chicagotribune.com - 6/27/2009
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Before throwing his helmet and the sports drink cooler, before getting into a heated exchange with manager Lou Piniella and before being sent home in the sixth inning, Milton Bradley spoke candidly of his feeling of isolation in the Cubs clubhouse. "This isn't me," Bradley told the Tribune ...
morehardball.blogspot.com - 6/28/2009
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morehardball.blogspot.com —
There's not too many players I hate, but
Milton Bradley is one of them (Jose Reyes, Manny...
Ramirez, Francisco Rodriguez, and the "retired" Paul LoDuca all share in this honor). Everywhere MB goes he ends up getting into altercations with managers, announcers, umpires, fans, seeing eye dogs, ...
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Milton Bradley is a piece of what?
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/28/2009
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com —
Cubs manager Lou Piniella allegedly told Milton Bradley
"you're not a player, you're a piece of s---''...
one day, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, then batted him third the next. Which only shows that 1) Piniella has a deep sense of guilt, or 2) ...
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Jon Heyman: The best and worst free agents emerge
notqualifiedtocomment.com - 6/29/2009
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notqualifiedtocomment.com —
Last week may have been the worst week
the Cubs have had in 5 years. Sure, there...
have been some losing teams in that period, but no one week where the wheels just came off like they did here. The record alone– 1-6 –makes the week look better than it actually was. Here’s a ...
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Cubs Season Couldn’t Get Any Worse, Until Last Week Of ...
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Milton Bradley Is Uncomfortable, And So Is A Certain Water Cooler [Mlb]
Deadspin —
... But, you see, Bradley's not the one to blame here. It doesn't matter that he's a grown man making $30 million over the next three years just to play baseball, chase seagulls and, otherwise, keep his mouth shut. It's hard for him to do that when no one in the clubhouse will talk to him, so he has to lash out to get everyone's attention: ...
The Week In Quotes: June 22-28 by Alex Carnevale
Baseball Prospectus —
... and he's gone. So you just kind of feel like you're on an island, and trying to stay afloat." Bradley , on not clicking with his teammates. "The teammates, they're there and they say all the right things. But it's just [small talk]." Bradley "Like I've said, I don't have the same set of rules as other people. I've committed mistakes in my past to where you don't get the leeway other guys might get. To a certain extent, I guess that's fair." Bradley (Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune ) LOU, THAT WASN'T DOPE, IT WAS OREGANO MIXED WITH HONEY "Look, I have smoked dope ...
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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 ...
Players in Lou's corner :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chris De Luca
suntimes.com 6/27/2009 — Piniella, Cubs know Bradley useless if he doesn't change Here's everything you need to know about Milton Bradley. The setting was the opening homestand of the season. Bradley was expressing his unhappiness in Chicago during a contentious session 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).
Milton Bradley Must Go
bleedcubbieblue.com 6/27/2009 —
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You wanted fire from Lou? Be careful what you wish for.
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Lou to Milton: You're outta here
blogs.dailyherald.com 6/27/2009 — We'll have plenty more to come online tonight and in the paper tomorrow, but the long and short of it is that Lou told Milton Bradley to take a hike today. But look for Bradley to be in tomorrow's starting lineup.
Bradley apparently pitched a fit ...
Milton Bradley's Losing Friends
thecubreporter.com 6/27/2009 —
A few stories have popped up since I wrote the last one, so let me update.
Bruce Miles at the Daily Herald:
"I told him to take his uniform off," Lou said. "He threw his helmet
and smashed a water cooler, water flying all over. I just told him to
take his ...
Piniella starts Bradley, apologizes (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/27/2009
Milton Bradley was in the Chicago Cubs' lineup Saturday, a day after he was sent home by manager Lou Piniella following an angry outburst in the dugout. "I apologized for the last comment I made, told him he knows in the context I meant it," ...
