Suspending Disbelief, And Milton Bradley Too

The Cubs suspended Milton Bradley on Sunday after he made what management considered intemperate remarks to the Daily Herald: When asked if he was disappointed in his own performance, he didn't want to answer that, either. "I'm not talking about that," he said. What do you think I did?" Bradley claimed to have no opinion on where he bats - "In the lineup," he said of his preferred spot - and the only time he became expansive at all was when he was asked if he had enjoyed his first season in Chicago. "Not really," he said. "It's just not a positive environment. I need a stable, healthy, enjoyable environment. There's too many people everywhere in your face with a microphone asking the same questions repeatedly. Everything is just bashing you. You got out there and you play harder than anybody on the field and never get credit for it. It's just negativity. "And you understand why they haven't won in 100 years he...