Plan "B"

[MrMadison]

He certainly doesn't need anyone's help pertaining to this.

EDIT: Maybe him and Wily Mo can cry on each other's shoulders.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/061208dnsporangersbradley.3c7e26f.html

from what I know, Bradley hasn't been half as bad in his life as Josh Hamilton was. but now Hamilton is god and everyone loves him, while Bradley's arguably one of the most hated guys in baseball, fan-wise. I think the comparison between Hamilton and Bradley, and the way the announcer portrayed it really set him off. who knows?

either way, if we get someone who can hit as well as Bradley can, and isn't a headcase, then GREAT!

i don't care, as long as we aren't going into next season looking at the same first basemen we were looking at last season.

[MrMadison]

Texas Rangers' Bradley gets emotional over TV comments


By RICHARD DURRETT / The Dallas Morning News
rdurrett@dallasnews.com

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Milton Bradley is an emotional player. That emotion overflowed in the clubhouse after Wednesday’s game in response to something Kansas City Royals television broadcaster Ryan Lefebvre said about him on the air during the Texas Rangers' 11-5 win.

Bradley left the clubhouse after the game and reached the press box but never talked to Lefebvre. General manager Jon Daniels and manager Ron Washington chased after Bradley, and Daniels escorted him back to the clubhouse.

Bradley then walked around with tears welling up and his voice breaking as he spoke.

"All I want to do is play baseball and make a better life for my kid than I had, that's it," Bradley said to a quiet clubhouse. "I love all you guys. ... I'm strong, but I'm not that strong."

Many players tried to console Bradley, who had his head down at his locker.

Lefebvre said, from what he remembers, that he was complimenting Josh Hamilton and how he's been accountable for his mistakes and said "it doesn't appear Milton Bradley has done the same thing in his life."

"It is an interesting contrast between the two guys," Lefebvre said. "We also spent a lot of time complimenting Milton Bradley, but that's not what he heard when he was in the clubhouse."

Lefebvre talked with Daniels and Washington but did not speak with Bradley, who probably heard the comments while in the clubhouse between at-bats as the designated hitter.

"He was upset that somebody that doesn't know him was passing judgment on TV," Daniels said. "The guy's been a tremendous teammate for us, and it's obvious he was hurt by those comments. That's my understanding."

yeah, he really ripped that clubhouse to shreds.......

[spidernat]

Brian Giles limited no trade and we're one of the teams.

I didn't mean trade for Giles. I meant the Padres may want to look for another option at OF and we can provide them one for Gonzalez.

[cmdterps44]

Mr Madison is on a roll

 

[HTT]

The biggest argument against Bradley is that he is always injured.   Only 3 times he has played more than 100 games.  Last year was one and he had the ability to DH as well.  If NJ is fragile, then so is Milton. 

Also, Bradley wore out his welcome in other places.  He refused to play for Eric Wedge and Cleveland during Spring Training 2004 and was eventually traded to LA.  He was traded to Oakland by LA because they were fed up with him.   

And to think when the Expos traded him, they got Zach Day.  Cleveland at least got Franklin Gutierrez and LA got Andre Ethier.

[HalfSmokes]

I didn't mean trade for Giles. I meant the Padres may want to look for another option at OF and we can provide them one for Gonzalez.

their idea of another option would be finding someone to take Gile's salary and promoting a random AAA guy

[sportsfan882]

your typical response when you rant off crap, but you don't really know anything about it.

at least NOTLD is taking the time to inform himself when making his case, and is actually making sensible points.  you just rant and then say "whatever dude" when someone asks you to back up your statements.  if you are going to claim something, you should be able to back it up.

you've got Bradley confused with that other guy from the Rangers who threw a chair into the stands.

and even so, people loved it when Livan threw his crap into the stands.  it was a major, interesting story.  and people went ape when Guillen threw every bat in the dugout onto the field, because they loved his "fire" or some crap like that.

I say 'whatever dude' because it's useless arguing with you even when you know you are wrong.

[Nat of the Living Dead]

yeah, he really ripped that clubhouse to shreds.......

Yeah, he is such a masher and great influence. That is why he is still playing in Texas and they are welcoming him back with open arms and a huge paycheck.

EDIT:

"He was upset that somebody that doesn't know him was passing judgment on TV," Daniels said.

Maybe he should be in another line of work away from the eyes of mass media if he is going to chase sports announcers around and start crying about it.

[sportsfan882]

you've got Bradley confused with that other guy from the Rangers who threw a chair into the stands.

and even so, people loved it when Livan threw his crap into the stands.  it was a major, interesting story.  and people went ape when Guillen threw every bat in the dugout onto the field, because they loved his "fire" or some crap like that.

Wrong. He's done it more than once too. He's thrown coolers, bags of balls, you name it, into the stands. 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1891679

LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers outfielder Milton Bradley was suspended for the rest of the regular season by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, a day after a bottle-throwing tantrum during a win over Colorado.

A contrite Bradley said he will seek help to deal with his anger and wouldn't appeal the suspension.

"From the bottom of my heart, I apologize for my outburst," the 26-year-old Bradley said shortly after learning of the suspension. "Getting upset has caused me to hurt family, hurt friends, hurt my team, hurt fans.

"I need to talk to somebody about anger, get treated, find a way to correct that situation. It's not even about baseball. This is about what I need to do for my life. I let anger get the best of me."

