Lastings Milledge....up to his old antics!!!!

The non-tender was a good idea for other reasons based on how he performed over 1.5 years.

Milledge played the good citizen role while he was in Pittsburgh from all accounts-to his credit.

Now it’s time to move on. He’ll still make six figures in AAA next season.

it’s kind of hard to distinguish a baseball fight from the scrum around a sale on Craftsman tools at the mall.

First off, we saw this posted on BD several days ago. So Adam Rubin and impliedi are late to the ball.

Second, I saw nothing on the video to support the assertion that Milledge made a motion “like he was throwing a grenade” after his SECOND double of the game.

Third, according to the report, next time up Milledge gets plunked, THEN TAKES (STEALS?) SECOND. At this point the jawing starts, emotions are running high. The video I saw shows the opposing player taking a shove, or whatever, at Milledge after some back and forth. The brawl ensues.

And this is Milledge’s fault? Nothing about he was beating them like a drum in the ballgame, so they plunked him. Nothing about hot-tempered Latins or Hugo Chavez supporters hopping on the hated Yanqui?

From the time Milledge arrived from the Nationals, dragging his reputation behind him, I personally saw him give nothing except his best effort on the field (regardless of whether the result was sufficient) and in compliance with what the PBC asked of him in terms of his behavior. Do we have any rumblings from the Pirates clubhouse about what a lousy teammate he was and how glad they are that he’s gone? Not that I’ve heard.

Why are we so eager to jump to conclusions that blacken a man’s reputation based on hearsay, innuendo and video evidence that does not necessarily support the conclusions being drawn.

Yes, I’m also tired of this subject.