We should really get Milton Bradley

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

We really should. We can always move him again if things don't work out.

[Willets Point]

So you're willing to take that RISK with a lineup SCRABBLE in hopes of gaining a MONOPOLY on wins in the NL. If all goes well it could be more fun than a BARREL FULL OF MONKEYS but if not you won't be SORRY!

[metirish]

I'm surprised he's not been taken already,I really don't know what to think other than this team needs a decent bat....

[Guest sharpie]

He's been on the DL three times already this year. Do we really want a hurt jerk? Jermaine Dye would be a better choice ('cept he might be about to go on the DL as well).

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, the Royals deal fell through supposedly because of concerns that he hurt his oblique during his last game before getting DFA'd.

The Royals, by virtue of being the Royals, get a forward spot in the line anyhow if he hits the waiver wire.

[MFS62]

Willets Point wrote: So you're willing to take that RISK with a lineup SCRABBLE in hopes of gaining a MONOPOLY on wins in the NL. If all goes well it could be more fun than a BARREL FULL OF MONKEYS but if not you won't be SORRY!

Are you saying he doesn't have a CLUE?

Later

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

MFS62 - "Are you saying he doesn't have a CLUE?"

No, that would be Willie. Or so I've heard.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

sharpie wrote: He's been on the DL three times already this year. Do we really want a hurt jerk? Jermaine Dye would be a better choice ('cept he might be about to go on the DL as well).

See, I kinda like Bradley better. He's going to have to sing for his supper (he must not be signed anywhere next year), and he desperately wants to be wanted. If he's healthy, we can really use him even if its only for a short while.

[duan]

according to rotoworld he's heading to the Padres.
OK, now that's over how's about Adam Dunn.

[Willets Point]

MFS62 wrote: ="Willets Point"]So you're willing to take that RISK with a lineup SCRABBLE in hopes of gaining a MONOPOLY on wins in the NL. If all goes well it could be more fun than a BARREL FULL OF MONKEYS but if not you won't be SORRY! Are you saying he doesn't have a CLUE? Later

Dickshot's suggestion may BOGGLE the mind since most people think Bradley is nothing but TROUBLE, but I think he's hit PAYDAY.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think you guys are talking more about getting the Parker Brothers than about Milton Bradley.

[Frayed Knot]

Milton Bradley = Padre
in exchange for a minor league pitcher

[Guest attgig]

Padres are definitely a team to fear in the post season.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Not to mention in the wild card race, if it comes to that.

[Guest attgig]

I guess it was presumptious of me to assume that padres would win the west, and the mets would win the east?

[metirish]

Oakland Tribune columnist Dave Del Grande accused Billy Beane of racism last week after he cut Bradley,today he apologized,original article is not on the website anymore...but here is some of it....

] LET ME GET this straight: The A's basically cut a supremely talented black outfielder because they have a dime-a-dozen white guy who complains less about being a backup. Somewhere, Torii Hunter is saying: I told you so. What in the world was Billy Beane thinking? Except for a nice run in the playoffs last year, Milton Bradley hasn't done much in his season and a half in Oakland. But let's not forget what he did last October. The agonizingly inconsistent Bradley has the potential to be a difference-maker when he's hot. Name me one of the Oakland white guys about whom you could say that.

Anyway it caused a huge stink....

Beane had this to say.

] "He formed his opinions expressed in Monday's column without talking to me, our players or manager, as is common practice by other responsible and well-respected columnists in the Bay Area."

Oakland general manager Billy Beane, in a written statement to The Oakland Tribune, responding to Dave Del Grande's column charging racism in the A's front office.



Dave Del Grande's column today.

] Mea culpa for damage done to A's Article Last Updated: 07/02/2007 04:21:42 AM PDT I LEARNED LONG ago the first two rules of journalism are: 1) Be accurate; and 2) Be fair. Unfortunately, I was neither in my column on Monday, June 25, entitled "A's whitewashed by Beane, Mets," and for that I'd like to apologize to Billy Beane, the A's organization and everyone I offended in my inaccurate assessment of the Milton Bradley situation. I'm paid to view sports from a unique angle in "Dave's Turn." The resulting observations and analysis at times have come out of left field, which often has initiated discussion and produced a wide variety of responses. However, I can't even agree to disagree with the near-unanimous tone of the feedback this newspaper received to last week's column. In retrospect, I now see claiming Bradley was "fired" by the A's because of the color of his skin was just flat-out wrong. It was not my intention to label Beane, the A's general manager, a racist. I deeply regret failing to make the intended point of the column and thus leading readers to draw that conclusion. My column last week serves as yet another example of how one careless thought can cause harm to many good people. This wasn't the first time I've criticized one of Beane's moves, but it's the first time he's personally informed me of his displeasure. He's certainly been fair in allowing me to scrutinize (some would say micromanage) a very successful organization over the years. In fairness, I should have been the one who reached out Advertisement to Beane � not vice versa � before the Bradley column was printed. No doubt it would have opened my eyes to an inexcusable error I was about to make. Be accurate and be fair. It's every journalist's job everyday, not just when it serves our purpose. I promise all my readers to live up to those standards from this day forward.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/athletics/ci_6280788

[Benjamin Grimm]

]my column on Monday, June 25, entitled "A's whitewashed by Beane, Mets,"

I wonder how the Mets are "whitewashing" the Oakland A's?

[Guest sharpie]

Well, you know, David Wright and John Maine and Paul Lo Duca and Tom Glavine played well against them.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Who was the mad journalist who argued that the managerial approach of Moneyball was inherently racist?

[Benjamin Grimm]

sharpie wrote: Well, you know, David Wright and John Maine and Paul Lo Duca and Tom Glavine played well against them.

That could be! I was thinking that it was because the Mets may have refused to trade Lastings Milledge to Oakland. (And if they DID refuse, it could only be because the Mets don't want the Athletics to have too many black players.)

[Guest Edgy DC]

To give the devil his due, the column was likely titled by his editor, and, when titling, they (we) too frequently put cleverness above accurately summing up the content.

[Willets Point]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I think you guys are talking more about getting the Parker Brothers than about Milton Bradley.

I think your efforts to ruin a good joke by being parsimonious about Milton Bradley vs. Parker Brothers (or Hasbro for that matter) were a TRIVIAL PURSUIT.