09-26-2009, 11:38 AM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Earlier Friday, San Diego general manager Kevin Towers seemed to make an early pitch for Bradley, who has two years and $21 million left on his three-year contract.
''They say women marry men thinking they can change them, and it's amazing how many baseball teams do the same thing with players,'' said one longtime talent evaluator, whose team passed on a chance to acquire Bradley as a prospect and still wants no part of him.
Towers told ESPN.com that he's open to discussing a trade to reacquire Bradley, who hit .313 with 11 homers in 42 games for San Diego in 2007 after a trade from Oakland.
Bradley's 2007 season ended the final weekend of that season when he blew out his knee as manager Bud Black tried to restrain him during an altercation with umpire Mike Winters.
''I haven't had any calls from Jim about him,'' Towers told the Web site, ''but people kind of know what players we target. We have to take chances sometimes. We took a chance with Milton the first time, and he actually played pretty well.
''We could be in the market for an outfielder. I'm not saying it's necessarily Milton. But our experience with him was rather a positive one. It wasn't really a negative one.''<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
''They say women marry men thinking they can change them, and it's amazing how many baseball teams do the same thing with players,'' said one longtime talent evaluator, whose team passed on a chance to acquire Bradley as a prospect and still wants no part of him.
Towers told ESPN.com that he's open to discussing a trade to reacquire Bradley, who hit .313 with 11 homers in 42 games for San Diego in 2007 after a trade from Oakland.
Bradley's 2007 season ended the final weekend of that season when he blew out his knee as manager Bud Black tried to restrain him during an altercation with umpire Mike Winters.
''I haven't had any calls from Jim about him,'' Towers told the Web site, ''but people kind of know what players we target. We have to take chances sometimes. We took a chance with Milton the first time, and he actually played pretty well.
''We could be in the market for an outfielder. I'm not saying it's necessarily Milton. But our experience with him was rather a positive one. It wasn't really a negative one.''<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->