Posts Tagged ‘Backhanded Compliments

21
May
09

That’s a Compliment Right?

Despite one of his best outings of the year, Ryan Dempster and the Cubs lost to the Cardinals last night 2-1. After the game, Milton Bradley knew he was responsible for the Cards’ success, Dave Duncan, the Cardinals pitching coach.

“It’s not like we’re going out there facing ‘Joe Blow,'” Bradley said. “Their pitching coach is one of the best pitching coaches. He can take a turd and polish it into something, it seems like.”

Of course, the “polished turd” the Cardinals threw out there last night was Chris Carpenter, a former Cy Young.

[Chicago Tribune]




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