Milton Bradley is the Kanye West of baseball.

As in, both are awesome, both are assholes, and both make zero apologies for being said asshole.  Everyone tries to hate them because, hey, the media says its ok to hate them.  Kind of like a reverse Peyton Manning/LeBron James thing.  The media takes something insignificant and makes it a huge headline, and then they take zero responsibility for their actions.  It’s like when a little kid keeps pulling the dog’s tail.  Eventually, the dog is going to bite the shit out of the kid.  So don’t come crying to me about the big, mean dog when you’re the stupid fucker who antagonized him in the first place.

Milton Bradley is a jerk.  This isn’t really going to change anytime soon, so why the fuck are we poking him in the ribs?  Eventually, he’s going to get pissed off because we’re not treating him fairly, and then the media will say he’s overly sensitive, and then they’ll go back to treating everyone who isn’t Milton Bradley in the same way.  It’s a vicious cycle that is ok with zero accountability.

Eventually, Milton will say something dumb.  Then he’ll be thrown under the bus by local radio shows and whats left of the Seattle area newspapers.  Everyone will act super surprised, like they can’t believe Milton Bradley said something controversial.  Really?  You’re a douche if you’re shocked he said that.

Take today, for example.  He spoke with the New York Times, and said this:

Two years ago, I played, and I was good.  I go to Chicago, not good. I’ve been good my whole career. So, obviously, it was something with Chicago, not me.

[There was] Just no communication, I never hit more than 22 homers in my career, and all of a sudden I get to Chicago and they expect me to hit 30. It doesn’t make sense. History tells you I’m not going to hit that many. Just a lot of things that try to make me a player I’m not.

 

How is this even newsworthy?  Milton Bradley is who he is.  Let’s not make him some saint.  And lets not completely overreact when he awesomely blasts his former team.  So Milton, keep doin’ what you do.  You’re an asshole, and just like Kanye, I love you for it and wouldn’t have it any other way.