Cubs Trade Bradley!

Sorry, wishful thinking.  They haven't traded Milton Bradley yet.  But they will.  In the meantime, let's take a look at the Cubs.  The last time we saw them, they were crushed under the weight of their high expectations and missed the 2009 playoffs by 8.5 games.  (That's it?  They seemed a lot worse than that.)  So what went wrong? 1.  Key players slumped.  Alfonso Soriano and Geovany Soto were flat out horrible.  No excuses for either one of them.  They just plain sucked.  To a lesser extent, Mike Fontenot and Carlos Zambrano were significantly worse than everybody expected them to be last season as well.  Most thought Fontenot would give them at least 80% of what Mark DeRosa gave them, and from the left side to boot.  Dud.  Ryan Dempster had a bit of a dropoff from his career season as well, though overall he was still pretty solid (like Big Z, to be truthful). 2.  Ever...