"We're all on the same page with it," Hendricks said on Inside the Clubhouse on Saturday. "We're all on board. We love Addison. We love Melisa too. Everything that happened is unfortunate. We're just behind him. He's our teammate, and we're backing him. We want him to be the best person he can be, whatever that process is going to take. We're focused on on the field and what we have to take care of business-wise, but obviously just who he is as a person and the developments that he's going to make, we're here for him. Anything he needs, anything really anyone needs in this situation, we're just trying to be as supportive as we can.""We want him to be the best person he can be, whatever that process is going to be." That's probably what Hendricks should have started and ended with. It's a tough spot if you're a teammate and as easy as it is coming from an outsiders perspective, I don't think Hendricks or any other guy on the Cubs is going to say, "fuck Addison Russell, he's a scumbag," even though maybe saying how the things he's alleged of doing are awful would be more than fair. Every other part of that quote by Hendricks is bad. Yes, the best outcome is for Russell to be a better person and not be a domestic abuser. Yet, when Hendricks says the situation was unfortunate he's definitely downplaying the significance of what happened. Or how about not putting Russell and Reidy on the same level. One was abused, choked in front of her child, the other did the choking. And fine, they want to support Russell so that he hopefully does become better as a person, but every time we get these responses it's just more bad press for the Cubs. You force guys to stick up for Russell, who's been accused of tripping his pregnant wife for shits and giggles, choking his wife and tackling her on the street.
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