"Milton Bradley knew the Chicago media was coming to him Friday - and so did his teammate, Mike Sweeney.

"I said in spring, when I was here I was a story. I'm not here anymore," Bradley said.

After giving it a little thought, most of the thinking reaching back to last year with the Chicago Cubs, Bradley was ready to deliver a three-word greeting when the press arrived.

"I was going to say, 'Kiss my ass,'" Bradley said.

And then, Sweeney approached him and handed him a Bible passage - Philippians 3: 13-14, which says, in part:

"... one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."

Sweeney offered practical advice along with those two verses."