Bradley still running his mouth

[rocket]

his ejections were ridiculous. overzealous umps trying to prove a point.

 

I read the first one he got called out on strikes and then laid the bat down and waited in the batter's box until he got tossed, which is hilarious.

 

My understanding of this situation (according to statements made by Wakamatsu) is that Bradley wasn't trying to show up the ump, but rather that he thought the inning was over and was waiting for the bat boy to bring him his glove and cap. This--if true--is even more hilarious.

He then proceeded to get the ball from the called 3rd strike and throw it into the RF bleachers, runners were allowed to advance 1 base.

 

so does that count as a sacrifice?

[Cubswin11]

his ejections were ridiculous. overzealous umps trying to prove a point.

 

I read the first one he got called out on strikes and then laid the bat down and waited in the batter's box until he got tossed, which is hilarious.

 

My understanding of this situation (according to statements made by Wakamatsu) is that Bradley wasn't trying to show up the ump, but rather that he thought the inning was over and was waiting for the bat boy to bring him his glove and cap. This--if true--is even more hilarious.

He then proceeded to get the ball from the called 3rd strike and throw it into the RF bleachers, runners were allowed to advance 1 base.

 

so does that count as a sacrifice?

Fielders Choice

[Sammys Boombox]

I am not a Bradley supporter, but this ejection was ridiculous. I umpire junior high and high schoolers and I would not eject for this. Ump would not have done that if it were anybody else.

 

Here's the video: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100319&content_id=8848480&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[Garwilly]

I am not a Bradley supporter, but this ejection was ridiculous. I umpire junior high and high schoolers and I would not eject for this. Ump would not have done that if it were anybody else.

 

Here's the video: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100319&content_id=8848480&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

I'm a bigger supporter than most, but you cannot drop your bat like that after the 2nd out. That is the definition of showing up the umpire.

[Sammys Boombox]

I am not a Bradley supporter, but this ejection was ridiculous. I umpire junior high and high schoolers and I would not eject for this. Ump would not have done that if it were anybody else.

 

Here's the video: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100319&content_id=8848480&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

I'm a bigger supporter than most, but you cannot drop your bat like that after the 2nd out. That is the definition of showing up the umpire.

 

Yeah, but for most players the ump most likely would have at least demonstratively told him to pick up the bat and if he didn't do so in quick fashion then he would get tossed.

[RedFlash]

I am not a Bradley supporter, but this ejection was ridiculous. I umpire junior high and high schoolers and I would not eject for this. Ump would not have done that if it were anybody else.

 

Here's the video: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100319&content_id=8848480&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

This is definately a case of Milton's reputation precides him. But in this case, like other's have said you can't drop the bat at the plate, you just can't.

 

But here's my question: what the hell is he worrying about the strike zone in spring training? Don't players use spring training as way to get their eye for the strike zone at the expense of say striking out? If Milton is going to be like this for Seattle, then they will be looking to move him after the season.

[BeerHere]

I am not a Bradley supporter, but this ejection was ridiculous. I umpire junior high and high schoolers and I would not eject for this. Ump would not have done that if it were anybody else.

 

Here's the video: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100319&content_id=8848480&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

But here's my question: what the hell is he worrying about the strike zone in spring training? Don't players use spring training as way to get their eye for the strike zone at the expense of say striking out? If Milton is going to be like this for Seattle, then they will be looking to move him after the season.

Excellent question. Here are my thoughts: He's already wound tight as a drum. He knows he is being blamed for the poor season that Cubs had last year, he's already played the race card. If he doesn't perform in Seattle, in the absence of racism, he would be forced to look at himself. That terrifies him.

[Illini Iceman]

I am not a Bradley supporter, but this ejection was ridiculous. I umpire junior high and high schoolers and I would not eject for this. Ump would not have done that if it were anybody else.

 

Here's the video: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100319&content_id=8848480&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

But here's my question: what the hell is he worrying about the strike zone in spring training? Don't players use spring training as way to get their eye for the strike zone at the expense of say striking out? If Milton is going to be like this for Seattle, then they will be looking to move him after the season.

Excellent question. Here are my thoughts: He's already wound tight as a drum. He knows he is being blamed for the poor season that Cubs had last year, he's already played the race card. If he doesn't perform in Seattle, in the absence of racism, he would be forced to look at himself. That terrifies him.

