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.

His mother didn't say that thing about the father making damn sure he got a junior, ESPN did. Check the source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nate263 (talk • contribs) 05:36, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

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.

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)

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 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&mdash;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)

Well, two years later and the controversy section at the moment is incredibly awful - it details three incidents, with no sense of context at all. Good work, Wikipedia! john k (talk) 04:08, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * What's the point of this section anyways? Can't those sections be incorporated into the corresponding sections in his career section? Spanneraol (talk) 14:11, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The point is that the guy is a controversial player who gets into tons of shit, but because of BLP concerns the article apparently only mentions three disconnected incidents with no context. Here is an old version that gives more detail on pre-2007 incidents, but without sources.  Just about every news report on his recent suspension has been all about how he's a player who's been troubled for a long time and had a string of stuff like this, but the wikipedia article can't be bothered to talk about any of it. john k (talk) 19:20, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Deleted sentence
I deleted the sentence 'Junior, who shares a name with a popular board game pioneer, has always been teased about his name, but has never changed it because the memories it evokes "only drive him harder"' because it is misleading; it's clear from the ESPN reference that the "only drive him harder" part is about his memories of his father, not teasing about his name. TresÁrboles (talk) 03:42, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Source #17
I just noticed that Source #17 is a broken link. Not sure if there is another similar reference to replace it. Kevinmon•talk•trib 19:26, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Actually important?
Should there really be a mention of his dad naming him in the intro? Triggafinga (talk) 18:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Retired?
An Associated Press article written on the 11th of January addresses Bradley as "ex-OF", does this mean he's retired? Do we update the article?  CRRays Head90  | Get Some! 15:40, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * He's retired IMHO....William 16:07, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Given the latest legal developments, no question in my mind he's retired. Wizardman  16:22, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I consider anyone who hasnt played anywhere for over a year to be retired, unless they are rehabbing an injury or something. Spanneraol (talk) 16:40, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

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"Supposedly"
We need to steer clear of opinionated wording as much as possible. Read MOS:DOUBT where 'supposed' is one of the listed words to watch out for. If the call was disputed, then say it was disputed and back it up with reliable sources but please stop inserting non-neutral language. Sro23 (talk) 23:18, 7 March 2021 (UTC)