The mother of banished Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley said her son would consider returning to the team if it will have him back. The Cubs suspended the volatile Bradley on Sunday for the rest of the season for what amounted to conduct detrimental to the team, one day after he criticized the franchise in a newspaper interview. Speaking to the Chicago Sun-Times on Tuesday, Charlena Rector said: "All the people on TV keep saying, 'Oh, Milton has played his last game for the Cubs.'" But, she added, that won't be the case if Bradley has any say with management. "Milton eats, sleeps and drinks baseball. He loves it. That's all he wants to do," Rector told the newspaper. Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said he decided to send Bradley home after learning of the player's remarks in the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald of Illinois. Bradley, who was scratched from Saturday's lineup with a sore left knee, was quoted as saying, "You understand why they haven't won in 100 years here."
Is that really all he said? Maybe I have a soft spot for bad boys but this is really reaching for a suspension. It's not his fault the Cubs have sucked balls for the past 100 years. I just don't get it. There used to be a day when you could run your mouth off, drink beers, play the game, unknowingly spread HIV and everyone would love you. And I don't really care that his mother is getting in on this fight. It's rule #1 that you protect women and children first. Untouchable as far I'm concerned.
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