Bradley says Beane 'used me up' in '06

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BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 8/5/2007 on www.sfgate.com [flag]
Perhaps this is what happens when a team performs below expectations, but all is not sweetness and light around the A's these days. For several weeks, there has been a lot of grumbling in the clubhouse, some directed toward manager Bob Geren, as the A's place in the standings has plummeted. Then, former Oakland outfielder Milton Bradley delivered a blistering assessment of A's general ... [link]

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SF Gate: Bradley says Beane ‘used me up’ in ‘06
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Bradley says Beane ‘used me up’ in ‘06
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Milton Bradley Feels Used, Abused
Published 8/5/2007 by Tom Fornelli at FanHouse
... The San Francisco Chronicle caught up with Bradley in San Diego yesterday to ask him to expand on his previous comments about Beane."Billy just has a way of thinking he's smarter and better than everyone else, and I don't take kindly to the better-than-you attitude," Bradley said at Petco Park before the Giants played the Padres on Saturday. "I don't think Billy cared about how I was. He knew he could use me for cheap and get a lot out of me. ... So he used me up last year and couldn't use me up any more. He always told me, when you're out on the field, you make me look good. I guess I wasn't out there to make him look good enough. ...

The Week In Quotes: August 1-5 by Alex Carnevale
Published 8/6/2007 at Baseball Prospectus
... not telling me I was playing until an hour before the game on the last day. I was told I wasn't going to be activated until we went to New York, and then an hour before the game all of a sudden I'm activated so you can designate me, trade me or put me out there to show I can play so you can trade me.' Then you try to push out to the fans that it's injuries or I'm not an everyday player or all this stuff. If I play half the season, I put up better numbers than anybody they got. It's just nonsense." --Milton, on what he said to Billy Beane. (Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle ) CARLOS, THE WAY THAT CHIMP LOOKED AT YOU IS NOT A GOOD REASON TO PLAY IN THIS CITY "Yeah, I look around. Like in San Diego, I went to the zoo. But we'll have to see after the season what's the deal with the ...

Today at FanHouse
Published 8/6/2007 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
... after seeing the way some black athletes have been treated in Oakland. Today he's toning it down a bit, and just sticking with the Billy Beane used me defense . The San Francisco Chronicle caught up with Bradley in San Diego yesterday to ask him to expand on his previous comments about Beane . ...

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