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Created by dipity on Jan 5, 2009
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...as the team loses games hand over first and the guy he respected most on the team left during mid-season. Since mid-May, Milton Bradley really has been on his best behavior. Since returning from counseling, Bradley is hitting .201/.285/.335, a bad line for...
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...of the plate has become a big-league Nomad Man. The surprise came Wednesday when Bradley asked the Mariners for help. Milton Bradley was placed on the restricted list by the Seattle Mariners on Thursday, a day after asking the team for help in dealing with...
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...until he receives an outside assessment and a plan to address his issues. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) SEATTLE — Milton Bradley was placed on the restricted list by the Seattle Mariners on Thursday, a day after asking the team for help in dealing with "emotional...
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It may come as a shock to you, but we up here in Seattle are aware of Milton Bradley's past behaviors. I know Seattle seems isolated from the rest of the country, but we have this interweb thingy that keeps us quite informed whilst we stay indoors from
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, and no.
Are you sure? ~:c)
Wait, let me double check…
I thought Luis Castillo performed admirably this season, but I would jump on the opportunity to trade his 2 years and $12 million remaining dollars in a swap of contracts.
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I will be calling for Hendry's head if Harden isn't offered arbitration. There is absolutely no excuse not to, especially if he is a Type B. He is the
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During this past offseason, I wrote an article suggesting that the Padres bring back Milton Bradley. I didn’t need much more evidence than his performance over the 2007-08 seasons. Unfortunately, before I could hit the Publish button, Bradley was off
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Today was the day. No, not the Cubs. Ivy Chat, from Bleed Cubbie Blue.
It must have been that 5th comment in 2009 that got Al's attention.
Someone please send a Banned by BCB/BTI card to Ivy Chat, please. I'm now in the club!
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Just
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Pat Burrell for Milton Bradley... just how does that make any sense for the Rays? Burrell has 1 year and $9M left on his contract, Bradley has 2 years and $21M. Add to that if one of them returns to career form, my money would be on Burrell. And that's
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PHOENIXArizona third baseman Mark Reynolds has broken his major league strikeout record by fanning for the 205th time this season in the fourth inning of the Diamondbacks' game against San Francisco.
Reynolds struck out for the second time Tuesday
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Myrtle Beach Sun News
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2009, file photo, Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendrym, right, shakes hands with outfielder Milton Bradley as Bradley was introduced as the newest member of the baseball team during a news conference in Chicago. The Cubs are
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Miami Herald
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Milton Bradley has agreed not to appeal his suspension for the rest of the season, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.com on Wednesday.
That decision came after Bradley formally apologized to the Cubs, and the team informed him it would
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Our pal Corn Cob Dress at the Wax Paper Beer Cup blog is one of the few Cubs bloggers who follows the financial side of the Cubs as much as this site does. Yesterday, ccd linked to a fascinating article about Sam Zell, the Tribune, and tax
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And thus, the Milton Bradley experiment ends the way it began: Suspensions to bookend the season. In his Wrigley Field debut, Bradley was ejected for arguing balls and strikes and suspended. At the end, he was suspended for being a prick that wasn’t
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Unless you just haven't been paying attention to the Cubs at all (which is entirely possible), the Cubs have suspended Milton Bradley for the duration of the year. Rather than rehash yesterday's events, I'll just point you to my bloggy-friend (which
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For NY, with all the injuries that they had to deal with, i think it could work out. bradley is talented and he might be able to fit in. but perez, man when he signed that big contract, i was like ??? and isnt wrigley a hitters ballpark with the wind
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Oh, Milton. Here we go again. More drama.
"The last few days became too much for me to tolerate," Hendry said. "I'm certainly not going to let our great fans become an excuse. I'm not going to tolerate not being able to answer questions from the media
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Hey Chicago, whaddaya say? Bears start a week from Sunday.
right at the cusp of "B" status and missing another month might drop him out unfortunately..
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New ownership will consider moving the walls...
speaking of Figgins, olney thinks yankees will want him for LF
now there's a team who could afford a
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the big question is can Diamond hit from the left side and play 2b?
Heyman talked to two GMs about the Cubs and Milton Bradley. One thought the Cubs
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It's a sad truth, but inordinate fascination with oneself is hardly reason to single out a professional athlete or high-paid coach. You could make a pretty safe argument that egocentricity has become the rule rather than the exception amongst those two
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Bleacher Report
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Cubs right fielder Milton Bradley roams the outfield in the first inning of a 9-4 victory over the Nationals on Wednesday.
(Scott Strazzante, Chicago Tribune / August 26, 2009)
An angry Milton Bradley lashed out at his treatment from Cubs
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Cubs fans have suffered for too long.
Cubs GM, Jim Hendry, has done the right thing this season. He’s put the right pieces together and convinced the owners to invest the proper cash to bring in the talent needed to secure what every Cubs fans for 101
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deal in place for Freddy Sanchez to the Giants supposedly...
Submitted by navigator on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 12:49am.
best parachat recap ever!
"I've
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If there was any inclination to write happily about the Cubs’ moving into first place for the first time since April, Milton Bradley killed it.