 

Not to mention that it looked like a strike to me so he may want to get the bat off his shoulder and protect the plate with two strikes.

[RedFlash]

Not to mention that it looked like a strike to me so he may want to get the bat off his shoulder and protect the plate with two strikes.

 

And what makes matters potentially worse, is that the Mariners coach Don Wakamatsu is already enabling Bradley:

 

"To me, it's almost like a witch hunt," Wakamatsu said. "It's almost embarrassing to me that egos get in the way and [bradley] doesn't even get a chance."

 

"It's pretty blatant that some guys have it out for him," Wakamatsu said.

 

Umm.............Don, it's not a witch hunt when a player has a history with umpires. Bradley does not get the benefit of the doubt until he earns it. There's a reason why Bradley is on his 8th/9th team in his major league career. And very soon, the Mariners are going to be yet another team that tires of his act.

[Electron Blue]

Not to mention that it looked like a strike to me so he may want to get the bat off his shoulder and protect the plate with two strikes.

 

And what makes matters potentially worse, is that the Mariners coach Don Wakamatsu is already enabling Bradley:

 

"To me, it's almost like a witch hunt," Wakamatsu said. "It's almost embarrassing to me that egos get in the way and [bradley] doesn't even get a chance."

 

"It's pretty blatant that some guys have it out for him," Wakamatsu said.

 

Umm.............Don, it's not a witch hunt when a player has a history with umpires. Bradley does not get the benefit of the doubt until he earns it. There's a reason why Bradley is on his 8th/9th team in his major league career. And very soon, the Mariners are going to be yet another team that tires of his act.

 

If you're Wakamatsu, though, you don't want to throw your own player under the bus in Spring Training. I'd imagine that sometimes a manager goes out to the umpire to defend his player whether he agrees or not.

[UMFan83]

"I mean, I'm not changing,'' Bradley said. "I've gotten this far being me, it's been 31 years, and nothing changes about me, ever.''

 

Yeah, that's the philosphy to go through life with! And it's gotten you so far. If God hadn't given you moderate ability to be skilled at doing something that both pays a lot of money and is in an industry where you can sometimes be completely intolerable and still be a net benefit to your employers, you'd be a worthless bum. Well Milty, your talent will only get you a few more years in this game. You selfish and destructive behavior will have to carry you the rest of the way. Still feel the same way about never changing?

[17 Seconds]

"I mean, I'm not changing,'' Bradley said. "I've gotten this far being me, it's been 31 years, and nothing changes about me, ever.''

 

Yeah, that's the philosphy to go through life with! And it's gotten you so far.

 

it has gotten him far. extremely far. he not only made it to the majors, but he is getting paid tens of millions of dollars to play a sport.

[17 Seconds]

Not to mention that it looked like a strike to me so he may want to get the bat off his shoulder and protect the plate with two strikes.

 

And what makes matters potentially worse, is that the Mariners coach Don Wakamatsu is already enabling Bradley:

 

"To me, it's almost like a witch hunt," Wakamatsu said. "It's almost embarrassing to me that egos get in the way and [bradley] doesn't even get a chance."

 

"It's pretty blatant that some guys have it out for him," Wakamatsu said.

 

Umm.............Don, it's not a witch hunt when a player has a history with umpires.

 

that's the exact reason it IS a witch hunt.

[KingCubsFan]

"I mean, I'm not changing,'' Bradley said. "I've gotten this far being me, it's been 31 years, and nothing changes about me, ever.''

 

Yeah, that's the philosphy to go through life with! And it's gotten you so far.

 

it has gotten him far. extremely far. he not only made it to the majors, but he is getting paid tens of millions of dollars to play a sport.

And just imagine all of the tens of millions of dollars it has cost him.

[17 Seconds]

"I mean, I'm not changing,'' Bradley said. "I've gotten this far being me, it's been 31 years, and nothing changes about me, ever.''

 

Yeah, that's the philosphy to go through life with! And it's gotten you so far.

 

it has gotten him far. extremely far. he not only made it to the majors, but he is getting paid tens of millions of dollars to play a sport.

And just imagine all of the tens of millions of dollars it has cost him.

 

i doubt his attitude has cost him tens of millions of dollars

[Andy]

His attitude has not cost him tens of millions of dollars. His injury problems have, though.

[Backtobanks]

"I mean, I'm not changing,'' Bradley said. "I've gotten this far being me, it's been 31 years, and nothing changes about me, ever.''

