milton bradley, the thirty million dollar bust, guaranteed his seat on the 'one way express' out of town by taking a cavalier attitude towards the fans after making consecutive inning defensive blunders and a base running mistake during a 7-4 loss to the minnesota twins.
bradley dropped a fly ball, which happens to the best of them (of which bradley is not), and then committed a little league mistake an inning later by throwing a ball into the stands with only two outs. those two gems were amplified by his 'baseball 101' running mistake in the 6th when he tried to advance from second on a grounder to third.
his comment to the fans? "sue me." the obnoxious miscreant acknowledged that both he and the fans have high expectations but that "i've made much worse mistakes than today." oh, good.
a couple of seasons back, a very nice guy named jacque jones fanned the ire of cub fans when he started slow and displayed less than awesome defensive skills. despite the fact that his bat came alive and he was very productive most of the season, the fans rode him mercilessly until he was given his walking papers. bradley, bereft of jones' public relation skills, has basically told the fans to kiss his behind and to get over it. i can't wait to see how this plays out with the bleacher folks.
bradley is toast and will be heading back to the american league as soon as the cubs find a sucker desperate for offensive help. the cubs will sell the package by saying that chicago was a 'bad fit' for poor milton and he simply needs a change of scenery.
i hate to say i told you so but.......
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i remember that happened to another cub outfielder with the fly ball thinking it was the third out. the scoreboard operator used to think the player would make the out and change the out count early . the player would then see 2 instead of 1 outs . it still comes down to the player paying attention to the game , keeping his head in the game and not making mistakes a little league player would make . HE HAS GOT TO GO.
Bradley's a tool.
A cancer in and out of the clubhouse.
Glad the Cubs have him.
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