Bradley

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...,0,438340.story

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec--><i>Milton Bradley </i>was in Saturday's starting lineup and took batting and fielding practice.

Everything looked fine until he pulled himself out of the lineup about an hour before the game, telling trainer <i> Mark O'Neal </i>he couldn't go because of his sore left knee.

Bradley expressed his unhappiness to the Daily Herald, saying, "You understand why they haven't won in 100 years here."

He said he hasn't enjoyed his first season in Chicago.

"Not really," he said. "It's just not a positive environment. I need a stable, healthy, enjoyable environment. ... It's just negativity."

Manager <i> Lou Piniella </i>couldn't say what would happen next.

"I don't know," he said. "I'm not going to say [he's] day-to-day."

With only 15 games left, is there a possibility the Cubs would shut Bradley down for the rest of the season?

"That's all we talk about, [is] shutting people down," Piniella said. "We have 15 games to go."

<b>Why not put him on the disabled list?

The Cubs are on the hook for the second season of Bradley's three-year, $30 million contract, but they could buy out the third year for $2 million if he is on the disabled list at the end of 2009 with a knee injury and is not on the active roster by April 15.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I never knew that about the buyout. Interesting...