 

Yeah, that's the philosphy to go through life with! And it's gotten you so far.

 

it has gotten him far. extremely far. he not only made it to the majors, but he is getting paid tens of millions of dollars to play a sport.

And just imagine all of the tens of millions of dollars it has cost him.

 

If I made tens of millions of dollars playing a game, I wouldn't worry about how much money I could have made.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If I made tens of millions of dollars playing a game, I wouldn't worry about how much money I could have made.

 

You probably still would.

[UMFan83]

"I mean, I'm not changing,'' Bradley said. "I've gotten this far being me, it's been 31 years, and nothing changes about me, ever.''

 

Yeah, that's the philosphy to go through life with! And it's gotten you so far.

 

it has gotten him far. extremely far. he not only made it to the majors, but he is getting paid tens of millions of dollars to play a sport.

 

Did you not read the rest of my post? His attitude and personality has gotten him nowhere. His luck of being uniquely skilled in skill set that is rewarded hansomly. I suppose hard work is a positive trait that helped him get to where he is today as anyone who has had to play baseball has had to work hard to get there. But all the hard work in the world wouldn't have mattered if he didn't have god given ability to play the game. Show me one instance where his attitude and personality helped him get even $1, because that's what were talking about. Bradley said he's not changing anything about his personality, specifically his behavior towards umpires in this instance because it's gotten him this far.

[Derwood]

why are we still talking about this? he's a Mariner now.....lock the thread

[SouthSideRyan]

Show me one instance where his attitude and personality helped him get even $1, because that's what were talking about.

 

Perhaps his personality has given him motivation to work hard and prove wrong all his detractors (be they real or imaginary)?

 

How many players have earned money on the field due to their personalities? I bet Bonds is really pissed at himself that he could've made more money if he just would've smiled more.

[UMFan83]

Show me one instance where his attitude and personality helped him get even $1, because that's what were talking about.

 

Perhaps his personality has given him motivation to work hard and prove wrong all his detractors (be they real or imaginary)?

 

How many players have earned money on the field due to their personalities? I bet Bonds is really pissed at himself that he could've made more money if he just would've smiled more.

 

Yeah as long as Bonds continued to hit HRs at a high rate, he outperformed the public hatred of himself. As soon as his knees went and he could longer play the field adequately, the Giants chose not to resign him and the rest of the league avoided him like the plague, even teams in the AL who could put him in as a DH and watch him produce.

 

As soon as Milton Bradley's God given talent starts deteriorating, he'll quickly be thrown to the curb, much earlier than a player who isn't a selfish jackass because most teams don't want that crap infesting their team unless he's going to produce quite well for him. He's certainly not going to be able to hang around when he's 38 showing up to Spring Trainings because of his personality. I doubt he'd make it past this contract if he doesn't hit all that much better than he did with the Cubs last year.

 

The point was, his personality has done him no favors in his career. All it has done is burned bridges with almost every person he has encountered in his career. To say "I'm not going to change my attitude because it got me this far" is implying that his attitude is actually aiding his career or his life in general and although I'm no insider with intricate knowledge of Bradley, from afar it's pretty obvious that it couldn't be farther from the truth.

[SouthSideRyan]

If teams didn't sign a guy coming off a 480 OBP because he wasn't cuddly enough then I've given MLB GMs far too much credit.

[UMFan83]

If teams didn't sign a guy coming off a 480 OBP because he wasn't cuddly enough then I've given MLB GMs far too much credit.

 

Tell me why they didn't sign him then? Because of steroids and the possibility of jail time? That's partially correct. Whether or not you or I believe in the effect of "chemistry" effecting a team, Bonds has been known as a complete [expletive] his entire career, and it certainly didn't aid him in getting teams to line up to sign him. And that was my point.

[SouthSideRyan]

If teams didn't sign a guy coming off a 480 OBP because he wasn't cuddly enough then I've given MLB GMs far too much credit.

 

Tell me why they didn't sign him then? Because of steroids and the possibility of jail time? That's partially correct. Whether or not you or I believe in the effect of "chemistry" effecting a team, Bonds has been known as a complete [expletive] his entire career, and it certainly didn't aid him in getting teams to line up to sign him. And that was my point.

 

And my point is (still) that teams are idiots if that is why they didn't sign him. I have a hard time believing that all 30 teams are run by drooling morons