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Could some of us be rallying behind Bradley a bit more because he’s on our team? You know, maybe not completely excusing his actions, but excusing his excuses. Would we be doing the same thing if he were on another team? I doubt it. If he were on any other team all we’d think was that he was a huge creep. Reminds me of Barry Bonds. The majority of Giants fans love the guy. They excuse his excuses because of what he does with the bat. But we all know Barry Bonds is a jerk and a disgrace to baseball.

Also, imagine if we get into the playoffs, it’s the NL Championship Series, Padres on the national stage, and Bradley pulls something like this again. Do we really want this man representing our city? I’m proud when I tell people I’m from San Diego. I’m proud when I tell the kids I teach that I’m a Padres fan. But it would be so awful to have to watch, and then explain for, Bradley doing something like that on national television. When I say a PART of me doesn’t want to get to the playoffs, it’s to avoid that almost inevitable situation. I’d rather we lose with dignity than have one of our high profile players misrepresenting our city and being a horrible role model to our kids.

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That was uncalled for. Chill out, man. Sounds like the umpire said some pretty inappropriate things, but Bradley is the one that went crazy. If Bradley’s hurt here, it’s his fault. He didn’t have to go after the guy like a lunatic.

I mean if you’re MB, and you think you’re going to get tossed, can’t you just call the guy an a**h**e instead of having to be restrained.

I don’t think Bradley’s a bad guy (I”m the one that put “Jenga” on the poll — kind of a joke), but he’s got some big time anger issues.

If he’s done for the year because of this, it would totally suck. He basically hurt his knee going after an umpire — this was brought on by his own stupidity.

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As for the Rockies and Phillies deserving it more — are you kidding me??? Screw that, man — I want to get to the playoffs!!

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SUCK IT UP!
Only an idiot from the most racist city in the U.S., Boston, Massachusetts, would throw in the towel on a promising season when a player from his favorite team is verbally assaulted with a racial epithet.

As for the rest of you, you’re like wolves to the slaughter. If the front office hadn’t shown the balls to trade for Bradley in the first place, the Padres would be out of contention by now.

P.S. I am one of the two Padres “fans” that voted Jenga for team MVP.

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Bradley should not have even worried about communicating with the 1st base umpire. Obviously, the umpire had it in for him from the beginning when he told the home plate umpire that Bradley tried to hit him with the bat when he flipped it in the 5th inning. Bradley asked him if he was the one that told the home plate umpire that, and he said yes. That’s where the whole thing started.

It’s stupid for an umpire to think that he was trying to hit the plate umpire with the bat, but Bradley should not even had worried about it and gone on with his business. The whole thing could have been avoided if he would just drop the whole business about the bat flip even if it’s ridiculously stupid.

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And I’m sick of Milton’s excuses. I don’t care what that umpire said to him, he embarrassed the organization. He’s made us sit here and talk about him and his insanity instead of sitting here trying to do our best to be optimistic about facing the Giants.

“Bradley said there was no reason why his conversation with Winters needed to escalate” , “and now because of him my knee’s hurt”. Give me a break!!! He had total control over his situation!

He’s acting like a child and I don’t want him on my team.

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Alderson used to work in the commissioner’s office, where one of his duties was overseeing umpires.

“We’re not going to sit by and see an umpire bait a player,” Alderson said. He added that if the commissioner’s office concludes the situation was handled appropriately, “I’ll be shocked.”

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