Cufflinks. Obviously the sign of a man who is up to no good…

scary stuff Uncle Dave. lock up the women and children. the cubulas got themselves a ballplayer.

all my base are belong to him. terrifying!

I don’t think there is any question that the importance off-the-field incidents have been blown way out of proportion. I’m pumped to have Bradley. I wasn’t so keen to the idea back when it looked like it would take 4 or 5 years and something like $50M, but given how great of a buyer’s market we’ve seen this offseason, it just makes too much sense to bring in such a good player at this kind of discount.

I also read today that there is a specific clause in his newly inked contract that would turn the third year of his deal into a club option with a $2M buyout if he misses any serious time because of heath reasons in his first season. That kind of insurance just makes what was already a good looking contract even better.