Both of Chicago's baseball teams and its much balleyhooed football team have acquired quality players but have misused them recently.  Here are the players and ways they are being missused.

The Chicago Cubs have missused Alfonso Soriano and Milton Bradley

First and foremost, both players were signed to massive contracts, both in years and dollars, unneccessarily.  The Cubs reportedly outbid the second highest team for Soriano by $40 million, and Bradley was given a 3-year contract despite playing on 7 teams in 9 seasons.  Both of these are inexcusible errors on the part of GM Jim Hendry.  In addition, manager Lou Piniella waited far too long to pull Soriano out of the leadoff spot.  Piniella and Soriano were indeed the only Chicago residents heading into 2009