Milton Bradley Blowup Contest

by red floyd on Dec 23, 2009 1:49 PM PST

OK, We all know that Bradley is going to blow up in the M's faces.

As a matter of fact, we were starting an informal poll here.

So here it goes, the Unofficial Official Halos Heaven Bradley Blowup Contest.

Guess when the inevitable explosion occurs, and win the right to point at everyone else and say, "Ha ha!" just like Nelson Muntz!

Also, feel free to take this amazing poll! No purchase necessary, offer void where prohibited. Note that you must provide a specific date in your post to "win". The poll is for entertainment purposes only.

Poll

When will Boardgame blow up?

During Spring Training

14 votes

Before the All-Star Break

65 votes

During the All-Star Break

5 votes

After the All-Star Break

49 votes

He won't

37 votes

Some other time

3 votes

173 votes | Poll has closed

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Carryovers from the previous thread

Moondoggy – July 4
Jay Cal – June 22
red floyd – August 5

Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch

by red floyd on Dec 23, 2009 1:50 PM PST reply actions

pre-ASB

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Dec 23, 2009 1:55 PM PST reply actions

July 4th...

explosions. loud ones.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Dec 23, 2009 3:17 PM PST up reply actions

Dude isnt gonna blow up...

Do it for Nick '09

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Dec 23, 2009 1:58 PM PST reply actions

He's gonna melt down

by krush40 on Dec 23, 2009 2:00 PM PST up reply actions

I'm with this.

Too much positive influence (Figgins, Griff). And in a quiet city that lets sleeping dogs lie, he won’t get up in arms against the press. He’ll find personal mirrored sanctuary in Ichiro, who will teach him to meditate or something.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Dec 23, 2009 2:12 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

I saw posts just like these...

by other HH users just prior to Milton’s move to Chicago; insisting he was not going to melt down based on the Padres players testimonies. Maybe the lack of interest in the Mariners by the greater Seattle populace will make his behavior less newsworthy as in high-expectation Chicago?

I tend to think that there will be some behavioral problem in Seattle with Bradley in the middle of it.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Dec 23, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions

Whether he blows up or not, Silva for Bradley was a steal.

A zero for a possible hero.

I've got nothing.

by bc56274 on Dec 23, 2009 2:01 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

He's on his last chance

One more explosion and NO team is going to sign him. He better not but I think he’ll have some issues.

by TheAntiSox on Dec 23, 2009 2:17 PM PST reply actions

Vince Gill song...

“One More Last Chance”

Might be a theme for Milton.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Dec 23, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions

Yup

by TheAntiSox on Dec 23, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions

After the break

How many points do we win for guessing correctly?

I predict this will piss off a few Kurt Cobain-y M’s fans.

NA 34

by blochead on Dec 23, 2009 2:22 PM PST reply actions

After the break, when the race enters S*** or Get off the Pot Time

If the Mariners and/or Rangers and/or Angels are all neck and neck he will have to face pressure from his team, fans, press and himself. With all the moves the Mariners are making this off-season, they are going into ’10 with very high expectations. They will be at their highest in the last 3rd of the season. This is when it possibly and probably will happen.

One bad performance in a big game by him, one ball thrown into the stands with two outs, one ground ball that he doesn’t run out, something like this will be the catalyst. Even the Seattle press will ask questions. A teammate like Figgins and a manager like Wakamatsu who came from a place of success will say something and this will set him off.

So my guess is August/September timeframe, much like with the Cubs last year. He’s already proven this a dozen times. You can pretty much set your watch to it.

"You gotta have nuts." - Torii Hunter / Part-Time Nemesis of the HH Reply Function

by Commander_Nate on Dec 23, 2009 2:30 PM PST reply actions

I don't think he will.

If he does, I’ll guess August 19

posted from a yellow submarine.

by Figgi4life on Dec 23, 2009 2:34 PM PST via mobile reply actions

July 26

The bad blood begins after Milton Bradley gets beaned by J.J. Putz in the last game of a White Sox-Mariners series at Safeco. Bradley and the M’s head to the Great South Side of Chicago the following week, where Bradley is provoked by Ozzie Guillen before the first game of the 4 game series, when he says that the Mariner pitchers don’t have the balls to retaliate. Bradley then stomps into the visitors clubhouse and confronts his pitchers, demanding that they bean Juan Pierre. Chone Figgins overhears this threat against his good friend, and in his quiet manner, tells the pitchers to not do anything.

