Milton Bradley Doesn’t Understand How His Knee Injury is Related to Baseball
Yesterday was an odd day for Milton and the Cubbies. Well, not odd if you have been keeping track of Bradley’s antics throughout the season. He took himself out of the game without warning after getting to first base. All of a sudden he just went trotting into the dugout and right into the clubhouse before a pinch-runner could even get up and run out to 1st. I have no issue with that, although the Milton-hating media seemed to think it was “bizarre”. Taking himself out was fine, but the post-game interview was odd as hell. And of course if you can laugh at such things, the interview was highlighted by another hilarious Bradley exchange:
Asked about a problem with his legs, he said: ”I’m not talking about that. What else you got?”
Reporter: Why did you come out of the game?
Bradley: ”I got knee inflammation. I got two knee surgeries, and that happens when you got knee surgery, in case you don’t know. What else you got?”
Reporter: It flared up?
Bradley: ”What else you got?”
Reporter: How long will you be out?
Bradley: ”What else you got? You got anything significant?”
Reporter: An injury is significant.
Bradley: ”What else you got? What else you got?”
Reporter: Was there a problem after you came out?
Bradley: ”What else you got? I mean, you got any real questions?”
Reporter: Lou wouldn’t do a postgame; that’s pretty rare for him.
Bradley: ”If I had a choice, I wouldn’t do it, either. What else you got?”
Reporter: Trying to find out what happened.
Bradley: ”You got some baseball questions, I can answer them. But [if not] I ain’t got nothing for you.”
Reporter: So you came out because of the knee?
Bradley: ”You got anything else? I mean, broken record.”
Reporter: That was a strange scene.
Bradley: ”It’s strange? It’s strange when a guy hurt comes off [the field]?”
Reporter: Yeah, I didn’t see a trainer, didn’t see the pinch-runner go out there first.
Bradley: ”OK, it’s strange.”
Reporter: The scene was?
Bradley: ”I’m out.”
I’d be sick of those idiot reporters trying to make a story out of every little thing I did too. Although he could have just said “yeah my knee hurt, I’m not sure if it will keep me out or not”. But what fun would that have been?
On a more serious note, whether you believe Milton is an immature baby or not, anyone of even minimal intelligence can see that the Chicago sports media is just trying to bait him to get a story. Sure, he should just shut up and deal with it, but I can’t honestly say that at this point I would be able to be calm and quiet when idiot reporters like Gordon Wittenmeyer, Paul Sullivan, and Rick Morrissey keep bothering me all the time, trying to run me out of town.
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Comment from Dubs
Time September 18, 2009 at 11:27 am
PS He doesn’t have to worry about Rick Morrissey ever bothering him face-to-face. The dude is the cancer-surviving version of Jay Marriotti without the talent. I didn’t see him in the clubhouse once all of last year. Did I mention he is a horrible writer? I did. Good.
Comment from lou
Time September 23, 2009 at 11:26 pm
THE GM HAS TO BE FIRED NO QUESTION
Comment from http://dental-health-now.blogspot.com
Time December 6, 2010 at 7:45 am
A very good explanation. Most people do seem to think that a designer and a developer are one in the same, but it is a fairly common misconception.
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Comment from StevieY19
Time September 18, 2009 at 7:36 am
True or False: Milton Bradley has made more lineup changes by removing himself from games than most AL managers in the entire season?