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Suspended Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley apologized Wednesday for behavior that led to general manager Jim Hendry's decision to banish him for the rest of the season.
Milton Bradley's season is finished. Perhaps his days with the Chicago Cubs are, too.
The St. Louis Cardinals haven't had a good stay in Denver so far.
Ted Lilly spoiled Aaron Boone's dream of a storybook return to the major leagues, and the Chicago left-hander was plenty tough on Boone's Houston teammates, too.
Nelson Figueroa struck out a career-high 10 and had an RBI single to lead the New York Mets to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
Third baseman Aramis Ramirez and right fielder Milton Bradley have been scratched from the Chicago Cubs' starting lineup.
Kevin Hart won his third straight start, Jake Fox and Milton Bradley hit back-to-back homers and the Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros 12-3 Thursday for their 11th win in 14 games since the All-Star break.
Milton Bradley was in the Chicago Cubs' lineup Saturday, a day after he was sent home by manager Lou Piniella following an angry outburst in the dugout.
Ryan Theriot drove in Derrek Lee with a bases-loaded single with one out in the ninth, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 Sunday to snap a four-game losing streak following a coaching shakeup earlier in the day.
Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley left Tuesday night's game against the Atlanta Braves after straining his right calf running out a grounder in the fourth inning.
Milton Bradley's suspension was reduced from two games to one by Major League Baseball on Thursday, but that didn't make him any happier. The Chicago Cubs outfielder still feels he was a victim of his reputation as a hothead.
Bobby Scales drove in four runs with two doubles and Ryan Dempster excelled with both his arm and bat as the Chicago Cubs took advantage of 10 walks Thursday for an 11-3 victory over the skidding San Diego Padres.
Aaron Harang allowed only one unearned run over seven innings and Joey Votto homered, doubled twice and singled Thursday, leading the Cincinnati Reds over the sloppy Chicago Cubs 7-1.
Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley has been suspended two games for arguing balls and strikes and making contact with umpire Larry Vanover.
It seemed like old times when San Francisco defenders took dizzying routes, routine popups fell, hot dog wrappers blew across the infield and the stands cleared early.
Milton Bradley hit his second spring homer and the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8 on Tuesday.
Milton Bradley was back in the Cubs lineup for the first time in nearly a week and had a double in three at-bats during Chicago's split-squad, 5-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.
Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella gave Milton Bradley a warm welcome when the two met Friday. A handshake, an embrace and an arm around his shoulder.
The Chicago Cubs and Milton Bradley wrapped up their $30 million, three-year deal Thursday after the mercurial outfielder passed a physical.
Texas fill-in starter Dustin Nippert allowed seven hits in seven innings, Milton Bradley hit a sacrifice fly and the Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 Wednesday. Making his third start in place of injured Vicente Padilla, Nippert (2-4) struck out four and walked none.
The Rangers scratched All-Star designated hitter Milton Bradley from the lineup Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Angels because of soreness in his left knee.
Eric Hurley pitched into the sixth inning to earn his first major league win and Chris Davis homered to lead the Texas Rangers past the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-1 Sunday night.
Michael Young broke out of a deep slump with a game-ending RBI single, rookie Brandon Boggs hit a three-run homer and the Texas Rangers rallied twice for a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday.
Texas Rangers outfielder Milton Bradley said Thursday he wanted to "introduce" himself to Kansas City Royals television announcer Ryan Lefebvre after some negative comments made on the air.
David Murphy certainly enjoys hitting fifth in the Texas lineup behind Ian Kinsler, Michael Young, Josh Hamilton and Milton Bradley.
Headline: "Cubs in search of a lefty bat who can play right" Could have been: "Cubs give up on Milton Bradley." I mean after all, the dude plays right and is a switch hitter.
* Manny Ramirez hit career homer No. 537 last night to pass Mickey Mantle for 15th place on the all-time list. Ramirez is now 15-for-47 (.319) with four homers in 14 games since returning from suspension and the Dodgers are 28-12 when he's in the starting lineup.
Last month the Cubs fired hitting coach Gerald Perry one season after he presided over the league's highest-scoring offense, so having run out of ideas for how to get Kosuke Fukudome on track now that he's faded following a great start for the second straight season they've turne …
The Milton Bradley-Lou Piniella brouhaha erupted and then more or less resolved itself over the weekend, with the name-calling apparently ending on Saturday and the rapprochement beginning (now they're searching for the leaks).
* Apparently not willing to simply wait for Milton Bradley's next injury, manager Lou Piniella has decided to just bench him for a couple games. That three-year, $30 million deal is looking better every day.
As if things weren't already going badly enough, Milton Bradley misplaced his brain on the way to the ballpark Friday.
Last week Milton Bradley complained that his various run-ins with umpires have caused the men in blue to widen their strike zone when he's at the plate:
As reported over the weekend, Milton Bradley believes he's under attack:
"It figures. I never get treated fairly. It's just me. It's exactly what I expected. I'm Milton Bradley. You expect me to be crazy and throw stuff and do whatever. Everything's thought out. I don't do anything spur of the moment, although it may seem like that.
Milton Bradley had the appeal of his suspension heard yesterday. The incident, you'll recall, came in the course of a brief argument about balls and strikes with umpire Larry Vanover. The appeal was a longer affair:
The marriage between the Cubs and Milton Bradley is already off to a rocky start, with Lou Piniella indicating Thursday that the outfielder wouldn't return to the lineup until he was "100 percent."
Milton Bradley may very well have been jobbed in getting a two-game suspension for what appeared to be a pretty average reaction to a bad call on Thursday, but this makes absolutely no sense to me:
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