Bradley Is on a Real Seesaw Ride  T.J. Simers  December 01,
2004|T.J. Simers  I talked to Dodger outfielder Milton Bradley
on Tuesday.  I got the full conflicting treatment. I got the
Milton Bradley that I like, smart and engaging, and the Milton
Bradley, handcuffed and arrested on the edge of throwing away
his baseball career, who thinks everyone is out to get him,
especially the police, umpires and the media.  I got the Milton
Bradley who said, "I don't have an anger-management problem,"
and the Milton Bradley who told me 10 minutes later that he not
only had an anger-management problem and spoke regularly to a
counselor, but that it was something he'd have to work on for
"months and years."  I got the Milton Bradley who always has an
excuse for losing control of his emotions, and the Milton
Bradley who becomes upset when told the obvious: "You cannot put
yourself in the position ever again where you're singled out for
causing a problem."  Mt. Bradley's testy response: "This is what
irritates the hell out o