Milton Bradley Designated for Assignment

...why he threw two chairs down the stairs on his way out of the clubhouse yesterday.

or he did something to wear out his welcome

then the A's probably felt they had to cut bait.

Bradley back

Milton Bradley was activated from the 15-day disabled list and started in right field after being sidelined since June 2 with a strained right calf. The A's optioned infielder J.J. Furmaniak to Triple-A Sacramento to make room for Bradley on the 25-man roster.

Bradley went 0-for-3 with a walk. He took a called third strike in his final at-bat and appeared to have some heated words for home plate umpire Tim Timmons until Geren came out to pick up the discussion.
Bradley was still upset about something as he left the clubhouse after the game. As he climbed the stairs just outside the clubhouse, Bradley threw a couple of plastic chairs down the stairs and shouted expletives. Asked about the incident, general manager Billy Beane said he and Bradley had a discussion but described it as a "private thing."

"He wasn't that upset when he left (the meeting)," Beane said. "You just never know. We'll check on him (today)."

Bradley wasn't available for comment.

Get ready for Cust in left, Buck in right, Swisher at first and Piazza at DH. Big Mike won't catch a game for the A's.  Stewart is the # 4 outfielder.

some lower team will claim him, then Beane will work out a trade for his contract.

Obviously, so...

a trade in the next couple days? It certainly seems that DFA'ing a guy would lessen his trade value. Why not hush up any clubhouse problems and try to get a reasonable return? The guy was hitting .300...

What does "Designate for assignment" mean anyways?  That basically he's been released???

Makes sense now.  Damn, I liked Milt.  Swish is probably pissed too.  Who's gonna "Get on the train" with him now?  I guess Scutaro was practicing all this time for a reason, huh?

I stated in another thread that i felt like Suzuki has the next couple of weeks to be showcased for a trade. For some reason i think Melillo is too. If he's nto being showcased, then why not just bring Piazza back now as DH, since the glut in the outfield has been reduced by one. Cust can play left. Please trade Dan Johnson!!!

But man... color me surprised!

he was bonin beane's wife.. must have just gotten caught. okay i made it up but might as well have fun with it.. I'll miss the guy

from what the rules seem to say, he's either going to be traded, placed thru waivers, or released. if he somehow clears waivers (which seems very unlikely), we still can't take him back, right? dammit...something better be seriously screwed up (clubhouse issue, injury issue) or we have a pretty reasonable trade in place for us to dump milton like this.

I'm completely saddened by this!
I had grown to be quite a big Bradley fan, and I believe he grew to be quite a big fan of all of us.  Like he had finally found home here.
I don't know if I will ever understand this one, not completely!

Dammit, I am REALLY going to miss Milton.  I will be wearing him proudly on the next homestand, and then I guess I will hang him up next to my Byrnes jersey.

guy has a drug problem.. gave him chances to quit.. lied said he was clean, got caught then cut

always being hurt was frustrating, but I really liked him. no more Swisher/Bradley homerun dance. :(

who else??
there are some teams who could use an outfielder with some pop - problem is, they probably don't trust him to stay on the field either.  just trade him to a team we won't play this year - i have a feeling he'd go wild and hit about 4 bombs and take out both crosby and ellis if we play against him this year.

i must say i am not that surprised here.  milton had great talent but there was obviously some things brewing with his comments the last couple days and he must have gone over the edge of billy just said f it and pulled the trigger anyway.

I don't know exactly what everyone has said about this move, sorry but I'm not going to read all 319 of everyone's entries, but I must say this does coem as a surprise, being that Bradley seemed very happy with the A's. Last year he got along great with former coach Gerald Perry and did not seem to cause havoc in the clubhouse either, unlike his last two stints with the Indians and Dodgers. It doesn't make much sense that the only player who hit well during the 2006 ALCS is no longer with the team. Bradley even had two homers in one of those games. What grinds my gears the most was the situation that they got him in. At the begining of the 2006 season the A's traded young prospect Andre Ethier to Los Angeles for Bradley. At first I was very upset with Billy for trading a jewel in the farm system for a player with lots of baggage. But I turned out to be wrong, as Bradley was able to put the baggage aside and have a decent 2006 season and even better postseason. Ethier has since become a stable force in the Dodger lineup, but hey a trades a trade and you have to give up a little to get a little.
But this was not the case, now Bradley's been designated for assignment and the player the A's got for promising Andre Ethier will soon be gone. I know of his injuries, but since when do you designate someone away because of injuries? If that were the case, Rich Harden, Mark Prior, and Kerry Wood would no longer be with their teams. Bradley was just coming off the DL to and had not chance to prove himself. This was a very foolish thing for the A's to do. When you trade a young promising player like Andre Ethier you could at least STICK WITH YOUR PLAYERS, especially when they are performing like Bradley had for the A's.