Oh, Milton. Here we go again. More drama.And this time, it's serious. Bradley has been suspended for the remainder of the season a la Jose Guillen a few years back (minus the playoffs). Not good. "The last few days became too much for me to tolerate," Hendry said. "I'm certainly not going to let our great fans become an excuse. I'm not going to tolerate not being able to answer questions from the media respectfully. Whether you feel like talking or not, it's part of all of our jobs."There's a right way to do it and a wrong way. I'm not going to allow disrespect to other people in that locker room and uniformed personnel, and I'm certainly not going to let a player, as was mentioned in the article today, (talk about) negativity of the organization."It's become obvious that Bradley simply cannot return to the Cubs in 2010. Bradley has burned too many bridges within the organization. Change in needed for both sides. So as we look...
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Jorge Says No:
PLAYERS:
Milton Bradley,
Jose Guillen,
Carlos Silva,
Oliver Perez,
Nick Markakis,
Kyle Farnsworth,
Eric Byrnes
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Arizona Diamondbacks
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Arizona Diamondbacks
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