is dying. Sincerely, PMayo, Mercurial Outfielder.