Milton Bradley Suspended, Fined For Being Aggressively Correct
by Jeff Sullivan on May 3, 2011 1:27 PM PDT
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PrintOn Saturday, following a Milton Bradley double, Miguel Olivo was called out at first base on a play he pretty clearly beat out. Eric Wedge came out of the dugout to argue with the first base umpire, to no avail. Bradley then took that opportunity to argue with the second base umpire, and Bradley went and got himself tossed.
Now, you might've thought that would be the end of it. It was not the end of it. Several minutes ago, word got out that Bradley has been fined and suspended one game for his actions, which - according to Larry Stone's source - included Bradley making contact with Gerry Davis with the bill of his helmet. As batting helmet bills are known to be coated with a dangerous neurotoxin that readily penetrates the skin, one can understand the severity of MLB's punishment.
Bradley's appealing, so for now nothing changes, and he'll remain available. If the appeal's successful, the suspension will be dropped, and if it isn't, whatever, it's one game. For Bradley, it's the principle of the whole thing, but for us, there are worse things than being without a mediocre outfielder for three hours.
On the one hand, that call at first was so bad that Bradley had a right to disagree, having had an excellent viewing angle and all. On the other hand, if you think that umpires and the league treat you unfairly, and then you keep doing things like this, what do you expect is going to happen? Milton Bradley remains as perplexing as he's ever been.
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“As batting helmet bills are Milton Bradley is known to be coated with a dangerous neurotoxin that readily penetrates the skin….”
There, I fixed it. :D
I have to think if this wasn't Milton Bradley but some other player
doing the same thing, there would be no such fine or suspension.
Not even close.
by marinerdan on May 3, 2011 1:35 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
They're usually pretty touchy about the physical contact thing
by Jeff Sullivan on May 3, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Once he made contact,
Milton should have just punched him in the face. Get you money’s worth.
by mkries on May 3, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
And another opportunity for uninformed people to say "Free Mike Wilson".
so yeah, that probably wouldn’t be a productive thing to do.
Yeah, you're right.
Sarcastic comments I make on the internet are less effective when the community I’m communicating with has no idea if I am being sarcastic or am just a complete idiot. I have trouble with this sometimes.
I think we were just being sarcastic in response
ahhhh sarcasm avalanche!
by Jeff Sullivan on May 3, 2011 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you need to be more acquainted with this community
before making such a statement, as Jeff and seattlebruin’s responses were clearly returning the sarcasm.
That's why I rarely come here any more...
And almost never post.
I'll be honest and say I didn't see the contact
but you’re right, Major League umps seem to think more so than anyone else on the planet that anybody, at any moment, is trying to show them disrespect.
In fairness,
Many fans don’t have a lot of respect for MLB umpires, and a very loud subsection wants them replaced by robots.
by skjes on May 3, 2011 2:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't have respect for them because they're a bunch of babies who don't do their job as well as a robot could
by Aaron Campeau on May 3, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a lot of respect for them because it's not an easy job.
The humorous thing about the umpires of today is they owe a ton of their power and attitude to the problems that umpires faced back in the days of John McGraw. Thanks to DMZ’s book, I now know that umpires, at one point, could be threatened with bodily harm and be terrified into making calls go one way or the other. You think it’s bad now? What if the game was still as brutal as it was over 100 years go.
Still, like so many things, the reversal of fortune for umpires has veered too far into the formerly abused becoming abusers territory. I think their attitude towards replay (mostly fed to them by the union) is self destructive, but having been one myself I know it’s not an easy job. I would have killed for replay, seriously. Most umpires would like to have a second chance. I believe that in my heart of hearts. But they’re out-shouted by the ones who are afraid it will cost them their jobs, and so change isn’t going to be coming quickly.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on May 3, 2011 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly.
If this is Jeter or Big Papi, Baseball Tonight would probably have a 10 minute discussion about instant replay. Still, if they can drag this appeal out for a few days, it could just end up being a normal day off for Bradley. He seems to sit once every 4-6 games or so.
When was the last time David Ortiz even came close to being in, much less beating, a close play at first?
by pdb on May 3, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly what I was thinking
Milton will always carry this kind of stigma. Right or not.
We should really stop having all our batting helmets created at Aperture Science.
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by joof on May 3, 2011 1:41 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
So did the TV feed catch any helmet/ump contact?
I hope there is some rule where an ump has to make an effort to avoid physical contact in order for it to be an infraction, as with HBP. I mean, how do we know the ump didn’t attack Bradley’s helmet? We don’t.
by Bearskin Rugburn on May 3, 2011 1:50 PM PDT reply actions
I didn't even remember Bradley being in Davis' face until I saw the picture of exactly that on HBT.
So, probably not.
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Procedural Question
How does having your hat PERHAPS brush someone else qualify as physical contact?
This is ridiculous.
“Milton, you’re being suspended and fined.”
“WHY???”
“Your hat was too aggressive.”
Like Jeff said, this isn't a big deal really.
So he sits a game. Mainly, he should know what to expect if he gets in an umpire’s face. He knows his rep.
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The thing that I don't like about this is that the umpire should not have been right at second base anyway.
He should have just returned to his position behind the base and let Milton vent for a minute about a clearly wrong call. If an umpire is doing his job we will never get to pay attention to them. This umpire deliberately moved into a position where the confrontation was possible instead of moving to defuse the situation. Umpires should be as responsible for their actions as the players are.
by Droid Rage on May 3, 2011 2:21 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
The thing about this is Bradley should know by now he's not going to get any grace with umpites
He should shut the fuck up in the first place, and he certainly should know better than have physical confrintation.
I can’t see how anyone can rationally defend Bradley. His behavior might be enduring if he’s getting on base and socking dingers, but he’s been awful his whole time here and I’m tired of his act.
by Poochie on May 3, 2011 3:39 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
That's been a frequent complaint of umpires over the last couple decades.
Too much confrontation when it would serve a better purpose by walking away. I don’t know myself if that was the case here, but it seems to be more common now than 20 or 30 years ago.
I really thought Davis did us a solid a couple innings later when he called the baserunner out at second for a lineout double play. The runner clearly got back to the bag in time. It sure looked like a makeup call to me.
by nathaniel dawson on May 3, 2011 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
ump saw his mistake the moment bradley did
he didnt argue until he saw the replay on the jumbo screen in slow motion, where it showed olivo safe by almost a full step.
Well, he did get right up in the ump's grill.
And the picture sure shows that he’s alllllllllmost touching his brim, so it’s easy to imagine Milton moving the additional 3 millimeters required to achieve brimtercourse.
Kind of a bummer, since Milton’s so awesome. I wonder how much the fine is?
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
by HititHere on May 3, 2011 2:42 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I was optimistic he could make it through the season without being DFAed
Now I’m not so sure
by Poochie on May 3, 2011 3:31 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Apparently umps actively try to get their hat's bill under the player/managers during arguments
At least it says so in this book.
Aside from that tasty nugget, it was a pretty good book in my opinion!
The fact that he got tossed so quickly
makes me really respect Bradley’s swearing ability. You’ve gotta say something really offensive to get insta-tossed like that.
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