The game that night is uneventful until Bradley, with his team down 5 runs in the 7th, takes another pitch up and in from Sox starter Jake Peavy. Bradley proceeds to charge the mound, where Peavy unleashes Alabama whupass on Bradley. The M’s bench pours out onto the field, but not fast enough for Bradley, who, after his quick ejection, proceeds to the locker room, and trashes the place. When the game concludes in the next hour, Bradley unleashes another tirade at his teammates, and takes a swing at Figgins. Ken Griffey Jr. wrestles Bradley to the ground, hurting his back in the process. On his way out of the locker room, Bradley angrily tells Seattle PI reporter Geoff Baker that the Mariners are a bunch of p*****s and that the fans of Seattle are racists.

Jack Zduriencik immediately suspends Bradley for the remainder of the year, and the Mariners, down two power hitters in their lineup, fade from contention in the AL West, and then the Wild Card. Bradley is released following the season.

On Christmas Day, 2010, he signs an incentive laden deal with the Red Sox.

At the same time, on a resort somewhere in the Caribbean, John Lackey feels a shiver down his spine, and again feels regret about leaving the Angels.

FIN

1 line siggy line because I was asked nicely. Go Angels! helpfindscottajob@gmail.com

by Slasher52 on Dec 23, 2009 2:51 PM PST reply actions 7 recs

awesomeness

NA 34

by blochead on Dec 23, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions

You forgot the part where he tries to fight the announcer

oh wait, that already happened.

by krush40 on Dec 23, 2009 3:02 PM PST up reply actions

and a random Red Sox fan also vacationing at Lackey's Caribbean resort...

throws up on Mrs Lackey’s bikini.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Dec 23, 2009 3:03 PM PST up reply actions

the visual there is really disturbing

thanks

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.

by Moondoggy on Dec 23, 2009 4:16 PM PST up reply actions

Well, I couldn't have thought of anything else...

she would not be wearing the fur coat in Aruba.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Dec 23, 2009 4:46 PM PST up reply actions

i love it

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on Dec 25, 2009 10:04 PM PST up reply actions

Just a note

To be elgible for the “Ha Ha” rights, you have to pick a specific date.

Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch

by red floyd on Dec 23, 2009 3:09 PM PST reply actions

For fanposts ... there is an EDIT button.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Dec 23, 2009 3:16 PM PST up reply actions

I did.

Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch

by red floyd on Dec 23, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions

What day do thet report to ST camp?

I’ll guess 3 days later…

Now stuck in Colorado Springs

by stuck in Romania on Dec 23, 2009 3:35 PM PST reply actions

1st September

After the 3-game sweep at home at the hands of the Halos, that sends the entire ball club into meltdown

I see red people

by The Limey on Dec 23, 2009 5:08 PM PST reply actions

June 22, 2010

The Chicago Cubs come to Seattle, and Bradley can’t contain himself during a presser with the Chicago media and implodes.

by mustard_man on Dec 23, 2009 5:38 PM PST reply actions

Cubs fan here.

I voted for “during spring training”, because remember, the M’s train in Arizona, and those nasty Chicago sportswriters will be out there, just ready to pounce on Milton.

The Cubs play the M’s on March 28.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Dec 25, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions

october 3rd.

the day he gets benched for some rest and his brain compels him that it’s really because he’s inadequate.

"come on, eileen."

by retrohalo on Dec 23, 2009 5:39 PM PST reply actions

game 42

by eyespy on Dec 23, 2009 8:27 PM PST reply actions

this whole thread has bad juju written all over it...

i feel like predicting the downfall of bradley and subsequently th m’s has the potential the come back and bite everyone in the ass. lets hope not but damn if you all end up eating your words….

Do it for Nick '09

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Dec 24, 2009 11:25 AM PST reply actions