06-26-2009, 10:20 PM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano said he'd never seen anything like what was apparently an ugly exchange between the two.
"It's the first time I've seen a manager fight with a player, get mad with the player," Soriano said. "Sometimes you can get mad, but not like that.
"I hope [Bradley] comes back and he can help the team to win. If he's not that way, we don't need him. We have 25 players, we have to be on the same page. If he's not 100 percent to help the team to win, we don't need him. If he's 100 percent and he comes and wants to play, he's more than welcome."
Cubs catcher Geovany Soto has had his first-half struggles, and recognized the signs of frustration.
"[Bradley] looks like he's a little frustrated with his at-bats," Soto said. "God knows, he wants to come in here and tear it up and help us win. The first two months, it is a grind and everybody knows he's trying 110 percent to get out of it. I have faith he'll come around."
Hendry expects the Cubs to put the incident behind them and move forward. He said other players on the team have had frustrating seasons -- Derrek Lee struggled in the first month, Mike Fontenot was batting .219 -- but they've always put the team first.
"All you want is for people to fight through their problems and stay with team goals," Hendry said. "That's not only what we expect, but that's what we demand."
Said Soriano: "Everybody gets frustrated here because we're not playing the way we're supposed to play."
But this isn't Bradley's first incident involving his temper. In his first at-bat at Wrigley Field on April 16, he was called out on strikes, argued the call, and was ejected.
"I think he's a great guy," Soriano said. "The only problem is his attitude sometimes in the game, I think a lot of people don't like that, but that's him."
"He's frustrated," Lee said of Bradley. "He's a guy who's had success and it's not working out and he's working his butt off. He's just waiting for it to click for him, and it isn't clicking. I'm sure it's frustrating.
"I'm sure Milton will be here tomorrow, he'll be playing, and he'll be fine. We'll move on."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
"It's the first time I've seen a manager fight with a player, get mad with the player," Soriano said. "Sometimes you can get mad, but not like that.
"I hope [Bradley] comes back and he can help the team to win. If he's not that way, we don't need him. We have 25 players, we have to be on the same page. If he's not 100 percent to help the team to win, we don't need him. If he's 100 percent and he comes and wants to play, he's more than welcome."
Cubs catcher Geovany Soto has had his first-half struggles, and recognized the signs of frustration.
"[Bradley] looks like he's a little frustrated with his at-bats," Soto said. "God knows, he wants to come in here and tear it up and help us win. The first two months, it is a grind and everybody knows he's trying 110 percent to get out of it. I have faith he'll come around."
Hendry expects the Cubs to put the incident behind them and move forward. He said other players on the team have had frustrating seasons -- Derrek Lee struggled in the first month, Mike Fontenot was batting .219 -- but they've always put the team first.
"All you want is for people to fight through their problems and stay with team goals," Hendry said. "That's not only what we expect, but that's what we demand."
Said Soriano: "Everybody gets frustrated here because we're not playing the way we're supposed to play."
But this isn't Bradley's first incident involving his temper. In his first at-bat at Wrigley Field on April 16, he was called out on strikes, argued the call, and was ejected.
"I think he's a great guy," Soriano said. "The only problem is his attitude sometimes in the game, I think a lot of people don't like that, but that's him."
"He's frustrated," Lee said of Bradley. "He's a guy who's had success and it's not working out and he's working his butt off. He's just waiting for it to click for him, and it isn't clicking. I'm sure it's frustrating.
"I'm sure Milton will be here tomorrow, he'll be playing, and he'll be fine. We'll move on."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->