baseballmusings.com - 6/26/2009
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According to this story, there was a bit of a problem in the Cubs dugout today :
On a day when things finally went right on the field, there was more controversy for the Cubs. This time, the mercurial Milton Bradley went after the Gatorade cooler in the dugout and had an angry exchange with ...
Piniella sends Bradley home in middle of game
scoresreport.com 6/27/2009 —
Lou Piniella has had about all he can take of outfielder Milton Bradley .
Piniella told the mercurial slugger to go home Friday afternoon after Bradley threw his helmet and went after a water cooler following a fly out in the top of the sixth inning of the Cubs game against the crosstown ...
Bradley has problems, but this ain't one
bases.newsvine.com 6/29/2009 — The Milton Bradley-Lou Piniella brouhaha erupted and then more or less resolved itself over the weekend, with the name-calling apparently ending on Saturday and the rapprochement beginning (now they're searching for the leaks).
Piniella apologizes to Bradley for sending him home in middle of game
scoresreport.com 6/29/2009 —
Cubs’ manager Lou Piniella officially apologized to tantrum-throwing Milton Bradley, who decided to take out his frustration on a water cooler during a game on Friday night and was absolutely reamed out by his manager.
“I apologized for the last comment I made, told him he knows in ...
Piniella sticking with Bradley and Soto
blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com 6/26/2009 — By Paul Sullivan Milton Bradley's benching turned into a one-day thing, as manager Lou Piniella changed his mind and inserted Bradley back in right field and in the No. 3 hole against the White Sox Friday. "We rested [Ryan] Theriot...
Milton Bradley back in lineup
eatdrinksleepbaseball.blogspot.com 6/27/2009 — A day after being sent home by Cubs manager Lou Piniella, Milton Bradley was back in the Cubs' lineup in the three spot. But Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune asks the question: Do the Cubs regret signing Bradley ? As Rogers points out, the Cubs bypassed other free-agent outfielders, such as ...
The Definitive Unsourced Milton Bradley Is Bat Shit Crazy Timeline
pitchersandpoets.com 6/30/2009 — I meant to say something intelligent and original about the recent Milton Bradley/Lou Pineilla fracas. But the more I tried to write, the more I found myself thinking back on just how this ridiculous and completely unsurprising situation came to be. What began a cursory glance at the ...
Mt. Milton Erupts Again
sonsofstevegarvey.com 6/27/2009 —
From "Bradley starts drama before Soto's 3-run shot puts Cubs back on track" (AP/ ESPN.com ):
[Milton] Bradley attacked the cooler in the dugout after he flied out in the top of the sixth, leading to an angry exchange in the tunnel with [Lou] Piniella, who told him to get dressed and go ...
Bradley's Second Half
thundermatt.com 7/16/2009 — It's no secret that Cubs management and fans have had their fill of "Milton Bradley Drama" during the first half of the 2009 campaign. Whether he's bumping umpires, smashing Gatorade coolers, or leaving the ballpark mid-game, no one can say that they're surprised by his behavior. However, even ...
NEWS: Milton Bradley Sent Home Mid-Game —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/26/2009
The Chicago Tribune's Paul Sullivan is reporting that, after flying out in the sixth inning against the White Sox Friday, Milton Bradley was involved in a verbal altercation with Cubs' manager Lou Piniella.
Bradley was replaced in right ...
Cubs send Bradley home after tantrum (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/27/2009
Milton Bradley's temper tantrum was one too many for Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella. Piniella told the mercurial slugger to go home Friday afternoon after Bradley threw his helmet and went after a water cooler following a fly out in the top of the ...