Just Another Mind Game Given By Milton Bradley
By Jake Gonzales
Seattle Mariners outfielder Milton Bradley, right, and Corey Patterson, left, prepare to take batting practice while working out at the team's baseball spring training facility Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)
It was not too long ago – to be specific it was January 31, 2009 – when I wrote about the up and downsides of Milton Bradley’s signing with the Chicago Cubs. It is now apparent that Bradley’s off year was not his fault… or so he says.
In the article I wrote, which was called Bradley’s Games Now In Chicago, I wrote the following statements.
I dared to say that his signing had upside in Chicago, which clearly was not true throughout the course of the season. The thing I forgot to mention was that the reason that Milton Bradley had downside was not because he has anger problems or he only had two or three good seasons, but it is simply due to becoming a Chicago Cub.
Hm.
Oh, that’s right. That’s because it isn’t the city’s fault at all.
Bradley seems to disagree with me, and I found out by visiting ESPN Chicago.
Bradley said that "Two years ago, I played, and I was good. I go to Chicago, not good. I've been good my whole career. So, obviously, it was something with Chicago, not me."
I have a feeling I know the reason why Bradley is currently on his eighth different team.
Hmm.
Oh that’s right. It is not because the city made Bradley any worse. It was because he couldn’t hold his temper inside the ballpark and no one liked him. As a Cubs fan, I never liked him so I’ll make the assumption that not a single fan of any team he was ever on liked him either.
Bradley is a career .277 hitter, but that is being generous considering some his best years included two years in San Diego. In those two years he played 103 games total. His 2008 season he played in 126 games, the second most of any season in his career.
Wait, what?
Yep. His only season when he played more than 126 games was in 2004 when he played in 141 games.
Hmm.
Last season Bradley played in 124 games with a monstrous batting average of .257 and 12 HRs.
Bradley has never been a solid MLB baseball player, and I am happy about that. As a Cubs fan I have gone through a lot but Bradley adds a little extra disappointment to the year-after-year disappointment the entire team already gives me.
Hey Bradley, you’re an idiot.
Hey Seattle Mariners, good luck with all of his mind games.
The Chicago Cubs do not have to play along with those games anymore.
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