Piniella Sends Bradley Home

[Goodfellas]

CHICAGO (AP) -- Milton Bradley (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/6406)'s temper tantrum was one too many for Chicago Cubs (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/teams/cubs) manager Lou Piniella.

Piniella told the mercurial slugger to go home Friday afternoon after Bradley threw his helmet and went after a water cooler following a fly out in the top of the sixth inning of the Cubs game against the crosstown rival White Sox (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/teams/white_sox). Piniella told him to take his uniform off, and the two exchanged words in the tunnel leading up to the Cubs clubhouse.

"I don't like those things to happen, but I'm just tired of watching it," an agitated Piniella said after the Cubs' 5-4 victory. "This has been a common occurrence, and I've looked the other way a lot and I'm tired. I'm not into discipline, I'm really not. I'm going to put his name in the lineup tomorrow and that's it."

Piniella didn't get specific about whether he was tired of Bradley's antics in particular or those of his entire team. Pitchers Carlos Zambrano and Ryan Dempster (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/6006) both went after the drink dispenser in the Cubs dugout at Wrigley Field earlier this season.

But Bradley, playing for his seventh team in nine-plus seasons, does have a long history of being volatile.

"It's something I promise you won't be happening again," Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said

[BigJD69]

I'm a Yankee Fan all the way back to 1975 so I remember Lou real well. That being said Lou trying to discipline his guys for that kind of action is kinda comical esp after how many Freak-Outs he has had on the field throughout his career. Anyone remember his fight with Ron Dibble???

[bringingthehuge]

They're to much alike. So they will always butt heads.

[Goodfellas]

CHICAGO (AP) -- Milton Bradley (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/6406) was in the Chicago Cubs (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/teams/cubs)' lineup Saturday, a day after he was sent home by manager Lou Piniella following an angry outburst in the dugout.

"I apologized for the last comment I made, told him he knows in the context I meant it," Piniella said. "But I also told him that just can't continue, to have shenanigans that we've put up with. I told him he's going to hurt somebody, he's going to hurt himself."

Piniella ordered the mercurial slugger to go home Friday afternoon after Bradley threw his helmet and went after a water cooler following a fly out in the top of the sixth inning of the Cubs game against the crosstown rival White Sox (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/teams/white_sox).

"He didn't really talk to me about it, he just kind of yelled at me in the dugout and told me to get out of there," Bradley said Saturday before he talked with Piniella. "So I left. Then he continued to yell at me some more. I've got to take that."

Bradley confirmed a report in the Chicago Sun-Times describing the expletive Piniella used.

"Yeah, that's exactly what he said," Bradley said. "But I'm not going to get into it."

After going 1 for 5 as the Cubs lost to the White Sox, 8-7, Bradley said he had no problems or issues with Piniella, especially after their meeting before Saturday's game.

[BigJD69]

They're to much alike. So they will always butt heads.
True

[MichaelWayne]

More importantly...there is a guy in the league called Milton Bradley? Wow, his parents must have HATED him.

[Goodfellas]

Could be why he has anger issues.

[razorsedge]

Cubbies get clobbered by White Sox in finale of city series. The Sox
take 2/3. Yankee Stadium was never more important than the Yankees.
The Forum was never more important than the Canadians. Lambeau Field
was never more important than the Packers. Wrigley Field is way more
important than the Cubs. On the northside of Chicago, no one, and I do
mean no one ever watches the game. The northside team has no affiliation
with that chewing gum co. The stadium should be re-named "Trendy Drunk
Stadium."
Want to confuse a Cub fan? After he goes to a game, ask him the final
score. No freaking Idea. In Chicago, its so trendy to make the Cubs your
favorite team because if you moved there from somewhere else, you know
the Cubs will never beat your favorite team.
White Sox fans are outnumbered by at least 2/1. We don't care because
we won the World Series in 2005. Think about the unofficial nicknames
that fans bestow on their favorit teams. "Bronx Bombers." "Broad Street
Bullies." These nicknames were used to instill fear in their opponents.
The Cub fans gave their team a nickname. "Lovable Losers.=pathetic.