Milton Bradley is the biggest idiot in all of baseball.

His coach should have just punched him right in the face.

NEW YORK -- Umpire Mike Winters was suspended by Major League Baseball for the remainder of the regular season on Wednesday because of his confrontation with San Diego Padres outfielder Milton Bradley last weekend.

The Padres claimed Winters baited Bradley, who has a history of losing his temper. Bradley tore a knee ligament when his manager spun him to the ground while trying to keep him from going after the umpire during Sunday\'s 7-3 loss to Colorado in San Diego.

Winters was suspended because the commissioner\'s office concluded he had used a profanity aimed at Bradley, a baseball official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the reasoning for the suspension was not announced.

The 48-year-old Winters became a major league umpire in 1990 and worked the World Series in 2002 and last year.

Padres manager Bud Black declined to comment.

"In this case, I think it\'s best for my position to just stay away from it," he said by phone from San Francisco, where the Padres were to finish a series against the Giants on Wednesday night.

Bradley tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and will need surgery, which is expected to sideline him for at least six months. His injury was a blow to the Padres, who began Wednesday with a one-game lead over Colorado and Philadelphia in the NL wild-card race.

Trouble began when plate umpire Brian Runge asked Bradley if he had flipped his bat in the ump\'s direction after taking a called third strike that ended the fifth inning. Runge indicated that Winters told him that Bradley had.

The dispute escalated after Bradley singled, then asked Winters if he told Runge he threw his bat.

First base coach Bobby Meacham and Black said Winters used profanity. Bradley called it "the most unprofessional and most ridiculous thing I\'ve ever seen."

"It\'s terrible. And now, because of him, my knee\'s hurt," he said after the game. "If this costs me my season because of that, he needs to be reprimanded. I\'m taking some action. I\'m not going to stand pat and accept this because I didn\'t do nothing wrong."

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Milton Bradley is the biggest idiot in all of baseball.

His coach should have just punched him right in the face.

You have no clue man. Milton has been trying very hard and the Padre players love him on the team. He was totally incited by the Ump as the First Base coach reported and today that Ump got suspended for baiting Bradley.

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Milton Bradley is the biggest idiot in all of baseball.

His coach should have just punched him right in the face.

You have no clue man. Milton has been trying very hard and the Padre players love him on the team. He was totally incited by the Ump as the First Base coach reported and today that Ump got suspended for baiting Bradley.

I\'m not saying he shouldn\'t have gotten into it with this ump.  But anyone that\'ll struggle against his own coaches/ teammates to the point of injury just to get in an umps face about a non-incident from a previous inning... has got to be a pretty big idiot.

The umpire is wrong for going after Bradley but its Bradley\'s fault for his own injury. 5 year olds throw temper tantrums not professional athletes.

Not saying any of that. I am saying that the umpire is guilty of using profanity to entice Milton Bradley. Milton Bradley is responsible for his own action of retaliating. These are professionals and you just sometimes have to act mature even if the umpire isn\'t. He should have stayed his cool because then he would at least be able to assist his team in the playoff race.

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Milton Bradley is the biggest idiot in all of baseball.

His coach should have just punched him right in the face.

You have no clue man. Milton has been trying very hard and the Padre players love him on the team. He was totally incited by the Ump as the First Base coach reported and today that Ump got suspended for baiting Bradley.

I\'m not saying he shouldn\'t have gotten into it with this ump.  But anyone that\'ll struggle against his own coaches/ teammates to the point of injury just to get in an umps face about a non-incident from a previous inning... has got to be a pretty big idiot.

He got hurt struggling because the guy had just called him "a **** piece of ****" and kept jawing at him because he knew Milton would not take someone calling him a profanity.
Milton and the first base coach both have said Milton was cool until the profanity.

An Umpire should know better. They should be impartial and this guy was not.
Yeah In the heat of a playoff chase, Milton should have just let the guy talk ****. He should just let the ump get away with **** just because he is in a position of authority. Yeah you guys are right. Milton is an idiot because he could not do the obvious thing that you all would do in the same situation with all the adrenalin running and just calmly take the guys ****.

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The umpire is wrong for going after Bradley but its Bradley\'s fault for his own injury. 5 year olds throw temper tantrums not professional athletes.

OK can I get your bosses number and when he calls you a **** piece of **** in front of everyone please just sit there and take it like a good professional.

Leith, who called Milton Bradley the names, his skipper or the umpire? Not his boss was it, not even the same thing, brah.

And I would take it as a professional because I have other avenues of retaliation. Why would I fight back if my boss called me names and make a bigger ass out of myself then they just did.

Also, how come you assume my boss is a he, why couldn\'t the boss be a she? Got something against females in positions of authority?

haha.

I was waiting for your rebuttal. Excellent.

Well, I completely understand both sides and in the heat of the moment a temporary lapse of judgment I can understand.

The umpire was wrong and will be suspended for the remainder of the regular season. Unfortunately, Bradley could be out for the rest of the season, which does suck.

also, my mothers been dead for 7 years, why are you still **** a corpse?

Bradley got what he deserved and so did the padres for taking the risk of signing a known hot head like him.  

The ump was unprofessional by talking **** but bradley instead of be being the bigger man and walking away he flipped out and threw and tantrum worthy of a 6 year old.

The way he was shoving his coach was despicable. Even more despicable is the fact that instead of accepting and owning up to the fact that  he screwed up and let his whole team and all the fans down like a man because he couldb\'t be an adult and bite his tounge, instead he says "because of him, my knee\'s hurt"!! unreal

Bradley is a  pathetic loser who got what he deserved and so is anyone who defends him and his actions.