Hired as the Mariners’ new manager yesterday, Eric Wedge’s ugly history with Milton Bradley from their time together with the Indians in 2003/2004 seemingly makes it unlikely that they’ll be asked to co-exist again in Seattle.
That may prove true--Wedge hasn’t even been officially introduced to the local media yet--but in the meantime Larry Stone of the Seattle Times reports that after hearing about Wedge’s hiring yesterday Bradley did his best to clear the air by text messaging the following note to an unnamed member of the Mariners organization:
That’s nice and all, but coming from a guy who’s worn out his welcome with seven different teams and engaged in some pretty serious insubordination against Wedge the first time around ... well, it doesn’t carry much weight.
Stone suggests that “perhaps this marriage can work the second time around” but I’d certainly bet against Bradley and Wedge being in the same dugout come Opening Day.
