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''People that come in here for a couple hours a day and want to ask you controversial questions, knowing you're going to give them a legit answer, and twist everything around and make it a story -- that's to be expected,'' he said.What was twisted?
''Well, you know, it's not really a need to get into it because you can't win in this situation. I'm not trying to win. I just go out there and give an honest answer and don't know why people can't respect that or respect how you feel. It's there. You can't say that a person's feelings are wrong.''
Uh, okay. He also saved the best for last, saying, "Unless you get paid $30 million to play right field for the Chicago Cubs, then you can't speak on how I feel because you don't know.'' Well, no one reading this gets paid $30 million to do anything, but here's guessing we all know how many outs there are in an inning.
It's also worth noting that it seems the Cubs took Milton's words to heart as ESPN's Nick Friedell reports a fan was apparently ejected from yesterday's game for yelling, "Milton, you suck." Friedell talked to a fan after the incident about any racism in the comments, to which the fan replied, simply, "Race is not an issue. He sucks. Whether you're white, green, purple, it doesn't matter. I would go after people if they were using racial slurs. It's not about that. He sucks." Meanwhile, it seems the Trib's Phil Rogers has also had enough of Bradley's antics and is calling for the team to cut Bradley loose. Which isn't a bad idea - giving Fuld playing time isn't a bad one either - except for the $20 million tab that would leave the team with.
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Jesus...how could Hendry not see this was going to happen? Maybe he should be canned after this year. GMs are allowed certain mistakes...like when you sign a player with a history of strong season performances and then he fails miserably. but Milton Bradley's history is all bad and his numbers, other than last year, aren't good enough to put up with this crap.
yea, i mean.. any jagoff in a sports bar could have told you in the winter this was a bad move. plus signing gregg who led the league in blown saves last year. wtf are you thinking hendry. it says even more about bradley that none of the other players have his back, and supposedly he's not friends with anyone. haha nobody twisted any of his words.. unsuccessful backsteppery.
I actually still like him as a player. He's an on-base machine and he plays with swagger, which is something the cubs haven't had since Dawson. i don't give a shit if he invents conspiracy theories, he's a nutjob but a productive nutjob.
I do, however, groan when I think about the sensationalist media that raked MB (and Zambrano over his supposed "laziness" confession) over the coals.
11 home runs and 35 RBI in 106 games with the Cubs indicates he's only got the "nutjob" part down cold.
I really like Bradley hitting second in the order and they ought to keep him there next year. You want guys who can work a count at the top of the order.
But he's sort of become the boogeyman for this season and I don't think that's fair. Soriano and Zambrano have had shitty seasons despite contracts that dwarf Bradley's contract, Soto has sucked when he hasn't been hurt, Ramirez got hurt, Fontenot fully earned the nickname "Fontenever" (coined by my BIL), Dempster came back down to earth without 8 runs of support a game, and the bullpen has been downright awful. With all that, it's amazing that they're still barely above .500.
I don't like the game this guy is playing. (Pun intended)