Friday, August 06, 2004 |
Heart Transplant
He volunteered to switch positions to accommodate new center fielder Steve Finley after last weekend's flurry of trades, saying he'd do whatever it took in a season that's now "about October."With DePodesta as Heart Surgeon General, who needs chemistry?He charged out of the third-base dugout in San Diego on Sunday not to scream at an umpire but to bear-hug Jayson Werth and drag the outfielder away from his own escalating argument.
And he has been trying harder to show his best side to the growing cast of reporters following the Dodgers, who went into Thursday's game with a season-high 5 1/ 2-game leader over the Padres.
"People who know me, know my character never changed," Bradley said after hitting solo homers off Pirates left-hander Sean Burnett in the first inning, to right-center field, and the fifth, to left. "It's people outside who only knew my reputation. That gets old."
But teammates have noticed a different Bradley demeanor in the past few weeks.
"You can see he's making the effort," said Robin Ventura, veteran leader of the Dodgers bench.
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