The guy who has been stealing money all season is now doing what he can to steal enthusiasm and whatever
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According to several published reports, Milton Bradley's contract was for two years with a 3rd year vesting if Bradley appeared in 75 games.
Well, with tonight's at bat, Milton has now appeared in 75 games. That means Milton's soft tapper to Chase
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David Patton will go on the disabled list with a groin injury.
I think I would rather see Hoffpauir sent down than Fuld, but oh well. I am pretty
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Can the Cubs win two in a row on the road? The last time the Cubs posted back-to-back wins away from the Friendly Confines was June 7 (Reds) and June 9 (Astros). The Cubs are a very disappointing 14-22 on the road this season and one of their better
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Milton, while still in the ballpark
So I've been wondering how long it would take for our fears to be confirmed. Following a pop-up to shallow left, Milton Bradley, he of the world-wide conspiracy to keep him down, apparently had words with manage Lou
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Many questioned the signing of Milton Bradley when the Cubs made the deal official on January 8. The Cubs were looking for a way to balance out their lineup and were willing to take a risk on a player with all of the talent to take them to the next
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The Cubs will hopefully receive a boost with the return of Carlos Zambrano to the hill tonight. The Cubs number one pitcher has been out for the last six games serving a suspension for his actions on May 27. The team he is supposed to be a leader of
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Can I volunteer someone else?
Another solution would be to have a player's family member killed whenever they have one of these maladies so that they
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Milton Bradley credited Reed Johnson for a verbal kick in the butt that got him going Monday night.
Johnson said Tuesday that one of the things he told Bradley was to shrug off a bad call by the plate umpire.
"I told him, if you get behind in the
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...destroyer" in their 1981 song Destroyer. He was only 3 years old at the time, but it was as if they had Cubs’ outfielder Milton Bradley—who should use the tune as his entrance music— in mind when penning those words. "Silly boy you got so much to live for So...
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...they're good people and that people like them. Others convince themselves that everyone hates them and is out to get them. Milton Bradley falls into the latter category. Bradley caused a bit of a ruckus over the holiday weekend when he said he thought that...
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If we're going to suck, we might as well learn something:
Paul Sullivan does a nice job of hitting the salient points right up front:
It was rap and snap night Monday at Wrigley Field, featuring Lou Piniella, Milton Bradley, Ryan Dempster and Ted
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... Milton Bradley believes he's under attack: Bradley believes his strike zone is being widened, forcing him to chase pitches he normally doesn't swing at or risk being called out on strikes. Asked if there have been repercussions from Vanover's fellow umpires...
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Chicago Cubs right fielder Milton Bradley lashed out at Major League Baseball's umpires Sunday, saying they are forcing him to swing at bad pitches by widening his strike zone.
Bradley, suspended one game last month after an argument with umpire Larry
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ESPN
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I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk
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And on the 35th game he rested.
Which, if you’re Milton Bradley of the Chicago Cubs, isn’t much different than the 34th game of the 2009 season. Or for that matter, the better part of the 33 games that preceded it.
With one exception. This time, it’s
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Lou Piniella's crew finished the first month of the season with a 10-11 record and dropped below the .500 mark for the first time since April 5, 2008. For a team that was expected to run away with the Central Division they have not played anywhere near
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I’m here for the fun . . .
Milton Bradley has been bad, injured and cranky, so of course he’s blaming the media for the way he’s being covered.
Yo, Milton, how do we Febreze bad and injured? Should we write that you’re Albert Pujols, except with a .043
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Chicago Tribune
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Needless to say, Milton Bradley's first few weeks in a Cubs uniform probably haven't gone as planned. He's got one hit in his first 23 at-bats, been ejected from a game already resulting in a two-game suspension and he also has that whole injured groin
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CHICAGO -- There is a huge difference between generating controversy and having controversy follow you around.
In this one instance at least, this latest controversy finds Milton Bradley solidly in the second category. He did not cause this
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Wow. This was probably the toughest group to give an order to. A lot of quality players playing right field made it a fun contest to break down.
I'll say this first- I could have gone with Hunter Pence, Jay Bruce, Ryan Ludwick or Corey Hart here, and
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"I'm an emotional person. I care strongly about everything. Either I care or I don't. There's no in between."
He definitely cares about the strike zone. While with the Rangers last year, he was ejected from a game against Oakland after twice striking
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*sigh*, when does parachat return?
I went in there today for about 10 minutes just to play a bunch of sounds.
Submitted by crunch on Tue, 02/10/2009 -
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I just can't wait for the Mike Winters, Milton Bradley, Lou Pinella brawl that is inevitable.
Who's going to blow out what is the real question?
And what happens when Bradley throws a bag of balls at Zambrano?
"Yet another problem is that Bradley
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Bleacher Report
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...is an upgrade at SS over Theriot, and the money would be better spent on a solid player than a questionable assclown like Milton Bradley. I wouldn't add Young by choice, but long before I added Milton Bradley. So you're suggesting that if the cubs cleared...
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...to throw 10 million a year at someone as unreliable as Bradley. Hell I would much prefer a Garret Anderson signing to a Milton Bradley signing. derosa will absolutely be missed. as i said above, his production will be replaced by fonty/miles, though to a...
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