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Rotisserie by the Numbers: Milton Bradley, Fantasy Baseball Nightmare

 
There are three things fantasy baseball owners can always count on: Milton Bradley going on the disabled list,  Bradley getting suspended, and Bradley hitting reasonably well on those odd occasions when he is on the field. It might be time to count on a fourth certainty from Bradley. Baseball's hottest hothead, its baddest of the bad boys, its champion of temper tantrums, has done it again. No, he did not tear another ACL arguing with an umpire or chase after an announcer that badmouthed him. He was taken out of a game and then told to go home by Chicago Cubs manager Lou Pinella after a tirade that even made Carlos Zambrano sweat. Bradley missing parts of games or seasons is not news to fantasy owners. This is as routine as the sun shining during the day and the moon glowing at night. Bradley has always been the anti-Ripken. He has never met a muscle he has not pulled. He makes you cringe when he does not run out a ground ball, yet he makes you cringe MORE when he does run out a ... (link)

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