Milton Bradley

Goodness! I hope they at least put two on the board for the take down!

deldad, your not allowed to post something like that without corresponding video

I assumed everyone had seen it. (that's my public stance, the truth is I would be here for two weeks trying to figure out how to copy that to this site)

some think that while bradley was on 1st, the ump kept egging him on and that's what set off bradley, but others think that the ump was just telling him to calm down and shut his mouth, and he just went after the umpire, being stubborn. whatever the case is, it's bad news for the padres cuz he tore his ACL. it was a strange confrontation though.

Link at http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270923125

It is interesting to hear Bradley's side of things - and Mike Winter's ejection sure is fast....

Watching that video, you see the first base coach walking towards the ump just as Bradley calls time.
As Bradley walks back towards 1st Coach is almost in front of the ump gesturing like WTF .
From the video looks like the ump said something that was unusual enough to get coaches attention too.

WTF? What does the World Taekwondo Federation have to do with this?

Poor Milton Bradley. Things always seem to happen to him. Here is an article from USA Today when the Indians unloaded him and notice the stuff he was going though before they got rid of him. The Dodgers have unloaded him and now so have the A's. The media such as ESPN keeps asking what did the umpire do to set him off. What a dumb question imho. Something is always setting off that guy.

Note the Indians got Franklin Gutierrez in the deal and he has helped their playoff run this year.

Milton Bradley is one of the most talented players in the game. Here is a case where attitude clearly restricts such talent.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/dodgers/2004...-bradley-trade_x.htm

Not trying to justify Bradley's actions, but the 1st base coach was quoted somewhere along the lines of saying that he couldn't believe what the umpire told Bradley and he completely understood why Bradley got upset because Bradley had walked away and the Ump had said somethign to gesture him back.

In the midst of a playoff battle, Bradley, as is his complete history, can't control himself, can't choose his battles and puts himself and his ego ahead of everything....and is now done for the year, as well may be his team. Pathetic.

Once again, umps think they are part of the game...how wrong they are. Not a fan of Bradley's antics, but every indication is the ump baited Bradley. MLB should step in and police their umps, imho.

Maybe the ump baited him maybe he didnt. But think about this for a moment. The guy knows his own history. He knows he and his team are in the middle of a playoff run. He makes millions of dollars. He can not control himself? He is so childish and immature that he goes off like that over something that someone says? It is so ridiculous the way some of these guys act. How do you bait someone into acting like a complete azz? Especially someone that knows he is under the microscope because of past problems he has already brought on himself. Or was he baited in those incidents as well? Spoiled coddled rich athletes. The game is better without them.

I believe it's called having your own agenda, and the ol there's no I in team, but there's a me.

I am not, or ever have been a Milton Bradley fan. In this case I think he was baited into the situation and that is wrong and unfortunatly he is paying for.

Some are saying "poor Milton Bradley ". I say he would have never been in that "situation" if he had kept him mouth shut and played up to his talent level for the last 5 years. More often than not your past will catch up and bite you during the most undeserving times.

I do see a potential down side of this incident as with the basketball officiating incident that have happened during this past year. Players, fans, and the press are going to use the action of a single official as a benchmark for the whole group and in turn the refs are going to back down to confrontation resulting in the players dictating the contests outcome.

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Some are saying "poor Milton Bradley

Ahem, not some but it was I who said poor Milton Bradley I thought the sarcasim was obvious.

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Originally posted by ClevelandDad:
Ahem, not some but it was I who said poor Milton Bradley I thought the sarcasim was obvious.

Dan, I must have read right past that because it wasn't a comment on what you said rather just a comment. Your sarcasism was very obvious on the re-read. I'm still chuckling

The umpire Mike Winters has been suspended for the remainder of the season. Interesting.

Umpire in Bradley incident suspended

Even when it comes out that it was the umpire that launched a profanity laden barrage at Bradley, no one at MLB will publicly condemn the mans actions. I find that to be an ugly double standard. Toss the man out on his rear and let the public know what kind acts he committed to warrant such treatment.

Once again we are treated to an example, that all we recieve is lip service about standing up for what is right and doing the right thing. When it comes to actually standing up and being counted, no one can be found. No one from the commissioners office, no one from the umpires union, not even the CEO of the Padres.