It's the same old bullcrap with him over and over. He always apologizes after he lets the anger get the best of him time and time again. Empty Words. Milton Bradley is a freaking low-life scum bag.

[BerkeleyNat]

The incident with the KC announcer is pretty bad. You've got to have thicker skin than that. I understand that he was upset by the comments, but you've got to have some self control. Is this guy going to go into the stands after a fan that heckles him? I would prefer that we look elsewhere. Just my two cents.....

[sportsfan882]

yeah, he really ripped that clubhouse to shreds.......

Empty words empty words empty words. Saying sorry doesn't take back what he's done OVER AND OVER AGAIN. He's a disaster that is beyond repair.

[MrMadison]

I say 'whatever dude' because it's useless arguing with you even when you know you are wrong.

you say "whatever dude" because you don't want to take the time to back up your hate-rants against players.  like I said, at least NOTLD is making sensible points. you just want to rant and call the players all kinds of nages and hoes for pretty much no reason.

Wrong. He's done it more than once too. He's thrown coolers, bags of balls, you name it, into the stands. 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1891679

see, there you go. way to try and back up your statements with something concrete, finally. was that really so hard?

i didn't know about this.  I knew about what I posted about.

I like how you edited your quote to take out what actually happened though, in order to suit your "he throws crap at the fans every game" viewpoint.

  Bradley was thrown out of Tuesday night's game after a fan threw a plastic bottle at him shortly after his two-out error on Mark Sweeney's liner with the bases loaded.

Bradley picked up the bottle, left his position in right field and angrily approached the stands -- appearing to yell at a fan. He then slammed the bottle into the front row.

"I deserved to be booed for reacting that way," Bradley said. "You can't approach the stands."

and with that, I'll back off.

[MrMadison]

but let it be known that there are no squeaky-clean super-nice clubhouse guys on the market that would actually benefit this team.

so something's going to have to give, and we're going to have to settle for someone who this team is "too good" to employ if we want to acquire a bat to improve our offense. be it Bradley, Dunn, Manny, or whomever.

or we could just do nothing and hedge our bets on Nick and Dmitri again.

[Air Zimmerman]

Elijah Dukes crosschops in New York was funny though

Damn, I wonder if Mutts are gonna give him some trouble next season.

ya. Mutts fans won't forget that ordeal. he'll be a target. but Dukes will shut them up with his play on the field.

[cmdterps44]

ya. Mutts fans won't forget that ordeal. he'll be a target. but Dukes will shut them up with his play on the field.

hopefully something like that

[Air Zimmerman]

hopefully something like that

yep, another 450 ft blast (the one that almost cleared Shea Stadium) should shut them up real good.

[hammondsnats]

just go get dunn and end this mess.

[PANatsFan]

just go get dunn and end this mess.

Dunn or Abreu now damnit!

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Guillen was an entertaining freakup who threw crap around at Shea.  I was one of the head nodders when that happened...it was all new and fresh and why not.  But it is now 2009, so no more crazy ballplayers please, kthanksbye

your typical response when you rant off crap, but you don't really know anything about it.

at least NOTLD is taking the time to inform himself when making his case, and is actually making sensible points.  you just rant and then say "whatever dude" when someone asks you to back up your statements.  if you are going to claim something, you should be able to back it up.

you've got Bradley confused with that other guy from the Rangers who threw a chair into the stands.

and even so, people loved it when Livan threw his crap into the stands.  it was a major, interesting story.  and people went ape when Guillen threw every bat in the dugout onto the field, because they loved his "fire" or some crap like that.

[houston-nat]

Here's a blogger who suggests we should use the Teixeira money to sign SP Chuck James and a couple of relievers, and use the rest on Stephen Strasburg. Unfortunately, he thinks we shouldn't get O-Dog because he thinks we still have Bonifacio.
http://www.mlbnotebook.com/2009/01/how-nationals-should-spend-their-money.html

[sportsfan882]

James is out for all of 2009 due to a rotator cuff surgery.

[KnorrForYourMoney]

Here's a blogger who suggests we should use the Teixeira money to sign SP Chuck James and a couple of relievers, and use the rest on Stephen Strasburg. Unfortunately, he thinks we shouldn't get O-Dog because he thinks we still have Bonifacio.

I pretty much tune out whenever I read stuff like that.

I had an idea earlier.  If we were to sign both Orlando Hudson and a big bat, I wonder if we could trade the A's a package of big leaguers for some quality prospects.  I'm talking elite, ML-ready pitchers.

We could package up Milledge, Nick Johnson, and Guzman (if they don't sign Furcal) and trade them away for a really good return.  It sounds crazy at first because Guzman and Milledge are two of our starters, but I really think we could make do without them.  We could use this as a real open audition for Alberto Gonzalez and Anderson Hernandez.  Neither of them are offensively that good, but most SS's are bad at the plate, anyway.  If they're both as good as reputed, defensively, they could give us one of the best infields in baseball.

With the glut of outfielders we might end up having, if we sign Dunn and/or Bradley, Milledge is starting to become somewhat expendable.

[sportsfan882]

Which "ML-ready pitchers" are you referring to?

[BerkeleyNat]

James is out for all of 2009 due to a rotator cuff surgery.

I bet the blogger didn't know that either.

[KnorrForYourMoney]

Which "ML-ready pitchers" are you referring to?

James Simmons, Brett Anderson, and Trevor Cahill