06-27-2009, 01:44 AM
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...T-cub27.article
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Fed up with Milton Bradley's me-first attitude that has spilled over into tantrums and distractions less than three months into the season, manager Lou Piniella had it out with the $30 million right fielder in the middle of the game Friday against the White Sox -- calling him out before sending him home. ''Look, I'm not happy that this thing happened. I'm really not,'' said Piniella, who appeared to have the 24 other players in his corner, based on several public and private conversations in the clubhouse.
Bradley, absorbed in a .237 seasonlong slump, brought the issue to a head when he returned to the dugout after a sixth-inning pop-up, threw his helmet down and then slammed a water jug to the dugout floor, causing the lid to break open and spew water.
Piniella ordered Bradley to the clubhouse and followed him -- with Carlos Zambrano joining him -- through the tunnel from the dugout.
According to sources, Piniella then shouted at Bradley, ''You're not a player! You're a piece of sh--!''
Bradley then said, ''I have too much respect for you to respond to that,'' a source said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Gah, I hate this unnamed sources bullshit. Who knows if what was quoted is true or not.
But, goddamn, that's fucking harsh.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Fed up with Milton Bradley's me-first attitude that has spilled over into tantrums and distractions less than three months into the season, manager Lou Piniella had it out with the $30 million right fielder in the middle of the game Friday against the White Sox -- calling him out before sending him home. ''Look, I'm not happy that this thing happened. I'm really not,'' said Piniella, who appeared to have the 24 other players in his corner, based on several public and private conversations in the clubhouse.
Bradley, absorbed in a .237 seasonlong slump, brought the issue to a head when he returned to the dugout after a sixth-inning pop-up, threw his helmet down and then slammed a water jug to the dugout floor, causing the lid to break open and spew water.
Piniella ordered Bradley to the clubhouse and followed him -- with Carlos Zambrano joining him -- through the tunnel from the dugout.
According to sources, Piniella then shouted at Bradley, ''You're not a player! You're a piece of sh--!''
Bradley then said, ''I have too much respect for you to respond to that,'' a source said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Gah, I hate this unnamed sources bullshit. Who knows if what was quoted is true or not.
But, goddamn, that's fucking harsh.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
"That was some of the saddest stuff I've ever read. Fuck cancer and AIDS, ignorance is the scourge of the land." - tom v
"That was some of the saddest stuff I've ever read. Fuck cancer and AIDS, ignorance is the scourge of the land." - tom v