Talk:Milton Bradley (baseball)

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Someone who knows more about Milton Bradley might want to put a little more information on his actual Baseball career instead of his legal troubles.

Professional athletes' off-field accomplishment/woes are as important as their on-field performance... However, anyone interested in his career details can click on the link provided.

[edit] coincident naming from a game company entrepeneur

Is this guy related to the founder of the Milton Bradley Company? --Nintendude 20:39, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

They are definitely related....LOL....NOT!!!! One is white and one is dark black....definitely a family resemblance if I ever saw one....LOL.

[edit] One of the best baseball names ever

• Rollie Fingers, Milton Bradley, and Coco Crisp are my favorite baseball names ever. So awesome. Wickethewok 05:28, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Controversial moments section

I think this section has undue weight within the article and is poorly focused (it covers baseball suspensions, legal issues, and family relationship issues). I think it should be turned into a sourced paragraph reading more like a biography than a rap sheet. Things like his divorce may be noteworthy in such a biography, but the section should also describe when he got married if it's going to mention when he got divorced. It just doesn't feel like a neutral section. I'll wait a day or two to see if there are other comments and then do the rewrite of it myself. Leebo ^T/C 19:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I've removed the section for now until I have time to write a neutral, sourced bio. Anyone wondering what the rationale for this is can look at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Leebo ^T/C 17:43, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

It's been a month. Bradley is a controversial player. I gently suggest either hurrying up your re-write or simply adding the old section back in. -Phoenixrod 07:32, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Now it's been two months, and as of a couple of hours ago Bradley has had another on-the-field blowup. If something isn't changed and no further objections are made, I'm going to revert the article or put the section back in. You absolutely cannot have an article about Milton Bradley without discussing his behavior issues. PeteF3 23:57, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

this section needs to be back Djgranados 05:31, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for forgetting about this, but I completely disagree that a biased section is better than none. Neutral point of view is non-negotiable. PeteF3, and Phoenixrod, write a neutral bio if you want to discuss it. Leebo ^T/C 03:08, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Leebo, I never looked at the old biased version and I wouldn't support having one; if the old version is bollocks, we can't just revert without citation and rewriting. You're right. My point was simply that controversy must be addressed with Bradley (certainly in line with BLP and NPOV) rather than excised completely. The section does need to be back—in a proper form. I took your comment ("I'll wait a day or two to see if there are other comments and then do the rewrite of it myself") to mean than you would be doing it yourself a couple months ago. -Phoenixrod 04:09, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

um, the incident with winters is definitely not written to encyclopedic standard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.196.252.216 (talk) 08:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with the changing of the Controversy section to "STAYING HEALTHY;..." from "CAREER ISSUES;..." The section was initially added by myself to point out in as unbiased a manner as possible that he has struggled not only with injury but also with on-field blowups and ego trips, which this title doesn't take into account, representing the controversy solely as an injury issue. Also, I do believe the current update is a full-scale plagiarism from an article on the subject, though I'd have to search to find it. Mike Cameron also was seriously injured in the ITPHR by Atkins when Bradley stepped on his them, suffering a partial ligament tear in the right thumb, sidelining him for at least the rest of the reg. season and likely the playoffs. --NJDevils1087

Maybe my brain's just not working, but what is ITPHR? -Phoenixrod 05:02, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

ITPHR = Inside-the-park HR -NJDevils1087 19:51, 15 October 27 (GMT-5)