Video: Marlon Byrd, Behind the Back Circus Catch, 4-28-10. With the sun in his eyes, Marlon makes an unbelievable catch. Baseball Tonight had this as their #5 web gem. Ahead of this play were 3 rather pedestrian plays, and one really nice throw, but this catch is a one in a million.

He does not see the ball … at all.

Milton Bradley didn’t like Chicago and now all the Cublogosphere is up in arms.

If Canada’s epic victory over Team USA in last Sunday’s Olympic Gold Medal game taught us anything, it taught us that every now and then Canada needs to step in and tell America who knows better, who is better, and who will always being looking up to their impressive neighbour to the north.

It really is too bad your country doesn’t care about hockey, because if you did, you’d already have perspective on this overblown Milton Bradley saga and you’d have moved on by now.

Though the circumstances differ, the story is the same. While Bradley blamed Chicago for his poor performance as a Cub in 2009 which lead to his trade to Seattle in the off-season, Chris Pronger blamed Edmonton for a dissatisfied socialite wife while he was an Oiler in 2006 which lead to his trade to the (no-longer Mighty) Ducks in the off-season. The subtle differences are moot, because in both cases, both players became Public Enemy #1 in their respective former cities.

What happened to Edmonton after 2006?

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